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2018-10-11 -War on Police-
The Law of Self Defense: Will US Supreme Court Allow Cops' Suit Against Marilyn Mosby?
[LI] The Baltimore police officers who are suing State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby for maliciously investigating and defaming them when she criminally charging them over the death of Freddie Gray while he was in police custody have appealed the 4th Circuit’s dismissal of their case to the US Supreme Court, according to the Baltimore Sun.

A copy of the officers’ petition for certiorari to the US Supreme Court is embedded at the bottom of this post. In addition, you can find my extensive coverage of the Freddie Gray cases over at Legal Insurrection by clicking here.


The Freddie Gray case isn’t technically a self-defense case, in that none of the officers raised the legal defense of self-defense in response to the criminal charges against them. Rather, their defense was that they simply used no unlawful force on Gray at all. As a result this case would not normally be the subject of coverage by Law of Self Defense.

This case is, however, akin to many high-profile self-defense cases in the news in recent years since it’s another example of very serious criminal charges, premised on a claimed unlawful use of force, in the absence of any actual evidence to support such charges.
Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-11 03:16|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 Probably not.
Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-11 03:20||   2018-10-11 03:20|| Front Page Top

#2 ...This one might.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-10-11 05:12||   2018-10-11 05:12|| Front Page Top

#3 "Malice aforethought" - in the absence of any actual evidence to support such charges.
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-10-11 10:15||   2018-10-11 10:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Please yes. Revenge is best served with Maryland crab cakes.
Posted by Woodrow 2018-10-11 14:25||   2018-10-11 14:25|| Front Page Top

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