Sheriff Clarke is wrong here. From the DA's press conference:
Once alerted about this incident on April 13th, investigators from my police integrity unit were deployed to investigate the circumstances surrounding Mr. Gray’s apprehension. Over the course of our independent investigation in the untimely death of Mr. Gray, my team worked around the clock, 12- and 14-hour days, to canvas and interview dozens of witnesses, view numerous hours of video footage, repeatedly reviewed and listened to hours of police videotaped statements, surveyed the route, reviewed voluminous medical records, and we leveraged the information made available to us by the police department, the community and the family of Mr. Gray.
The findings of our comprehensive, thorough and independent investigation, coupled with the medical examiner’s determination that Mr. Gray’s death was a homicide, which we received today, has led us to believe that we have probable cause to file criminal charges.
The DA's office conducted their own investigation, and has been conducting that investigation for over two weeks.
You may be right. If Sheriff Clarke overstepped the facts here I expect that he will man up and admit his error. From all I’ve seen he has one heck of a strong sense of honor.
He isn’t wrong about the DA talking like a political activist and identifying with the mob. That was extremely unprofessional.
I think the Sheriff is referring to the length of time the DA needs to consider the evidence after it’s collected in the field.
No one spends such little time on a medical examiner’s report to my knowledge. I would have questions for the medical examiner plus ask other specialists.