Police are allowed to arrest someone who runs from them, especially since Gray was observed in a hand to hand transaction prior to fleeing. This was disclosed by another officer with inside information.
I can understand why the officers did not believe Gray’s claims of physical distress, because according to other officers that was his standard M.O. when being arrested. A case of crying Wolf too many times.
Unfortunately for Gray, his attempt to avoid a possession charge may be what ended his life. Gray was not known to be a heroin user, but herion was in his urine test. Heroin used in excess causes slow, difficult breathing, convulsions, heart failure, and coma, all symptoms that Gray exhibited. Convulsions could explain his thrashing around in the back of the van. He definitely had cardiac arrest and was in a coma by the time they reached their destination.
We need to wait for all of the forensic evidence to come out, because it is obvious that this prosecutor is biased and completely unreliable in her demonstrated lack of knowledge of the law.
Good post...I agree.
I often wonder now what his mother is going to do for her Heroin addiction...which apparently Freddie kept her in supply of. Appears she’s a lifetime hard core Heroin addict. Photos throughout this ordeal show her pretty much out of it but I’m sure they’re sedating her one way or another.
Your arguments would stand up except for the teensy little detail of Gray having died in police custody.