09-02-2015, 01:50 PM
IN TODAY'S NEWS...
A judge denied two Defense motions in the Freddie Gray case.
- The judge denied a motion to drop the charges against the six police officers.
- The judge denied a motion to recuse State's Attorney Marilyn Mosbey from the case and move the case out of the Baltimore State's Attorneys Office. The defense had claimed bias.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/marylan...story.html
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San Antonio Police Officer Fatally Shoots Man with Hands in the Air
As explained in the video, Gilberto Flores was shot dead when police responded to a domestic disturbance call.
Flores allegedly cut the hand of the woman inside who was with a baby.
Police say that he resisted arrest and that they were unsuccessful when attempting to use non-lethal weapons to detain him.
The video was filmed by a nearby worker and turned over to the local tv station so there would be no possibility of anything being swept under the rug.
In the video, Flores is not moving and has his hands in the air when officers shoots him; it looks like Flores was surrendering at the time he was killed.
Police say there is a second video that shows that Flores has a knife in the hand which is blocked by the pole in this first video. The second video has not been released to the public yet.
Unless that second video somehow shows that Flores was making a threatening gesture towards officers while standing still with his hands above his head, I'm not sure that's going to help the officers with a "justified shooting" defense.
Anyway, an investigation is underway and the FBI is already involved.
A judge denied two Defense motions in the Freddie Gray case.
- The judge denied a motion to drop the charges against the six police officers.
- The judge denied a motion to recuse State's Attorney Marilyn Mosbey from the case and move the case out of the Baltimore State's Attorneys Office. The defense had claimed bias.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/marylan...story.html
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San Antonio Police Officer Fatally Shoots Man with Hands in the Air
As explained in the video, Gilberto Flores was shot dead when police responded to a domestic disturbance call.
Flores allegedly cut the hand of the woman inside who was with a baby.
Police say that he resisted arrest and that they were unsuccessful when attempting to use non-lethal weapons to detain him.
The video was filmed by a nearby worker and turned over to the local tv station so there would be no possibility of anything being swept under the rug.
In the video, Flores is not moving and has his hands in the air when officers shoots him; it looks like Flores was surrendering at the time he was killed.
Police say there is a second video that shows that Flores has a knife in the hand which is blocked by the pole in this first video. The second video has not been released to the public yet.
Unless that second video somehow shows that Flores was making a threatening gesture towards officers while standing still with his hands above his head, I'm not sure that's going to help the officers with a "justified shooting" defense.
Anyway, an investigation is underway and the FBI is already involved.