So you didn’t read the article?
I did. Even if the knife was illegal, carrying it didn’t warrant the death penalty. We shouldn’t make excuses for bad cops.
I read elsewhere that the knife was in a holder clipped to the guy’s belt. That’s not a concealed and apparently is a common practice in Baltimore.
Switchblades have been illegal in most places since the gang wars of the 1950's (think West Side Story), which today's gang wars make look like child's play.