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2015-05-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Baltimore police observed Gray DEALING DRUGS!

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-05-03 02:23|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Do I sense disturbance in the narrative?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-05-03 03:19|| 2015-05-03 03:19|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd be more comfortable with this report had it come out sooner.

That the arrest took place in a location rife with criminal problems is undisputed. That Mr. Gray had a lengthy criminal CV is also unquestioned, but the drawing of attention to this is, of course, "racist" and it wasn't his responsibility to avoid criminality anyway (sarc).

There will be charges of backfilling the chronicle. Hope the "PoPo" have their documentation airtight.

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-05-03 11:48|| 2015-05-03 11:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Freddie Grey's arrest record

He was charged with 23 felony counts between 2007 and 2015. 20 of those counts involve manufacture, distribution or sale of drugs. He has no charges between 2009 and 2011 (when he was probably in jail).

Why he was still on the streets with that record is beyond me.

Al

Posted by frozen al 2015-05-03 12:48|| 2015-05-03 12:48|| Front Page Top

#4 At this point everything is suspect.

I wish the first thought that came to mind didn't involve falsified evidence, but it does.

Posted by Iblis 2015-05-03 12:55|| 2015-05-03 12:55|| Front Page Top

#5 This has Duke Lacrosse written all over it.

Only the Prosecutor isn't as good at hiding her motives.

Personally I don't know what happened - and neither does the Prosecutor - she hasn't had the time to really examine the evidence -- too busy trying to make a name for herself.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-05-03 13:33|| 2015-05-03 13:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Blind hawg has found acorn. Cops are going to jail for this one.

Posted by Shipman 2015-05-03 14:11|| 2015-05-03 14:11|| Front Page Top

#7 The city needs to shut down the rioting. Massive police + Nat Guard presence has bad optics. Charging the cops quickly now kicks that can down the road AND it preserves the career of the prosecutor's city councilman husband.

It seems likely State's Attorney Mosby has overcharged, but it looks tough, even if all the cops are eventually acquitted. And who knows, maybe they can cut a deal for one of the cops to take the fall. Hint: it won't be the black female sergeant.

As to frozen al's question of why Freddy was still on the street, I suspect that in Freddy's neighborhood, a sheet like his ain't no thing.

Posted by SteveS 2015-05-03 14:23|| 2015-05-03 14:23|| Front Page Top

#8 frozen al, in California the people are allowed by the government to submit ballot propositions to make state law. Dunno what got into those politicians who let us do that. But one of the better laws we passed was the Three Strikes law...three felony convictions and you get life in prison with no possibility for parole...you're out!

Politicians, bleeding heart liberals and judges hate this law. It gives them no leeway for leniency for punks like Freddie Gray. But if Freddie was still in jail like he should have been at least he'd still be alive. Dunno if that's good or bad. What I do know is he was a public menace and the people of Baltimore, whether they know it or not, are better off without him.

Maybe the cops were a little heavy handed in this case. Some say they gave him a "rough ride" because they didn't like him. Maybe they didn't like him because they were sick of catching him breaking the law and then watching him walk after a few days in jail so they got a little extra judicial with him. It's a bad situation made worse by irresponsible politicians and excessive media obsession with black men getting killed in the commission of crimes after resisting arrest. Let's just hope the cops get a fair trial.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2015-05-03 15:59|| 2015-05-03 15:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Let's hope for a change of venue... No way they will get a fair trial there.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-05-03 16:40|| 2015-05-03 16:40|| Front Page Top

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