Freddie Gray's death ruled a homicide, police officers charged

Business Insider ^ | 05/01/2015

[Bryanw92]

>>You and I don’t know that. We still need to find out if there was a call to stop.

Even after a week, the best they can come up with is that he had an “illegal knife” in his pocket, which was neither illegal or even visible at that distance.

>>You ignore one thing -— this area is a KNOWN drug trade area.

I’m not ignoring it because it is immaterial. Just being in a KNOWN drug trade area is not consent to be detained. I lived in a known drug trade area for a few months years ago when my wife and I were separated. I drove a brand new car because I had a good job. One night at almost midnite two cops hammered on my door and demanded to know who I was and how I could afford a new Mustang GT. They explained that this was a KNOWN drug trade area so they were just checking. At MIDNIGHT on a work night. This was 1994, so police abuses are not a new thing for me and my distrust for police tactics in their war against the citizenry started that night.

[Lexinom]

Yes, I just learned about that. That's a game-changer. I was inclined to give her the benefit of the doubt - after all, Baltimore's police department is pretty awful by most accounts.

It now appears she was so quick on the draw that she may ultimately undermine the very end she sought. Her credibility is shot. Will she step aside and allow an independent prosecutor to come in?