Posted on 06/20/2016 9:42:58 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Just because poor Freddie was thrown in a *paddy* wagon now everybody is going to assume this happened in Boston? ;-)
BTW I am irate that AP would use this slur in their article.
A former co-worker of mine in Florida was a cop in City of Detroit in the late 80’s prior to the Florida deal... he said it was common, after applying a fresh ArmorAll application to the rear vinyl seat in his cruiser, to haul a perp in and do a “Screen test” while in transit.
This test would be watched for entertainment value from the driver’s side of the plexiglass partition, on which the face of the perp (handcuffed in back) would be plastered when doing an emergency/panic brake when away from traffic.
Maybe this stuff still goes on, but I doubt it. I would think the (living) EYEWITNESS in the back of the same van at the same time would be the best available information. Dead guy succeeded beyond all belief in trying to hurt himself... an overachiever!
This is why the ‘rough ride’ wasn’t mentioned in closing arguments by the prosecution:
Freddie Gray trial: expert witness crumbles in van driver’s prosecution
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/16/freddie-gray-trial-caesar-goodson-rough-ride-prosecution
Witness Stanford O’Neill Franklin, a former police commander, was called to support the prosecution’s theory that Gray suffered what is known as a “rough ride”, a practice in which a driver jolts and takes sharp turns, jostling a prisoner who is handcuffed and shackled without a seatbelt.
But when asked by defense attorney Matthew Fraling whether he saw any evidence of Goodson’s erratic driving, he couldn’t say.
Asked if, in reviewing footage of the van’s stops, he saw evidence of unexpected starts, stops, or turns, Franklin answered: “I did not.”
“It’s not your contention that Officer Goodson in any way engaged in a rough ride?” Fraling asked.
“I can’t say for sure,” Franklin responded.
On redirect, assistant deputy state’s attorney Michael Schatzow did not ask any further questions about the rough ride before resting his case.
Not a chance. I think this judge has been playing her all along so he can prove what an incompetent moron the voters elected.
The verdict will be read on Thursday. Unfortunately, I have to be in Baltimore for a meeting that day.
I used to know a guy who was law partners with her predecessor. He was a democrat of course, but he was also white which was one big strike against him. My friend said he was an excellent attorney, so you know he’d be a one-termer on Baltimore.
Be safe and good luck.
Going limp is standard operating procedure for a guy playing the system. It makes the cops work harder. Plus, the ME report said that upon injury, breathing would be impossible and death inevitable. He was breathing and not in distress in the video.
Testimony also showed that at one stop, he was on the floor and assisted the officer who was helping him back into his seat.
I think Sean Connery saved their reputation in The Untouchables.
The Easter Bunny causes egg prices to rise at Easter too. Makes about as much sense as charging this officer who I am confident will be acquitted completely.
Yep. They are trying to imply that a white cop deliberately killed an “innocent” black man. How convenient not to mention that the cop was black. Or that the dead guy was a criminal.
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