[Still Thinking]

Wait, the arrest was good because the knife WASN’T illegal? Aruh?

[JoSixChip]

Wait, the arrest was good because the knife WASN'T illegal? Aruh?

It's Baltimore, that's just how they roll in the hood.

[Boogieman]

Usually, stuff like that comes down to whether the cops thought it was illegal, whether their suspicion was accurate or not. They’d have to show the cops knew it was legal and arrested him anyway for it to be “false arrest”.