Posted on 04/29/2015 6:20:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Dozens of people arrested in violent demonstrations this week in Baltimore were being released early Wednesday evening because police were unable to complete their paperwork in time, the state public defender's office said.
The 101 detainees began walking free without charges about the same time that Baltimore police announced that their report into the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man who died in police custody this month, wouldn't be made public Friday.
Police Commissioner Anthony Batts had set a deadline of Friday to file the report with state investigators. Capt. Eric Kowalczyk said late Wednesday afternoon that the report would remain closed to protect the integrity of the inquiry.
"We know that there are a lot of people who want answers who have concerns they want addressed, and we have an obligation to do our best to be accountable," Kowalczyk said....
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Including the ones who hurt police - like the one who became ‘unresponsive’?
Or tried to set fire to the pizza shop owner?
Appeasement.
Pure and simple.
Where else in history has a 12% minority ever run roughshod over a 72% majority?
All by design.
I smell Loretta Lynch.
Good question.
It’s not going to last long. They have to get their shots in now. Hispanics outnumber them already, and the two are actually enemies.
I read the other night after the initial uprising when 200 plus were arrested that no one showed up to SET bail. Stinks to high heaven.
There is nothing on earth done correctly by libd.
Libs, of course.
I had a Dorkbama moment.
I see the idiot media is still calling the rioters “protesters”
If arraignments arent held within 24-48 hrs, (SCOTUS says 48 hrs) a release can happen. But, the charges can be filed later with a rearrest. And, theres a possibility that police may find evidence in the home or on the person (illegal guns, drugs, etc) during the rearrest that could result in further unrelated charges.
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