[Usagi_yo]

Case is pretty solid regardless of the knife and whether the arrest was proper or not.

The meat of the charge is causing the death of Freddie Gray. The prosecutor feels that all 6 are within varying degrees guilty. I don’t know if they *all* are guilty or *all* should be charged but I think some of them should. Namely the driver and any cops riding along that were assigned or asked to ride along as it pertains to Freddie Gray’s death.

Regarding the op: I see no upside for the BPD picking a fight with the State Attorney.

The real guilty one, the one that wanted to do a little extra judicial torture on Freddie should cop a plea and help his brothers out who were only just there. Technically they all should have done something if they were present and knew what was going on, but realistically some of them might not speak up in fear of breaking the code.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Wait 'til the defense makes it very clear to the juries that not securing suspects in the vans was standard practice given to EVERY detainee therefore no malice shown toward Freddie. Furthermore, what if securing detainees only became mandatory just a few days prior to this incident and the officers involved say they weren't told of that change? Then it's a supervisor's fault, and the cops walk.

Also, I believe that if the officers sense a detainee might inflict injury upon them during the process of belting them in, then THEY ARE PERMITTED TO USE THEIR DISCRETION AND AVOID DOING SO. If someone here can post the SOP please do so because I believe the language is in there.

[USNBandit]

I guess we will have to wait for the state’s attorney to make her case. She did take a whopping 24 hours to file her charges. It is telling when Joe Digenova and Alan Dershowitz are both singing the same tune on the behavior of Mosby. Almost like getting the Bloods and Crips together.

[Sooth2222]

"I see no upside for the BPD picking a fight with the State Attorney."

If I were a lawyer defending the cops, you betcha I'd be fighting her already! I'd certainly make sure that the knife doesn't get "lost" before an adequate forensic examination. (Reading the text of the Baltimore knife law, I think the knife on my keychain could be proven to be illegal.)

Mosby is an elected official, elected by Baltimore City voters, not statewide voters, in spite of the title. (She ran unopposed in the general election, but still only won 94% of the vote.) At best, she's used to sparring with underpaid and overworked legal aid attorneys, not experienced criminal defense attorneys who earn four times as much as she does.

I can see tons of civil liability by the City of Baltimore in this case. Criminal? We'll see.

[navysealdad]

No Evidence Police harmed him in any way. Have You got any?

[conservativejoy]

Theconservativetreehouse.com has audio of the officers requesting medical assistance for Freddie Gray at numerous intervals during transport. This audio of their communications with dispatch completely proves the prosecutors claims that medical assistance was not sought were False!

[TexasGator]

“I don’t know if they *all* are guilty or *all* should be charged but I think some of them should.”

Care to list the crimes they should be charged with and the evidence to support the charges?