Sheriff Clarke: Baltimore Cops ‘Offered Up As Human Sacrifices (Interview, Video)

These officers will all have their day in court.

Freddie Gray will not.

a reply to: abe froman

Freddie Gray is not accused of a crime.

originally posted by: windword
a reply to: paxnatus

The investigation began the day Freddie Grey was arrested, Feb 12.

Honestly, it isn't that complicated. Freddie Grey entered the van in one conditions and left it in another. He died as a result of his injuries a week later. But the investigation didn't hinge on his death, it hinged on his injuries and the officers' policy violations.

I thought the incident happened April 12th ??

Lincoln's birthday is Feb 12.

Of course there's a political play here. Look at the connections between her and the Gray family, and her comments about them.

She ran on a platform of holding police accountable, and 4 months into the job she gets a glorious chance to show she meant it, on a huge stage.

My only issue is I'm not sure how she can conduct a homicide investigation that quick. The assault charges and all that, okay sure. But arriving at a depraved indifference charge in two weeks? That's pretty speedy to me.

Anyone would think they have been found guilty and sentanced without trial!

They havent been sacrificed to anything yet they still have a trial.


If the charge is bs then they will be found innocent.

a reply to: paxnatus

That is the problem, her rush to charges were in part to appease the protesters, still the charges are just that charges to start the procedures to indictment. but will they stick? no all of them will, but if the case can be pushed to a court after the grand jury see all the facts that would be a victory for her.

By the time it goes to the grand jury all the facts and result of test will be there.

I will not put my hopes that high until the Grand jury makes the final decision.

a reply to: abe froman

Sadly as a product of the social injustice going on in many inner cities Mr. Gray had many, many days in court for his 25 years of age.

I don't have a problem with Mosby's public speaking (reading actually). It shows she's young and ignant. It shows her bias. It shows a lack of knowledge where protocol is concerned.

She also managed to take the edge off the rioting.

We'll see what happens if these charges are brought into the court of law. We'll also see what happens to her if she ever falls prey to a thug and calls the police for help. -snicker

originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: abe froman

Freddie Gray is not accused of a crime.

What were they going to do when they got him to the station?

A) charge him with a crime

B) admit it was a false arrest

C) ice cream party

...sometimes the smartest people say the dumbest things.

a reply to: abe froman

Pretty sure the comment was about his day in relation to his treatment while in police custody.

Could be wrong though.
/shrug

a reply to: Snarl

Unfortunately, it seems more and more the cops are just as thuggish as the thugs.

Nickle rides and knockout games from both sides.

a reply to: paxnatus

A blackman was chained and placed in a situation where great
life threatening bodily harm could occur at the will of the officers.
If their will was that no harm would come to Grey they would have
strapped him in properly. Not strapping him in shows intent.

a reply to: abe froman

Unfortunately, it seems more and more the cops are just as thuggish as the thugs.

Or maybe we're just hearing more about it. Which is an improvement.

a reply to: Sremmos80

While many of the charges levied against Gray have already seen their day in court, the final item on Gray's record, a possession charge from March 2015, was "abated by death."

a reply to: abe froman

What were they going to do when they got him to the station?
A) charge him with a crime
B) admit it was a false arrest
C) ice cream party

I don't know but probably not C.

..sometimes the smartest people say the dumbest things.

Thanks for the compliment but you seem to have missed the point. The police officers who have been accused of a crime will be going to court.

Your statement is irrelevant to that. Whether or not Gray would have been charged is irrelevant to the charges against the police officers. If he had been charged, irrelevant. If it was a false arrest, irrelevant. If he got ice cream, irrelevant. What is relevant is that he died in police custody. What is important is to determine how that occurred.

originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: abe froman

Unfortunately, it seems more and more the cops are just as thuggish as the thugs.

Or maybe we're just hearing more about it. Which is an improvement.

Especially if something is actually done about it.

I'm pretty sick of cops getting away with things that would get you fired from McDonald's.

OK..

3 white officers.
3 black officers.
1 dead suspect.

Can someone point out what racism had to do with any of this then? Why another city had peaceful looting and burnings?
( sarcasm off )

Edit: so police brutality should be up for trial. And the officer's doing the brute actions.
( sorry, my device keeps shorting down... RAM/Memory. Whatcha gonna do? )

a reply to: Phage
YOU seemed to have missed the point, the OP is about the officers being "Human sacrifices".

They are alive. Freddie Gray is dead.

There needs to be time to an investigation. However, the officials are caught between the proverbial rock and a hard spot, they can not get an investigation, interviewing all witnesses while there are riots and protests going on. The first stage is to quell the fires, to allow them to die down and to let the city get back to some sense of normalacy. The lawyers are going to be arguning back and forth, on charges and venue. The facts are that the officers are still innocent, a charge is not equal to being found guilty.

The attorneys for the officers are going to initially argue for a change of venue. There is a good chance that they will get it. And the eyes of the city and country will be on this trial, as many things are going to take place. And the prosecuting attorney is going to have to be on the ball. The the officers are found innocent, the protests and violence may happen. The records and trial will have to be transparent, and unfortunately, to many are already drawing lines, already trying the officers without knowing all of the facts. And it is facts, not speculation what should be used to try this case.

If they are innocent, then the transcripts need to be shown, let people see why the officers were found guilty. But the prosecuting attorney needs to go after all 6 like they were not officers. If the Prosecuting attorney faulters, it will only give cause for more cries of injustice. If they are found guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt, then let the punishment be just, as if it was an every day person who was charged with said crimes.

a reply to: abe froman

Well as records shows he had a warrant that was issue in March 13, if the warrant is still active that is motive for arrest, now, some states have laws that a person in probation can not carry any weapon that will mean that the knife was illegal in his possession

This the link to the warrant.

Now I don't know how many days a warrant can be active.

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