Posted on 04/28/2015 9:43:15 AM PDT by yuffy
That is quite the rap sheet. Here are some things that you should know about Freddy Gray.
Heavy – Freddie Gray, who died a week after suffering injuries while in Baltimore police custody, had a lengthy criminal record, mainly for drug-related offenses, according to state court records. Police claim he was “involved in criminal activity,” prior to his arrest.
Gray, 25, died after spending seven days in a coma as a result of injuries he suffered while in the custody of city police, the Baltimore Sun reports.
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Gray had a lengthy arrest record with convictions dating back until at least 2007, according to the Maryland Department of Justice. Not all of the arrests led to convictions, in many of the cases he pleaded guilty to one charge while the others were dropped. Details of when he spent time in prison were not immediately available. His arrest record includes at least 18 arrests: •March 20, 2015: Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance
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Metal Health will drive you mad.
Apparently you missed the part where he pleaded guilty to some charges to have others dropped.
So now Freddie was running. Thought he just turned his back to police ?
The ones that are destroying Baltimore are unconcerned about Freddie Gray. But Freddie Gray did not do anything worthy of a death sentence. If the cops were executioners, they need to be called to justice. The riot/looting and the incident should have nothing to do with each other. Rioters and cops should be judged on their actions.
he fell off his bike
BTTT
I’m a pretty much down-the-line law and order guy. Sort of used to be my profession. But this whole episode stinks to high heaven. Whatever went down in the initial encounter and arrest, whatever level of force might have been necessary (if it was necessary) to effect the arrest, in no way whatsoever negates the responsibility of the authorities to provide proper medical attention to the man who was injured.
This is at best extreme callousness and at worst criminal homicide of at least the grade of manslaughter if he was tossed around in back of a paddy wagon while handcuffed and not seat belted. Funny thing is how this happens in a deep blue city with a minority-majority population, police department, police chief and mayor. It’s almost like their public employees aren’t accountable to anyone.
Another one of Obama’s angelic sons.
how do you square your opinion with the video that shows him unable to walk and his body limp as they load him in the van. I am not saying the van ride didn’t exacerbate his condition but it certainly was not the root cause.
I thought there were two van rides, one before he was looking injured and one after.
I am not aware of two separate van rides. That doesn’t mean they did not occur, just unaware. Either way, once they arrest you (set aside the question of what the charges were and their validity) once they have you in custody they must ensure your safety. Negligence leading to some type of felony charge, maybe involuntary manslaughter at the max is my guess....but I am not a lawyer.
“Of course there are questions about how this man died. But saying that a lengthy arrest record for violence and drugs isn’t ‘that bad’, as the other posted stated, is in my view completely insane. Of course it’s bad. It’s a terrible record. That doesn’t mean this wasn’t a wrongful death, it may well have been. But that is a separate issue from my comment.”
It’s just not relevant. Every time there’s a discussion of a police related homicide on FR, random freeper starts a side conversation about what a bad person the decedent was. The government doesn’t get to kill people for being bad citizens. If the government arrests someone without a physical altercation and then that person ends up dead with his spine nearly severed, I’d like to know what happened to him. This isn’t Moscow, we’re supposed to care how the government behaves here.
The behavior of the government wasn’t what my comment was about. My comment was about the measuring stick we use with people. How long does a rap sheet have to be before we call it ‘bad’? That was my question. Had nothing to do, really, with the specifics of this case.
How in hell can you rationalize that the crime rate will fall if drugs are legalized?
If anything the crime rate will skyrocket because all the junkies will need to find ways to pay for drugs.
There are people in Texas serving up to eight years for this as their second arrest.
Yet here we have a criminal who was never taught a lesson by the system entrusted to
protect society.
The failure here is clear, and he might still be alive had the
legal system done it's job.
Here in Colorado that is exactly what happened. The black market cannot compete with the free market. The cartels left because people grow their own, or buy at legal grow shops.
There is still a “black market” for drugs regardless if pot was legalized. You still have crack, meth, heroin, cocaine, krokodil, etc that is ready and waiting to hook those potheads who seek a “better high”.
Drug law defenders are like the folks screeching about shootouts over parking spaces every time concealed carry is discussed. The facts are not on your side. Colorado is being sued by Oklahoma and Nebraska for legalizing weed. 70% of Oklahoma's highway patrol budget is drug interdiction.
The drug war has progressed to the point that tossing a grenade into a crib and blowing up a baby is considered good police work. The cure is far worse than the disease.
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