Posted on 04/28/2015 10:59:34 PM PDT by grundle
Claim: Freddie Gray, who died from injuries he sustained while in Baltimore police custody on 12 April 2015, had a lengthy arrest record.
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Example: [Collected via email, April 2015]
Did Freddie gray really have a rap sheet?
Origins: On 12 April 2015, a 25-year-old man named Freddie Gray sustained grave injuries (from which he subsequently died) while in police custody in Baltimore. Although details about Gray's arrest, custody, and death are still unclear, some aspects of the case have come to light.
On 27 April 2015, the web site Heavy published an article that included Gray's arrest record, as follows:
March 20, 2015: Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance
March 13, 2015: Malicious destruction of property, second-degree assault
January 20, 2015: Fourth-degree burglary, trespassing
January 14, 2015: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute
December 31, 2014: Possession of narcotics with intent to distribute
December 14, 2014: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance
August 31, 2014: Illegal gambling, trespassing
January 25, 2014: Possession of marijuana
September 28, 2013: Distribution of narcotics, unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance, second-degree assault, second-degree escape
April 13, 2012: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance, violation of probation
July 16, 2008: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession with intent to distribute
March 28, 2008: Unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance
March 14, 2008: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to manufacture and distribute
February 11, 2008: Unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a controlled dangerous substance
August 29, 2007: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, violation of probation
more arrests at link...
(Excerpt) Read more at snopes.com ...
Dude should have been in prison!
Dude should have been in prison!
Dude should have been in prison!
Second degree assault under Maryland law (and the laws of many states) is often a BS charge that includes any unwanted "touching" of another person, as well as acts that place another person in fear of being touched against their will. This is the kind of crime that cops often charge when they can't find anything else to charge because the subjective nature of the elements. Indeed, the crime includes acts like cocking your fist in defense of a threat, but not actually throwing a punch and waiving your finger in front of a person's face to emphasize a point. It is the least offensive of so-called violent offenses, and it is punishable as a misdemeanor, not a capital offense.
Any of then death penalty crimes?
It has everything t0?do with it. If he were at a job working instead of being a druggie, it would not have happened. This is why we are taught early not to play in the street! The more you play in the street, the more likely you are to get hurt.
“The more i learn about this thug and his rap sheet, the more i believe the cops didn’t do this to “punish” a criminal for fun. it has made this scenario far less likely and reality is the punk went after one or more cops in the van and they all took him down and the thug’s recently operated on back didn’t like it.”
So, you’re just making up defenses now? Because the officers’ own report on the incident says that he was arrested “without force or incident,” and makes no mention of any altercation.
I am very interested in Mr. Gray’s immediate medical history.
One source reported that he had a major settlement with an insurance company for a back injury. Additionally, he had recently under gone back/neck surgery and was supposed to be at home on bed rest.
Does any of this exonerate the police? No. But, they do tejl the rest of the story that the LMSM in their rush to tell a story ignore.
An earlier post said that’s not the case- it was his sister and lead paint.
Yes drug dealers are never violent people. Salt of the earth they are.
“His spinal cord was probably severed at the neck before he was dragged to the van.”
If he was running from a bicycle cop, there was probably a great difference in relative velocities when the cop took him down. He might have hit the ground hard and with a cop on his back that would be more than enough force to damage his spine.
Does anybody know if he was on parole or probation at the time?
The story that he had recent back surgery has been debunked here on FR.
Here is a FR thread where that is being discussed.
Media and Blogs: Free Republic Not Source of Bogus Freddie Gray Story; FReepers Helped Debunk
Other than the original video of the arrest where one of the cops had his knee on Gray's neck, there is no evidence the police 'punished' him in any way.
They did have to stop and put him in leg cuffs because he wouldn't stay in the SEAT. The other person who was in the back of the van says that the ride was smooth, he wasn't jostled around, and he did not see the cops do anything to Gray other than put him in leg cuffs.
You mean the 'behavior' that the protesters, rioters and media MADE UP but have no proof of ?
If that were true, how is it that a man with a severed spinal cord is standing up in the back of a police van, and has to be put in leg cuffs ?
I watched both videos and in the second one, he can be seen standing up ERECT as he enters the van. How could he do that with a ‘severed spine’ ?
According to the other arrestee in the police van, the ride was smooth.
That source was a website called THE FOURTH ESTATE and the info was posted here on FR and quickly DEBUNKED.
“has a rap sheet as long as your arm” was the old DA’s way of saying it
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