From the NYTimes.com:
Prosecutors Charge 6 Baltimore Officers in Freddie Gray Death
by Alan Blinder and Richard Perez-Pena
BALTIMORE — Prosecutors here, in an unexpected announcement, said Friday they had probable cause to file homicide, manslaughter and misconduct charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, who died after sustaining a spinal cord injury while in police custody.
In a news conference, the state’s attorney in Baltimore, Marilyn J. Mosby, described repeated mistreatment of Mr. Gray. Time and again, she said, officers abused him, arresting him without grounds and violating police procedure by putting him in handcuffs and leg restraints in the van without putting a seatbelt on him.
Ms. Mosby also said the officers had repeatedly failed to seek medical attention for Mr. Gray after he was injured. By the time he was removed from the van, she said, “Mr. Gray was no longer breathing at all.”
“We have probable cause to file criminal charges,” Ms. Mosby said.
I sense this is going to be a long, hot summer.
More to follow.
BZ
Yeah, it’s going to be a LONG summer… And this one is just flat ugly. Appeasement on the part of the prosecutor???
Easy to charge, perhaps the prosecutor had overcharged. Unknown yet. Oddly enough, 50% of cops charged are black.
BZ
“They want a race war”.
So,,,,bring it on. I’m ready.