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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby CultofZoidberg » Sun May 03, 2015 5:16 am

...how did I miss this thread

I live in Maryland....
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby sunglasses » Sun May 03, 2015 5:52 pm

CultofZoidberg wrote:...how did I miss this thread

I live in Maryland....


Willful ignorance
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Nullbert » Sun May 03, 2015 6:32 pm

Mayor Carcetti offers his views on the situation:

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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby CultofZoidberg » Mon May 04, 2015 12:08 am

Nullbert wrote:Mayor Carcetti offers his views on the situation:

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C'mon Littlefinger, pull yourself together!!
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Bert » Thu May 21, 2015 11:16 pm

In a surprising turn of events, the 6 officers responsible for Freddie Gray's death were indicted today. Hopefully this becomes a trend and more of these cases go to trial.
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Bert » Mon May 23, 2016 5:14 pm

In a not so surprising update to this story, two of the six trials of police officers involved in Freddie Gray's arrest and death have concluded, the first in a mistrial due to a hung jury the second in a verdict of not guilty. The officer who's case ended in mistrial may be retried at a later date at the discretion of the prosecutors, still no word on that so they may be waiting for other trials to conclude, in which Officer Porter is compelled to provide testimony for the prosecution. His testimony can't be used in a retrial against himself, however, as it would violate his right to not self-incriminate.
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Bert » Thu Jun 23, 2016 6:28 pm

A third trial has concluded, this time of the driver of the van, Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. And it was another acquittal. Goodson faced the most severe charges, including second-degree murder. Obviously this kind of places doubt that any convictions are going to be happening here. Four more trials are to follow, which includes a retrial for the first officer who had a hung jury. ;)
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby iMURDAu » Thu Jun 23, 2016 10:50 pm

Wow its almost like the riots were for nothing.

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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Bert » Mon Jul 18, 2016 4:46 pm

A fourth trial has concluded and lo and behold, another acquittal. Lt. Brian Rice, the senior officer involved, was cleared of involuntary manslaughter and other charges in his bench trial by Judge Barry Williams, the same judge who presided over the other two acquittals. For those of you keeping score at home, that is 3 acquittals, one mistrial by hung jury, and two trials and a retrial remaining.

There are calls for the prosecution to drop the remaining charges, and I have to say at this point it does seem like a waste of time and money to continue unless there is something different about the other cases.
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Bert » Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:06 pm

All remaining charges have been dropped.

It occurred to me that the prosecutors may have charged these officers knowing they likely wouldn't get convictions purely in response to the massive protests back when this whole thing started. Prosecutors don't make a habit of taking on cases they don't think they can win, and if all the charges were based on the same evidence, it would have been obvious after the first trial how the rest would go. The fact they pushed on for a couple more trials tells me this was more about public relations than anything else.
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby sunglasses » Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:44 pm

*sigh*
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby Crimson847 » Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:07 pm

Bert wrote:All remaining charges have been dropped.

It occurred to me that the prosecutors may have charged these officers knowing they likely wouldn't get convictions purely in response to the massive protests back when this whole thing started. Prosecutors don't make a habit of taking on cases they don't think they can win, and if all the charges were based on the same evidence, it would have been obvious after the first trial how the rest would go. The fact they pushed on for a couple more trials tells me this was more about public relations than anything else.


Mosby's conduct in the case indicates this as well.
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Re: Damn it, Baltimore

Postby sunglasses » Thu Aug 11, 2016 2:48 pm

So not only did the DOJ find that the Bmore police were being aggressive to black people, but that they sucked dealing with sexual assault victims as well.
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