Being a convicted felon, on probation, in a known drug sales area, and fleeing police is not illegal.
As to the spring-assisted knife, the same police report also said that it was a switchblade. The DA said it wasn't. No one has seen the knife, so I'll reserve judgment on that one.
No, that's what gave them reasonable suspicion to detain him.
As to the spring-assisted knife, the same police report also said that it was a switchblade. The DA said it wasn't.
You apparently aren't familiar with how criminal laws are written. A common charge in Maryland is "Unauthorized Use of livestock". This is the charge for driving a stolen vehicle. The switchblade charge doesn't necessarily mean he had a switchblade. It is a categorical charge that includes assisted-opening knives.
And RE: the livestock charge, this would be equivalent to the prosecutor saying, of a car thief, "that guy wasn't using stolen livestock, so the arrest is illegal", just because he was in a stolen car instead of on stolen livestock. She is playing word games.
“”The DA said it wasn’t””
I haven’t heard of a DA anywhere near this case. Why not? Don’t they have DA’s in Baltimore? WHY did it go to the State Attorney?
Can someone please tell me what roles were played by the officers who have been charged by the State Attorney? Where were they in relation to Freddie Gray and what did they do? Were they some of the officers at the van when he was put in the van? What about the bicycle cops? He seemed to be hurt when he was wrestled to the ground by them. Are they part of the 6?
Any kind of spring-assisted knife is illegal in MD
I hear there were also outstanding warrants for his arrest
Might depend on the conditions of the probation....