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Do you have a problem with facts? Yes, these cops deserve their day in court, but don't lump them in with good cops. Consider what the police department has already admitted: (1) they did not have cause to stop Gray, (2) did not have cause to arrest him, (3) that the knife was not illegal, (4) that he was alive and uninjured when put in the van, (5) that they did not secure him in the van, (6) that the took 45 minutes for a 4-5 block ride to jail, (7) that he came out injured, (8) that they failed to get him timely treatment, and (9) that he subsequently died. To say that one or all of these cops caused his death is fair statement. Now the court will decide if it was intentional, accidental, or something else. That the FOP says they did nothing wrong flies in the face of what the police department has already admitted to. What of the above do you find incorrect?

Bad cops need to be singled out, to separate them from good cops. My dad was a cop and most of our family friends growing up were cops. The knee-jerk response to defend cops is wrong and soils the reputation of good cops. To lay insult upon people for saying this is rude.

Finally, as you bring the moderator in to try and get me kicked off FreeRepublic, consider that I have not intentionally be disrespectful to anyone, I don't throw around insults. My conservative views might differ from yours but that does not mean they are not conservative. Is it a requirement here on FreeRepublic that everyone share exactly the same view on all topics?!

Nearly all of your points are still up to conjecture and NOTHING has been proven -- or even presented as evidence -- in a court of law. Do you have the slightest clue how the criminal justice system works? You've already referred to the suspects as "murderous cops" after a couple of days of speculative news stories. That's quite enough to know where you're coming from. We think a little deeper than that around here.

You still think Michael Brown was yelling, "Hands up! Don't shoot!"?

Consider what the police department has already admitted: (1) they did not have cause to stop Gray, (2) did not have cause to arrest him, (3) that the knife was not illegal,

Which is EXACTLY what they are supposed to do when they approach a known drug dealers take off running from the police in an part of town notorious for drug trafficking.

The knife charge was the way police could apprehend and question him about the drugs he ingested while they chased him.

Drugs and crime would be rampant if idiots like you were running police departments.

(4) that he was alive and uninjured when put in the van, (5) that they did not secure him in the van, (6) that the took 45 minutes for a 4-5 block ride to jail, (7) that he came out injured, (8) that they failed to get him timely treatment, and (9) that he subsequently died.

I'm going to keep calling you out -- give us any evidence whatsoever the police caused this loser's injuries.

Again, it took 45 minutes because pooooor Freddie kept bouncing himself off the walls of the van. They had to stop four times to try and restrain him.

If he hadn't been out dealing drugs, ran from police, resisted arrest and hadn't caused a disturbance in the van, HE'D STILL BE ALIVE. That is HIS fault, nit wit.

You sound like some ACLU lawyer.