05-07-2015, 12:43 PM
I'm not sure any of this ends well... I get that Mosby may have been acting to quell unrest by quickly coming forward with charges, I just hope she didn't set up a situation where this explodes all over again because she was hasty.
I fear that if any of these charges get dismissed or beaten by a strong defense, the city will erupt again. It does appear that there are pretty strong community leaders operating now though, so that could help make a difference if that happens.
My hope is that the snippets from the story below are just noise, and she's got her ducks in a row. If not, Baltimore is in for another rough ride.
Baltimore (CNN)
*snip*
Lawyers for two officers have challenged a key finding of State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's case: that a knife found on Freddie Gray was legal in Maryland and therefore the officers didn't have a right to arrest Gray. The police investigation found that the knife is illegal under Baltimore city code.
Officials familiar with the probes also say the homicide investigation run by police investigators at most contemplated a manslaughter charge, not second degree murder as Mosby charged one of the officers, Caesar Goodson. To win conviction for murder, prosecutors must prove intent to kill. Manslaughter relates to unintentional killings.
*snip*
Another issue could arise from the team Mosby relied on to lead her case: one of her top investigators, Avon Mackel, is a former high-ranking Baltimore police officer who was stripped of his command post in 2009 for failing to follow through on a robbery investigation that two of his officers mishandled and did not report. A Baltimore Sun report said police in the district were accused of classifying serious crimes as lesser in order to log lower crime rates.
In October 2009, four months after his demotion, Baltimore County police sent a SWAT team to Mackel's home, responding a drunken incident in which he was seen holding a gun, according to a police report of the incident obtained by CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/06/politics/f...osecution/
I fear that if any of these charges get dismissed or beaten by a strong defense, the city will erupt again. It does appear that there are pretty strong community leaders operating now though, so that could help make a difference if that happens.
My hope is that the snippets from the story below are just noise, and she's got her ducks in a row. If not, Baltimore is in for another rough ride.
Baltimore (CNN)
*snip*
Lawyers for two officers have challenged a key finding of State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's case: that a knife found on Freddie Gray was legal in Maryland and therefore the officers didn't have a right to arrest Gray. The police investigation found that the knife is illegal under Baltimore city code.
Officials familiar with the probes also say the homicide investigation run by police investigators at most contemplated a manslaughter charge, not second degree murder as Mosby charged one of the officers, Caesar Goodson. To win conviction for murder, prosecutors must prove intent to kill. Manslaughter relates to unintentional killings.
*snip*
Another issue could arise from the team Mosby relied on to lead her case: one of her top investigators, Avon Mackel, is a former high-ranking Baltimore police officer who was stripped of his command post in 2009 for failing to follow through on a robbery investigation that two of his officers mishandled and did not report. A Baltimore Sun report said police in the district were accused of classifying serious crimes as lesser in order to log lower crime rates.
In October 2009, four months after his demotion, Baltimore County police sent a SWAT team to Mackel's home, responding a drunken incident in which he was seen holding a gun, according to a police report of the incident obtained by CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/06/politics/f...osecution/