Posted on 05/01/2015 11:06:22 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
The six Baltimore police officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray – who died last month after being injured in police custody – have been charged criminally, State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Friday.
Mosby's announcement on the steps of the War Memorial Building was greeted with cheers and applause. Mosby said she told Gray's family that "no one is above the law and I would pursue justice upon their behalf."
Desmond Taylor, 29, shouted in jubilee in front of the War Memorial Building.
Mosby: Freddie Gray's death a homicide, officers charged Investigation and medical examiner reports say Freddie Gray's death a homicide. Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby will file charges against all 6 officers involved in the arrest. (Baltimore Sun) "I did not expect this, but I prayed for it," he said. "This day means that your actions bring consequences in Baltimore City."
Word traveled quickly of the charges against the officers. In West Baltimore, cars honked their horns. A man hanging out of a truck window pumped his fists and yelled; "Justice! Justice! Justice!"
At the corner where Gray was arrested, 53-year-old Willie Rooks held his hands up in peace signs and screamed, "Justice!"
Reacting to news of the charges, President Barack Obama called it "absolutely vital that the truth come out.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
I was told this AM that the “interview” with the supposed 2nd prisoner on the street was a fake staged by a reporter that some connection to the lefties who are pushing this forward with no investigat0in. The second prisoner is still actually in a jail cell/ or at least was when “the interview” with the fake took place.
staged by a reporter
Something doesn't add up and it stinks. Just like NBC and the Zimmerman case.
Plus the PA seems to had already formed an opinion about the Police in general. And to say that she was not biased is stretching it.
She was seeking Justice for the Grey family.
She heard the voices of the protesters.
Her job is not to appease one side or the other. It is to seek the truth and bring to justice the offender, if there is one. Not to railroad people.
Ed
You might have missed some postings. She is a radical NoJusticeNoPeace type. She has transformed the office from one seeking justice to one seeking "social justice"
Ed
How many phone conversations transpired between Marilyn Mosby and Valerie Jarrett over the past few days before these charges were handed down?
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I think you are onto something.
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