Posted on 04/28/2015 7:53:47 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I can’t provide a link because this was sent to me in an e-mail and is an excerpt from a Baltimore newspaper article concerning civil cases against Baltimore police for brutality:
“Over the past four years, more than 100 people have won court judgments or settlements related to allegations of brutality and civil rights violations. Victims include a 15-year-old boy riding a dirt bike, a 26-year-old pregnant accountant who had witnessed a beating, a 50-year-old woman selling church raffle tickets, a 65-year-old church deacon rolling a cigarette and an 87-year-old grandmother aiding her wounded grandson ....
And in almost every case, prosecutors or judges dismissed the charges against the victims—if charges were filed at all. In an incident that drew headlines recently, charges against a South Baltimore man were dropped after a video showed an officer repeatedly punching him—a beating that led the police commissioner to say he was “shocked.””
One thing that may unite the city of Baltimore is that the black community is tired of getting it’s butt beaten and the entire community is tired of paying out big settlements for out of control cops!
I am against the so called thug culture and I thank god I have no thugs in my family, but intelligent folks who were in the service, however regardless of who this man was, it does not justify any death sentence while in custody unless a situation happens where an officer has to fight for his life. When this whole thing is said and done there needs to be an investigation into what happened, and I do have to say some police actions elsewhere in states like Indiana, and Tennessee where you have some innocent folks on the recieving end of no-knock warrant swat raids have me asking some questions to be fair.
If drugs were legal all the career criminals and thugs would magically become angels.
I did see the video of them putting him in the van but that’s about it..
And every white person at work today is responsible for this tragedy . . blah blah blah
While I'm interested in finding the cause of his death, I can't feel sorry for Freddie Gray. His lifestyle choices put himself and others lives and safety in jeopardy. Criminal activity never ends well. If the incident with the cops hadn't resulted in his death, he more than likely would have eventually died by the hand of someone else on the street. Drug dealers don't live long. There's always somebody you'll piss off who wants revenge, and drug users kill themselves a little at a time.
So the guy was a criminal.
That doesn’t exonerate the officers from responsibly caring for those in their charge or custody.
April 2015.
Matriculated in Harvard Law School.
Signed a record deal.
Elected Deacon of his church.
First Team All American.
I’m not seeing anything violent.
I'd like to see his prison record to see his behavior or misbehavior activity during his incarceration(s). Based on his street behavior, I'd say he wasn't a model inmate behind bars.
Before we blame the police, or Gray, we need more information.
Don't disagree, of course the thugs will never wait.
Oh, brother.
Assault, burglary, trespassing (in order to burgle); no, he’s just a victim of the war on drugs.
Watching the video a woman is yelling “his legs is broke” or something to that effect. Who knows what or when injuries happened?
Quote-Why is he dead
Same reason anybody dies.. the wages of sin..
Yea, but was he an aspiring rapper who was trying to turn his life around?
I think we learned from Ferguson that eyewitnesses are sometimes unreliable. Still, I would hope that there is an investigation going on regarding the arrest.
Show me proof that the police broke his back.
Assault isn’t violent where you come from? Burglary? What if someone had been home?
It’s possible he was roughed up before being put in the van and as a result his spine was fractured.
It may very well be that as a result of of the arrest and actions before being placed in the van are the cause and his spine, already compromised, then snapped as a result if the “ride”.
Which could be analagous to moving someone who has been in a terrible car accident, where their neck or the spine is already compromised and moving them exacerbated their injury.
We’ll have to wait and see but, as of now, it doesn’t look good or right to me.
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