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TipTok

(2,474 posts)
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 03:09 PM Jul 2016

Should the dropping off all charges against the officers in the Freddy Gray case...

Last edited Wed Jul 27, 2016, 11:30 PM - Edit history (1)

... Be bigger news?

Seems like everything had fizzled once the cases started to fall apart.

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Should the dropping off all charges against the officers in the Freddy Gray case... (Original Post) TipTok Jul 2016 OP
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #1
Simple answer: ret5hd Jul 2016 #2
Yes yes... mock my fat phone finger.... TipTok Jul 2016 #7
I don't think Mosby wants to advertise how badly she screwed up. NaturalHigh Jul 2016 #3
Yep SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2016 #4
Despicable ... GeorgeGist Jul 2016 #5
MSNBC covered this egregious story on what is definitely Hortensis Jul 2016 #6

Response to TipTok (Original post)

ret5hd

(22,097 posts)
2. Simple answer:
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 03:15 PM
Jul 2016

Yes.

PS: The cases didn't "call apart"...the cases were never properly prosecuted.

 

TipTok

(2,474 posts)
7. Yes yes... mock my fat phone finger....
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 11:33 PM
Jul 2016

Feel good about yourself now?

Either way, Mosby took a calculated risk that she would get at least one win and force one to testify against the others.

That never happened and combined with a complete lack of evidence you get what we see today.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
3. I don't think Mosby wants to advertise how badly she screwed up.
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 03:17 PM
Jul 2016

She overcharged from the very beginning in an effort to make a name for herself, and now, after the acquittals, it's come back to bite her in the ass.

SickOfTheOnePct

(8,710 posts)
4. Yep
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 03:22 PM
Jul 2016

And complaining because the state didn't have a say in whether defendants got a jury trial or bench trial? Ridiculous.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
6. MSNBC covered this egregious story on what is definitely
Wed Jul 27, 2016, 04:25 PM
Jul 2016

a "whack-a-mole" newsday. Bad timing for national discussion (maybe why the verdict was announced today?).

More men with badges get away with murder of the "depraved indifference" type at best. But this issue is unfortunately very far from "over," and Freddie Gray's tragic death will be discussed a lot.

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