Posted on 07/27/2016 11:28:32 AM PDT by Strac6
Marilyn Mosby’s cases against six Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray has been by all accounts an utter failure, but the state’s attorney was nevertheless defiant on Wednesday when she announced her office is dropping charges against the three officers who still faced trial.
The 36-year-old Mosby, who became a media darling last year when she announced charges against the officers for the arrest and death of Gray, complained during a press conference that the deck was stacked against her and her team of prosecutors.
“While to this day we stand by the decisions, the legal theories, the charges, and assertions set forth in the statements of probable cause and during these proceedings, as officers of the court we must respect the verdicts rendered by the judge,” Mosby said in a fiery speech held at Gilmore Homes, near where Gray was arrested last April 12.
The 25-year-old Gray, who was black, died a week later. Mosby announced charges– including one second-degree murder charge and several manslaughter charges — against six officers (three of whom are black) involved in Gray’s arrest and transport on May 1 following days of rioting in Baltimore.
In her heated remarks, Mosby slammed members of the Baltimore police department investigative team. She also complained that prosecutors were not granted any say on whether the officers would be tried by a jury or by Williams, who is black.
“What we realized very early on in this case is that police investigating police…was problematic,” Mosby shouted.
“There was a reluctance and an obvious bias that was consistently exemplified, not by the entire Baltimore police department, but by individuals within the Baltimore police department at every stage of the investigation.”
She claimed that police investigators refused to conduct search warrants. Some conducted counter-investigations of their own, she alleged.
What she did not mention is that the judge in these cases faulted Mosby’s team for failing to turn over numerous pieces of evidence that supported the six defendants.
“We do not believe that Freddie Gray killed himself,” Mosby exclaimed during the presser. “We stand by the medical examiner’s determination that Freddie Gray’s death was a homicide.”
But she noted that in light of Williams’ consistent decisions to acquit the officer and given the likelihood that the three other officers would elect a bench trial, more acquittals were “unfortunately” in the offing.
“After much thought and prayer it has become clear to me that without being able to work with an independent investigatory agency from the very start, without having a say in the election of whether our cases proceed in front of a judge or a jury…we can try this case 100 times…and we would still end up with the same results,” she said.
Despite that claim, Mosby was accused by many last year of convicting the six officers in the court of public opinion with her courthouse speech announcing charges.
At one point in her presser on Wednesday Mosby asserted that her prosecutors nearly convicted Porter, the officer whose trial ended in a hung jury.
“And although we came close to convicting one of the officers when his case was tried before 12 Baltimore city residents, the judge has made it clear that he does not agree with the state’s theory of the case and does not believe that any of the actions or inactions of these officers rise to the level of criminality,” she said.
Porter was nearly acquitted of involuntary manslaughter, the toughest charge he faced. The jury broke 11-1 in favor of acquittal. Porter was nearly acquitted on assault charges as well. The jury voted 8-2 for acquittal with two jurors undecided.
Jurors split 10-1 on a charge of misconduct in office.
She can ‘prosecute’ herself while doing it.
LOL....love how Trump’s quips are always spot on.
An old Lawyers’ maxim:
When you don’t have the law, you pound the facts.
When you don’t have the facts, you pound the law.
When you don’t have either, you pound the table.
No, it’s Bush’s fault.
If she is left in place you can really see how inconsequential Baltimore (like most urban welfare reservations) really is. There is a huge double standard at work between black & white communities due to the soft bigotry of lowered expectations; this token is no exception. Why not? Look at “president” Otoken at the top...
which makes me wonder what lies she told to get the grand jury to indict.
Doubling down on the race card and stupidity. Resign or be prosecuted, beatch.
was problematic,” Mosby shouted.
The only problem that was ‘problematic’ was Mosby herself...stupid is as stupid does....
Just what Trump suggested she do in his press conference this morning.....
She ought to be disbarred
A defendant has the right to chose either a bench (judge) or jury trial
Epic fail, no matter how it is spun.
The Donald didn’t have to buy off anybody. It was Marilyn Mosby’s ill fortune to come up against a relatively unbiased jury and an honest judge.
The defendant is has the right to chose. It is well known that if the facts are on your side you want a bench trial. If you need emotional responses you pick a jury
Complaints have been filed.
With luck she will be Nifonged
Sounds more like their collective affirmative action educations and black privilege is what was stacked against them. That and a l'il blind ambition to be a cultural hero or some such crap. d:^)
‘She also complained that prosecutors were not granted any say on whether the officers would be tried by a jury’
Sounds like her entire strategy was, ‘Impanel an OJ jury.’
The “Peter Principle” is not a Fiction Book!
She should resign and join the Nyfong Law dream team.
bttt
Legal theories? What "theories" do you need if you are looking for facts? . . . Ohhhh. You mean "critical legal theory" kind of theories. It's a Marxist thing--it's how the Stalinist Left thinks and talks about laws in terribly special courses they teach at law schools from the Ivy League to Jumping-Off Point, Ark.
One doctrine of Critical Legal Theory would be that in any hostile encounter between a white officer and a black subject, the officer is oppressing the subject. The only remaining question is the detail of how.
No, as she should well know, she does *NOT* get a say in that. Any first year law student would know that. It stems from the absolute right to be tried by 'a jury of one's peers'...
the infowarrior
So people stonewalled and withheld or deleted evidence? How do you feel about the Hillary Clinton e-mail server scandal?
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