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Re: Prosecutor charges 6 Baltimore officers in Gray's death

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Wed, 06 May 15 9:08 PM | 91 view(s)
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The prosecutor says she won't litigate the case in the media.

That's the answer of a person who wants to retain an informational advantage, which isn't or shouldn't be the job of the state. Everyone deserves the protection of the law and of fair disclosure. A person should not be prosecuted for a crime based on evidence which is doubtful and may easily be tested.

As it stands, the police report describes the knife as a switchblade. And the prosecutor says it isn't and that the police officers all knew that it isn't.

The rush-to-judgement issue is definitely in play, as I first suspected.

It is looking like politics in the sphere of blind justice. Once again the prosecutorial decision-making system comes under the spotlight.

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Re: Prosecutor charges 6 Baltimore officers in Gray's death
By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Wed, 06 May 15 4:15 PM 		Msg. 16878 of 54959

And there's more.

"Nero is charged with second-degree assault, misconduct in office and false imprisonment — charges that can only be proven if Gray was wrongly arrested, said Andy Alperstein, a Baltimore attorney who has represented police officers but is not involved in the Gray case. If the knife was illegal, “there is no case” against Nero and another officer, he said.

“If the facts were that the knife was illegal then the Gray arrest would be justified. Even if it wasn’t illegal and the officers acted in good faith, it would be the same result. All charges fail,” Alperstein said.

Marc Zayon, Nero’s attorney, argues in his motion that the knife in Gray’s pocket — described in charging documents as “a spring assisted, one hand operated knife” — is illegal under both Baltimore’s switchblade ordinance and state law. Gray was charged under the city ordinance, which has a different definition than the state law of what constitutes a switchblade."

http://time.com/3847891/freddie-gray-death-police-officer-baltimore/

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