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State: Baltimore officer caused black man's broken neck
Associated Press ^ | Jun 20, 2016 12:28 PM EDT | Juliet Linderman

Posted on 06/20/2016 9:42:58 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Prosecutors tried one last time on Monday to persuade a Baltimore judge to convict the driver of a police wagon in which 25-year-old black arrestee Freddie Gray’s neck was broken on the way to a police station.

Both sides delivered closing arguments after more than five days of testimony in the trial of Officer Caesar Goodson on charges including second-degree murder and manslaughter.

Other officers left Gray in handcuffs and leg shackles inside the paddy wagon, leaving him unable to protect himself from being slammed into the van’s metal walls during the ride. Prosecutors say Goodson “breached his duty” when he failed to buckle Gray into a seat belt that would have restrained him. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Maryland
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Another one-sided headline out of AP.
1 posted on 06/20/2016 9:42:58 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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“Initially the state alleged that Goodson gave Gray a “rough ride” with the intention of bouncing the man around and injuring him. But prosecutors made no mention of a rough ride in their closing arguments, and Goodson’s defense accused them of changing their story.”

No rough ride = defense verdict.


2 posted on 06/20/2016 9:49:41 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: Olog-hai

Pathetic, they wrote an article while the defense is still presenting closing arguments.


3 posted on 06/20/2016 9:50:14 AM PDT by cyclotic (Guns don't kill people. Abortion clinics kill people)
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To: Olog-hai

Gray threw himself around the van trying to create enough bruising to claim police brutality. He killed himself.


4 posted on 06/20/2016 9:51:56 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Olog-hai

Wtf is an arrestee


5 posted on 06/20/2016 9:53:17 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know john 3:16)
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To: Olog-hai

wasn’t there another person in the truck who said he heard Gray banging around (on his own) in an attempt to injure himself?

Also, wasn’t Gray previously involved in ANOTHER incident where he purposely injured himself?

What I think happened is that FG tried to get himself a $million lawsuit payoff and killed his stupid self in the process. AND THE DEFENSE SHOULD SAY SO.


6 posted on 06/20/2016 9:53:35 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: cyclotic

Well, it’s the AP, but still, they used “paddy”.


7 posted on 06/20/2016 9:54:53 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Mr. K

That’s what I read very early on. There is no way they will get any convictions on this and then Mosby will be going down HARD.


8 posted on 06/20/2016 9:55:12 AM PDT by Snowybear
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To: Olog-hai

Don’t want a rough ride, don’t get arrested.

Incidentally, ‘rough rides’ are one of the most useful tools for cops in beleagured inner cities to get information out of punks who otherwise have a lethally-enforced code of silence aka “stop snitching”. Such information, need I remind people, is usually where the latest rape/murder/robbery suspect is hiding out or where their gang keeps their gun stash or who’s moving the big shipment of coke base. In other words, really serious $hit where lives are at stake.

They don’t give ‘rough rides’ to 14 year old brats caught stealing a beer from the corner store, folks.


9 posted on 06/20/2016 10:03:05 AM PDT by Laser_Ray (Another nifty idea)
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I’m willing to bet that all the rioters in Boston, will put back everything they stole, and fix everything they broke after this guy’s found not guilty.


10 posted on 06/20/2016 10:12:23 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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AND THE DEFENSE SHOULD SAY SO.

No. They should show that the ride was not rough and that FG was throwing himself around in the paddy wagon. No need to speculate on this, although I think you are on the money.

11 posted on 06/20/2016 10:14:06 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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@8: "then Mosby will be going down HARD."

Prosecutorial abuse.

12 posted on 06/20/2016 10:17:03 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Partisan Media Shills Alert!


13 posted on 06/20/2016 10:17:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Boston?


14 posted on 06/20/2016 10:18:57 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Olog-hai
Another one-sided headline out of AP.

The state didn't make that argument?

15 posted on 06/20/2016 10:20:53 AM PDT by semimojo
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Gray threw himself around the van trying to create enough bruising to claim police brutality. He killed himself.

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I agree. Video shows him faking injury before he was ever put into the van.


16 posted on 06/20/2016 10:22:19 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Olog-hai

Dumb question:

If rough ride is off the table...and I’d bet officers would testify that rides without seatbelts had occurred hundreds of time prior, with no broken necks...how can he be convicted of second degree murder?


17 posted on 06/20/2016 10:23:19 AM PDT by lacrew
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To: semimojo
Did not say that. What I was talking about is that the AP made a point of only putting the state’s contention as the headline.
18 posted on 06/20/2016 10:24:10 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai; PhilDragoo

Video of Freddie Gray being escorted to police van. I’d seen this, edited, on TV news. It appeared to me that Gray was in distress before he ever got to the van. The whole clip is worth seeing, but actual escorting to van begins at around 1:40. A bystander who was recording the transfer shouted at police, you tase him like that, no wonder he can’t use his legs.

I’ve never heard why Gray was tased.


19 posted on 06/20/2016 10:24:49 AM PDT by ntnychik
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To: Calvin Locke

I always get those two mixed up. It’s Hopeless.


20 posted on 06/20/2016 10:28:32 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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