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Freddie Gray case: Judge acquits Lt. Brian Rice of all charges
The Baltimore Sun ^ | 07/18/2016 | Kevin Rector

Posted on 07/18/2016 7:53:08 AM PDT by Prov1322

Prosecutors in Baltimore have failed for the fourth time to secure a conviction in the Freddie Gray case, with Circuit Judge Barry Williams acquitting Lt. Brian Rice of all charges related to Gray's arrest and death.

Williams cleared Rice, 42, of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office in a downtown Baltimore courtroom on Monday morning. The judge had dismissed a second-degree assault charge at the trial's midpoint, and prosecutors dropped a second misconduct charge at the start.

Rice selected a bench trial rather than a jury trial, putting his legal fate in Williams' hands. He was was fourth of six officers charged in the case to go to trial.

Williams previously acquitted two other officers — Edward Nero and Caesar Goodson Jr. — of all charges in May and June, respectively. A fourth officer, William Porter, had a mistrial in December after a 12-member jury could not reach a consensus on any of the charges against him.

Rice's acquittal is likely to renew calls for Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby to drop the remaining charges in the case, including from the union that represents the city's rank-and-file officers.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: baltimore; brianrice; freddiegray; freddiegraycase; marilynmosby
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Marilyn Mosby Nifong...
1 posted on 07/18/2016 7:53:08 AM PDT by Prov1322
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To: Prov1322

Total waste of money.

She should be disbarred.


2 posted on 07/18/2016 7:53:38 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Prov1322; Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Thanks for the post, Prov1322!


3 posted on 07/18/2016 7:55:51 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will no longer surrender this country to the false song of globalism. --Donald Trump)
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To: Prov1322

Judge Barry Glenn Williams is a black man.


4 posted on 07/18/2016 7:56:20 AM PDT by Genoa
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To: Prov1322

This woman should be disbarred immediately. What an incompetent hack.


5 posted on 07/18/2016 7:57:06 AM PDT by GilGil
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To: Albion Wilde

YW. Trust that all is well with you!


6 posted on 07/18/2016 7:57:44 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: Prov1322

Give them room to destroy.

The kangaroo court won’t cooperate.


7 posted on 07/18/2016 7:57:59 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: TigerClaws
you beat me to it.

Total waste of money.

She should be disbarred.

8 posted on 07/18/2016 7:58:05 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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To: Prov1322

Acquittals: 4 out of 4

Prosecutor 0 out of 4.


9 posted on 07/18/2016 7:58:07 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TigerClaws

She’ll probably run for Congress and win.


10 posted on 07/18/2016 7:59:43 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
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To: Prov1322

Good. They should not have been charged in the first place. Waste of taxpayer money. Mosby is an incompetent moron of the first water.


11 posted on 07/18/2016 8:00:23 AM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5, 2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: Prov1322

Throw her out..!

Total activist..!

Spewed BLM rhetoric on live TV, good God..!

Is there NOTHING we won’t brook?


12 posted on 07/18/2016 8:01:18 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: 2banana

Hopefully, BLM won’t retaliate there.


13 posted on 07/18/2016 8:01:34 AM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: 2banana

Hopefully, BLM won’t retaliate there.


14 posted on 07/18/2016 8:01:38 AM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: 2banana

Hopefully, BLM won’t retaliate there.


15 posted on 07/18/2016 8:01:39 AM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: TomGuy

Acquittals: 4 out of 4

Prosecutor 0 out of 4.


0 for 24 on all charges


16 posted on 07/18/2016 8:01:41 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump For America.)
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To: Sasparilla

I guess that was worth repeating.sorry


17 posted on 07/18/2016 8:02:10 AM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: Prov1322

18 posted on 07/18/2016 8:02:14 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: gaijin

“THIS IS OUR DAY..!” she thundered.

How about TODAY, eh...?

Just desserts.


19 posted on 07/18/2016 8:02:28 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Prov1322

There’ll be a fire sale in the Baltimore Target stores tonight!


20 posted on 07/18/2016 8:02:29 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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