Posted on 07/18/2016 8:35:41 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Baltimore police lieutenant cleared in Freddie Gray death
By David K. Li
July 18, 2016 | 10:42am
Baltimore police lieutenant cleared in Freddie Gray death
A Baltimore judge on Monday cleared the highest-ranking cop tied to Freddie Grays death.
Lt. Brian Rice was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment in a bench trial before Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams.
Prosecutors had blamed Rice for Grays death because he did not put a seat belt on the prisoner when Gray was loaded into the back of a police van. Gray, 25, died from spinal cord injuries he suffered on his ride in custody.
Rice, 42, is the fourth officer to go on trial, with the previous three winning two full acquittals and one mistrial.
Two more cops go on trial, this month and in October, respectively. Grays death led to rioting that caused millions of dollars in damage and hundreds of arrests. Filed under baltimore , freddie gray , police
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Prosecutor should be sued for every penny.
Craig Bannister | July 11, 2016 1:44pm ET
http://www.mrctv.org/blog/obama-police-can-make-job-being-cop-lot-safer-admitting-their-failures
Trump needs to give Clark a position of authority in his administration. Clark has been the ONLY law enforcement figure I can name besides Sheriff Joe that has routinely supported America, We the People, and the Constitution. He may be black, but don’t anyone dare say that makes him special for calling out these issues. He does so out of respect for all of us.
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Not really. The first one ended in a mistrial. At that time they said they were going to retry the person.
I wonder if that person is able to ask for a branch trial now? or do they have to stay with a jury trial?
A jury trial in Baltimore sounds pretty risky.
Whew, for a second there, I thought lynching was on the table.
then I realized you meant bench.
Good...Finally some Justice. The unethical prosecutor is about 0 for 25 when you consider all counts dropped against the officers who were transporting the scumbag loser.
They CAN have a bench trial even though the first one was a jury trial.
Why wait and allow her to waste more zillion$ on the remaining trials for the sake of her anti-cop agenda and her ego???
These defendents and their families have been going through mental, physical and economic HELL this past year!
Disbar her now, arrest her, throw her in the city's crummiest jail, then put her in stocks in the public square for two days.....then deport her back to her native La-La Land never to be seen or heard from again.
Leni
Excellent news.
Now disbar Mosby.
Baby needs a new pair of shoes.
Hope they are ready for more rioting
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