Posted on 07/18/2016 9:28:33 AM PDT by Strac6
A judge in Baltimore Monday acquitted the highest-ranking officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, marking the fourth trial that prosecutors failed to win.
Lt. Brian Rice faced charges of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office. He opted for a bench trial by Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams.
The judge previously dismissed a second-degree assault charge, and prosecutors dropped a second misconduct charge against the 42-year-old officer, who is white.
Gray died a week after suffering a spinal injury in a police van last year, touching off protests and rioting.
Rice's failure to seatbelt Gray, Williams said, may have been an error in judgment and a violation of updated policy -- but the judge found prosecutors failed to prove it rose to a criminal level.
"The state failed to show that the defendant, even if he was aware of the risk, consciously disregarded that risk," the judge said.
Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby vowed to bring justice to an aggrieved citizenry when she announced the charges last year. But she has yet to find success in court, and is being sued for defamation by five of the officers.
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Or will this lead to more snipers.....
Mosby matters!
Mosby should be given the Nifong treatment next
“Williams said, may have been an error in judgment and a violation of updated policy — but the judge found prosecutors failed to prove it rose to a criminal level.”
Where have we heard this before?
Hallelujah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Foot Lockers will be closing early today....
Just a witch hunt by a cowardly DA, probably a racist as well.
Black Lies Matter!
(I want the bumpersticker)
The MSM seems to have zero interest in getting any kind of statement from Marilyn Mosby.
Dem street thugs be gonna start rioting tonite?
B. Hussein Obama will probably invite Mosby to the White House to console her...
I betcha that Marilyn Mosby couldn’t even indict a ham sandwich.
Mosby should be given the Ceausescu treatment.
Nobody will notice if and when riots start in Baltimore. Baltimore has no local media anymore. The SUN is broke. The TV “newspeople” aren’t interested in getting involved, and only get news from the SUN anyway. Nobody has any money in the media... But they’ll attack and mug a white guy anyway if he shows up in the wrong place, even with a news crew. The “Police” stay away, and for good reason. Bang Bang Baltimore: Social Justice and “Black Lives” prevail. You’re dead.
IMO, she's headed for higher offices, once the stink of this blows over. LIV's will remember her name, but not why.
Affirmative Action at its best....
I'll continue to call the group racist. It is racist to assume that blacks cannot live by the rule of law if required to do so.
She ought to be disbarred for this conduct.
Take that, Marilyn!!
yes
Yep same time as the RNC convention starts. Almost as if it was all planed that way. /s
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