Nobody but the police officers that were present really knows what happened, so here is my only question::
If you and I put a person in the back of my van and did not force them to put their seatbelt on, then show up 30 minutes later at our destination to find the person Nearly DEAD with a Broken Neck and what appears to be injuries from a Car Crash,
Do you think we would be ARRESTED for Manslaughter??
You bet your ass we would, no questions asked.
Yep..... agree 100 percent.
Don’t confuse them with logic and facts... I learned decades ago there are some folks here that just live in their own made up reality.
They have blindly defended people who have shot people in the back for doing nothing more than ding dong dashing.
They have blindly defended pedophiles who murdered small children.
Some folks just invent their own realities.
He was also handcuffed and leg shackled, so had no ability to use his hands/legs to brace himself. I’m not sure about murder, but manslaughter is a no brainer. Perhaps the murder charge is because they did not get him medical help when he was obviously in distress.
There are cases of police brutality which are totally concocted BS.
There are cases of police brutality which are in fact police brutality.
Nowhere near enough information on the Gray case to make a final decision yet, but thousands of people have been indicted for various crimes with much less evidence.
How does that explain 6 officers being charged?
Did it take 6 officers to put him in the van and drive the van?
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Maybe, or maybe not. The arrest would depend on you committing the crime - such as failing to secure a passenger, and then causing a crash. However what if there was no crash? What if the passenger was injured before you put him in? Nobody can claim with certainty that you will be arrested and indicted. You will be arrested only if there is at least some evidence against you. People die in taxicabs, on airplanes, trains, buses. Nobody is automatically arresting the operator or the crew.
This case is murky, and little is known, besides the fact that Mr. Grey lived a dangerous life. Reportedly he was on drugs at the time of arrest. The best one can do is to appoint an independent prosecutor. Otherwise many LEOs may be leaving the department while they can. Nobody wants to deal with filth of the society *and* to be spit upon by the very people you are protecting.