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The truth about Freddie Gray's 'pre-existing injury from car accident' [FR mentioned]
The Baltimore Sun ^ | April 29, 2015 | Mark Puente and Doug Donovan

Posted on 04/29/2015 2:45:29 PM PDT by donna

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To: donna
From the source article:

Sources allege that Gray also attempted to refinance his structured settlement into one lump sum payment through Peachtree Funding.

If this is true, then it is possible that Gray’s spinal injury resulting from his encounter with the Baltimore Police was not the result of rough-handling or abuse, but rather a freak accident that occurred when Gray should have been at home resting, not selling drugs.

21 posted on 04/29/2015 3:04:08 PM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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To: Slyfox

That particular website has an update.


22 posted on 04/29/2015 3:05:32 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Frankly - call me racist - I just don't care.

My ancestors were not slave-owners, we were slaves, and we got over it in the span of 40 years in the desert.

My skin is white, yes, and I suppose I am as "racist" as the next guy (birds of a feather) but I have black and even Muslim friends, and none of them are looters.

Obama tells me to "search my soul."

Seriously, this kenyan kat and his kreepy minions komprise a long, bad, racist, big-government joke -

And you don't have to have a specific skin pigmentation to "get it."
23 posted on 04/29/2015 3:06:01 PM PDT by golux
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To: Responsibility2nd

IN this instance the facts coming to light are that there was no pre-existing spinal injury — internet rumors to the contrary.


24 posted on 04/29/2015 3:06:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Sho Nuff:

UPDATE: More information has serviced, and a story will be released at 6 PM EST Wednesday that blows the Freddie Gray settlement/surgery/car accident story WIDE open

CONFIRMED: Court records show Freddie Gray was receiving a structured settlement from Allstate Insurance and attempted to convert it into one lump sum in early March

25 posted on 04/29/2015 3:07:58 PM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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To: golux

Know how you feel.


26 posted on 04/29/2015 3:08:20 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: BenLurkin

Ahh. Reverse psychology agit-prop.

Kinda like those pictures of Darren Wilson all beat up in Ferguson.

Except that WASN’T Darren Wilson.


27 posted on 04/29/2015 3:09:04 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
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To: Slyfox
Court records show Freddie Gray was receiving a structured settlement from Allstate Insurance and attempted to convert it into one lump sum in early March

Yes, he was receiving a structured settlement. No, the structured settlement had nothing to do with an accident or pre-existing spinal condition.

28 posted on 04/29/2015 3:12:36 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: donna

Well, according to this article in the Baltimore Sun, “In his documents, Freddie Gray checked ‘work injury, medical malpractice and auto accident’ as the type of accident. When asked to explain, he also wrote something that is unreadable. He also wrote something unreadable when asked if he was a minor when the case was settled.”

So it’s not entirely surprising that the source cited in FR mentions an auto accident. Whether there was an auto accident, or a pre-existing spinal injury, who knows? There was a thread posted about it in the forum, which is still there, the duplicate post only having been removed—contrary to the claim falsely made by the Baltimore Sun.


29 posted on 04/29/2015 3:12:38 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: kristinn; Jim Robinson

FTA..... Free Republic has since removed the story from its website and could not be reached for comment.

________________________________________________

Ping. Did the Baltimore Sun reach out to you?

Just wondering.


30 posted on 04/29/2015 3:12:58 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
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To: Slyfox

You need to go and carefully read the OP article.


31 posted on 04/29/2015 3:15:10 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: Cicero

So. Freddie may or may not have had a spinal injury from a car wreck.

But one thing is clear. He lied about it. He alluded to it.

He’s just another lying, scheming career criminal punk out to scam his way though life.

Or at least he was. He’s dead now.


32 posted on 04/29/2015 3:15:34 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
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To: donna; Jim Robinson

Canw e sue them for copyright infringement? /sarc


33 posted on 04/29/2015 3:16:32 PM PDT by dware (The GOP is dead. Long live Conservatism.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
So. Freddie may or may not have had a spinal injury from a car wreck.

Who lied about what? Who alluded to what?

34 posted on 04/29/2015 3:17:09 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: donna

My post yesterday in a related thread: The sources for this story are very shaky. A private forum, godlikeproductions.com/forum, seems to be the first to pick this up followed by www.city-data.com some seventeen hours ago.

It’s a shame such claims are creating smoke screens on most controversial subjects. It sounded possible but wasn’t well documented.


35 posted on 04/29/2015 3:18:04 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: donna

I love how the article posted indicated that the outlet was trying to confirm the information.

Ahhh.....dont you just long for the days when the media actually confirmed something before printing it.

What a cesspool the internet is.


36 posted on 04/29/2015 3:19:28 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Responsibility2nd

Do some research before you post. You’ll save yourself some embarrassment.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3284316/posts


37 posted on 04/29/2015 3:26:20 PM PDT by Usagi_yo (Give me liberty or give me a cash settlement.)
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To: Slyfox

How would let paint cause a spinal injury?


38 posted on 04/29/2015 3:26:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Responsibility2nd

Do you read English? His settlement comes from exposure to lead paint.


39 posted on 04/29/2015 3:29:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: donna
Well Mark Puente and Doug Donovan. At least you did some research on this. After the fact. Maybe if you guys did your job independent journalists wouldn't have to.
40 posted on 04/29/2015 3:32:37 PM PDT by McGruff (It's not the crime, it's the cover-up they said.)
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