“cannot be swayed by sympathy, prejudice or public
opinion.”
The judge himself was swayed by public opinion that he would not be fair to the police officers. He completely ignored the scientific medical reports and let these police off with not so much as a parking ticket, when one officer ran a stop sign and swerved out of his lane (something they would have killed a black driver for doing, had he not been a cop). White people know this and see it everyday in the headlines.It is obvious he was swayed by sympathy for the police, public opinion against Freddy Gray, and prejudice against black people, much the same way clarence thomas is.