Freddie Gray charges dropped

[JimThompson]

All remaining charges dropped against the officers involved in the Freddie Gray case.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...hp_local-news_freddiegray-10am:homepage/story

 

[MadVillainy]

Surprise, surprise

 

[JimThompson]

Surprise, surprise

Probably for the best at this point. Continuing to bring these forward seems like a waste of money.

 

[Slushy]

Yay, more riots!

 

[JimThompson]

Yay, more riots!

Let's hope not.

 

[Smashlilman]

Turns out the local police were actively trying to undermined and sabotaging the prosecutes case. lol
It was smart to just drop the charges. That means that they can still come after them later if they can build a stronger case in the future.

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[KRYPTON INC.]

Why is that funny?

 

[Smashlilman]

Why is that funny?

Because it was expected. All of thees cases end up the same way because the other cops never cooperate.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

And that is exactly why many communities see cops as corrupt and "bad". Because far too many good cops defend the truly bad ones. And what does it say about those good cops?

 

[Sawyer]

There needs to be accountability on their end, or the cycle will continue.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

So how did Freddie Gray die?

 

[Smashlilman]

So how did Freddie Gray die?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...8df7ce-a433-11e5-9c4e-be37f66848bb_story.html

How did he die?

Gray died of a severe spinal injury on April 19, one week after being arrested by police following a foot chase in his neighborhood. It was not clear why he ran when he saw the police. The officers said they found a switchblade in his pocket.

Video shot by a bystander showed officers dragging Gray into a police van after he was handcuffed.

Prosecutors said he suffered a severe spinal injury while being transported in the back of a police van, without a seat belt but with his hands and feet shackled. What makes it even worst is that they made up a charged after they arrested him to justify the arrest. They charged him with having a switchblade but in reality it was a normal pocket knife which is legal.

Though it remains unclear precisely how Gray was hurt, medical experts on both sides of the case compared his injury to those sustained when someone dives into too-shallow water.

It's assumed that he probably slid from the back of the police van to the front head first during one of the stops.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...8df7ce-a433-11e5-9c4e-be37f66848bb_story.html



It's assumed that he probably slid from the back of the police van to the front head first during one of the stops.

Apparently, it could've been a "rough ride" that contributed to Gray's spinal cord injury but there was a lack of evidence so the charges were dropped.

A rough ride is when a handcuffed suspect is driven around in such a way that they experience injuries from the ride.

I'm thinking it had to be a rough ride since the typical car ride doesn't result in a spinal cord injury.

In fact, I'd say it's extremely rare.

 

[chaseter]

Precincts everywhere have those vans. They use them here at sporting events. I've seen them in Nola.

 

[summerteeth]

This thread title is misleading, three were acquitted including the driver of the van. Following those acquittals they dropped the charges on the remaining officers. Given that they weren't able to convict the driver they were unlikely to get the rest. This prosecutor even tried to go after a bike officer who neither made the initial arrest nor was in the van. He had ridden by and assisted the arresting officer in getting Gray into the van. She decided to charge him with

faced misdemeanor charges of second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in office.

That's absolutely absurd and this is what the judge had to say about it

"When the detention morphed into an arrest, the defendant was not present," Williams said. "As such, the court rejects the state's theory that the defendant was involved in the arrest, because, absent 'I' and 'we,' there are no credible facts to show that he was involved in the touching of Mr. Gray before Miller brought him to the corner."

Prosecutors also argued Nero could be convicted under a theory of "accessory liability," which Williams said would require showing Nero knew a crime was being committed and either participated or deliberately allowed it to continue. Bledsoe had argued that while there was no case law to support the argument, there was also none prohibiting it.

Williams said it was "not an appropriate application of the law."

"There has been no information presented at this trial that the defendant intended for any crime to happen, nor has there been any evidence presented that the defendant communicated any information to a primary actor that he was ready, willing and able to lend support if needed to any crime," Williams said.

 

[Xrated48]

Not suprised at all.