Yes, all those charges seem to create a path for negotiating to lesser charges, maybe throwing some out once these cops get legal counsel.
At best, Chris, the cop behavior is suspicious, but few buy that Gray broke his own back, neck and throat, whatever.
I just go back to the appalling lack of evidence that corroborates a thing the cops reported. Gray looked in agony in the arrest scuffle, imho. The cops said he was enraged. I don’t see that, but thought his face appeared agonized. Eye of the beholder evidence.
Not saying the cops even realized he had been seriously injured in the scuffle. In the van it was worse and no film, no evidence, too many stops and he’s unconscious.
Not good. But, nobody should be railroaded by a bunch of fascists.
My concern is that potential overcharging in this case might lead to charges being tossed or dropped, which could lead to more outrage being sparked.
If it can be proven that the cops engaged in criminal activity here, they should definitely have to face the music.
I am not for cops dispensing this type of, ah, I guess vigilantism. Juries and judges do that.
So I am not going to be one who says oh look at his record he was on he way to this. That is not relevant to me. I am also not one who is going to say the police are jack booted thugs, all they want to do is control, kill power, power. I don’t believe that is the case either. I’m not going to pay any attention to that side either.
A meticulous study of the evidence is relevant to me. It is in that study of evidence that I believe proper justice is found.
If she wants me to believe that the police are guilty of what she charged them with, she is going to have to prove it to me.
If she can prove it to me, I will agree with her.
If she fails to do that, I will side with the police.
But I do not want her, or the defense for that matter, to attempt to inflame me with emotions or politics.
Just the facts, as someone famous used to say.