Posted on 05/02/2015 10:14:52 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
There’s a strong “anti-cop” contingent here which really befuddles me. Sure, no one likes “jack-booted” bullies who run roughshod over the public, but what do they think their communities would look like without the police?
To be fair though there is only a handful of them who like to make a lot of noise .
Many of us know who they are.
Baltimore is a sewer of corruption.
I have an assault knife with a 30-blade magazine. Unregistered.
If he were indeed a snitch, it could have been his regular meetup time with the popo.
Despite the whole legendarium concerning “stand up guys” pretty much everyone who’s an independent operator is a snitch to some degree.
According to Kelly and Hannity in disguise guests he was seen making a drug deal, he ran one way and other guy the other way. He also apparently was a very good snitch and well known to cops covering the beat which is known for drug dealing. Very long rap sheet. And apparently a University - I think Maryland U - did drug testing and was positive for heroin and pot.
Also was known for acting up when arrested.
Then why didn’t his arrest report mention any warrants?
Equally befuddling is the notion among some folks that
running from the cops or fighting with the cops or even
pissing off the cops ought to be overlooked.
If you do any of the above, whatever follows is your own damned fault.
If a cop runs your ID and you have warrants, you are going to jail.
Doesn’t matter if you are black or white or Jesus Christ.
If you run from the cops, expect to get your ass kicked... at a minimum.
This whole incident has to be looked at in the totality of the circumstances. Freddie was a known drug dealer, he was in an area of high drug trafficking; He, supposedly was exchanging something with another blk male when he made eye contact with the police Lt. and ran.
On face, this has already been decided by the Supreme Court as “reasonable suspicion” that there was illegal activity and a police officer may stop and investigate further.
Cops stop Freddie and he has already: 1. thrown away the drugs; or 2. eaten the drugs during the foot pursuit. (A Baltimore officer stated on Hannity that the prelim tox report showed heroin and marijuana in Freddie’s system)
Since there are no drugs, there is no drug offense. In all liklihood, Freddie, being a convicted felon was not allowed to carry either a spring-assisted knife or a gun.
Since he was charged under the City ordnance, it was probably the more restrictive of the two. So while the State’s Attorney was correct the knife may have been legal under State law, it was certainly illegal under City ordnance.
There is going to be a lot more “bad press” coming out for the Mayor and this Prosecutor. It could be a very long summer for the cops in Baltimore.
If anyone ever fit the bill as "a usual suspect" it was Li'l Freddy the Felonious Farmacis. Nice rap sheet on the non-choirboy.
Common is the convict in prison who is possibly innocent of the charges that brought him there. However, he is not innocent of others, reason the police who know these people well, and a cheesy set-up may have been used to get'im off the streets of your fair city.
Freddy be dead because he wasn't restrained. Restrained that is, in prison for the previous charges which got him no more than the proverbial slap on the wrist.
Our "communities" would be a lot safer if the police simply killed everybody. The simplistic claim that bad behavior is justified is just as idiotic as the claim that there is an epidemic of police violence.
When a person dies in police custody, that is a very serious matter, and one doesn't have to be reflexively anti-cop to recognize that.
The problem here is that the prosecutor is not treating this as a serious matter. She apparently didn't use the police investigation, rushed to present charges, and overcharged what she did present. Eventually, this is all going to be walked back, and then there is going to be even more hell to pay than before.
When a guy with the arrest record Freddie had is as well known to all the cops, I don’t see a need to chase him if he runs simply for making eye contact. He’ll obviously be back before long.
What arrest report? The charge notice pictured above?
That's for one charge. They don't list 'em all , like a receipt from Walmart. No doubt there are others.
That point aside, the officers in question should NOT be charged with false arrest or "imprisonment" for executing a "technically correct" arrest.
If he was a snitch. There would be motive to keep him quiet
Which leads to my speculation that he ate his stash and had a seizure in the back of the wagon. Flip flopping around like a fish until he banged his head.
Since Grey had a long criminal record, it is likely that he was recognized by the officers.
If Grey was recognized as being a convicted felon, likely on parole or probation, possession of a weapon would likely have violated the terms of his probation, and would have generated both probable cause, and also a reason for him to run.
Freddie died ACCIDENTALLY, IMO. Nothing malicious about it! I'm guessing he swallowed the drugs he was dealing to avoid being found by cops, then had a tantrum and slipped off his bench in the truck and cracked his neck.
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