I don’t disagree with much you said there, I do want to point out that the filing is from a “Baltimore Police Officer” not a defense attorney. So I was addressing the former, not the latter.
And if the knife gets lost along the way, which is more likely a BPD problem since they have probably been in custody with the evidence, reasonable doubt about the validity of the arrest is okay and they would get off. But they’re still going to pay a price for causing the death of Freddie Gray.
The knife was only illegal if carried by a honkie.
Ummmmm... "In a motion filed Monday on behalf of Officer Edward Nero, his attorneys believe that the "spring assisted, one hand operated knife" obtained during Gray's April 12 arrest is not in fact legal — and therefore, his arrest was justified, reported NBC affiliate WBAL. "
I doubt very much that Officer Nero came up with this idea on his own. (Demonstrating why good lawyers get paid as much as they do.)