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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCops in Freddie Grey case may have Charges Dropped due to Police Investigating Themselves
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/murder-charges-cops-freddie-gray-case-dropped-police-investigated/Despite States Attorney Marilyn Mosby saying that the medical examiner concluded that Grays death was a homicide and that Grays fatal injury to the head occurred in a police transport van, police are saying otherwise.
The internal investigation claims that the examiners autopsy report would likely find the cause of death to fall short of homicide, according to one official familiar with the case.
While Mosby was directly available for comment on this case, a spokeswoman provided a statement on her behalf, defending the charges.
While the evidence we have obtained through our independent investigation does substantiate the elements of the charges filed, I refuse to litigate this case through the media, she said in the statement. The evidence we have collected cannot ethically be disclosed, relayed or released to the public before trial. As Ive previously indicated, I strongly condemn anyone in law enforcement with access to trial evidence, who has or continues to leak information prior to the resolution of this case. These unethical disclosures are only damaging our ability to conduct a fair and impartial process for all parties involved.
All too often we see police departments conducting internal investigations and find no wrongdoing on behalf of its officers. From murder to brutality to theft, the thin blue line protects its own.
It would be a shame to see police officers responsible for the death of a man escape with little or no punishment because of the blue and often blind wall of support.
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NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)What do we expect when the first BLACK WOMAN goes after police.
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)Honestly I fear Fergunson will repeat itself in Baltimore . I hope I am wrong..
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)sendero
(28,552 posts).. for there to be any justice. And I think they will.
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)Their side....but perhaps your right, they cannot do this high profile case as they did in Ferguson, it's too soon...
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)the charges it's going to get ugly. "No justice, no peace."
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)pipi_k
(21,020 posts)probably an understatement for what will likely happen.
I really fear for the citizens of Baltimore caught up in whatever could happen there.
ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)Is probably an understatement. Some of the people who want to drop the charges either don't get it or WANT a fight. I feel for those caught in the cross fire.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)are the wrongful imprisonment, and then only if the knife in question was illegal in Baltimore.
I do think that the police investigation will be relied upon heavily by the defense, especially if it differs significantly from SA Mosby's investigation. Having read earlier today about the gentleman that was in charge of the SA's investigation, I won't be surprised if conflict of interest charges are leveled against the investigator.
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)Until it's produced, it's hard to know who is right.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)It could not possibly be true
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)there will be no more need to feel sorrow when those who enforce the law fall during their duty.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)YMMV
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)But that's totally different (and unrelated) to not feeling bad when one is killed in the line of duty.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)I have no doubt they conducted a through unbiased investigation