To your 2nd point - I heard (on FarceBook) that approximately 30 BPD officers resigned in protest of the PA and her railroad. Has anyone else heard anything similar?
Haven’t heard that, although I did see a resignation letter along those lines purporting to be from a Baltimore cop making the rounds.
There’s no doubt in my mind that the States Attorney is making matters worse by her actions. If the cops really didn’t restrain the guy, took him on a “nickle ride”, made unathorized stops etc then they need to be dealt with using the appropriate legal and administrative processes and measures.
But she’s trying to use this to political effect. Probably sees it as a golden opportunity to advance her career. Heck, she was even dropping her campaign slogans into the text of her probable cause arrest statement. But she’s really overreaching onna lot of things, which won’t end well.