Two officers in Freddie Gray case sue Marilyn Mosby for defamation

[Calista241]

Source: Baltimore Sun

Two officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray are suing Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby for defamation and invasion of privacy.

Sgt. Alicia White and Officer William Porter, who are facing charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 25-year-old's death last April, filed the lawsuit against Mosby, Baltimore sheriff's office Maj. Sam Cogen and the state of Maryland on May 2, according to Baltimore Circuit Court records made public Wednesday.

The officers claim that Mosby and Cogen knew the statement of charges filed against the officers and other statements made by Mosby at a May 1, 2015, news conference announcing the charges "were false."

The officers had asked that the lawsuit be sealed to "avoid any suggestion" that they were "not complying with the spirit of" a gag order issued in their criminal cases by Circuit Judge Barry G. Williams, and to "avoid any additional pretrial publicity in connection with their upcoming criminal trials." They said they had to file the lawsuit at this time because of statute of limitations concerns.

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/freddie-gray/bs-md-ci-gray-officers-sue-mosby-20160525-story.html

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. Of course.

They are not used to being held accountable, pisses em off.

[Feeling the Bern]

2. Good luck with that, fascists. Speaking the truth is not defamation

This will get laughed out of court fast.

[Angel Martin]

5. so you think racism was White and Porter's motivation ?

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[TipTok]

6. I think this one always fries a few synapses...

The default answer is to go direct to racism but then they get stalled when they see the arresting officers...

Vapor lock...

[Feeling the Bern]

7. I said fascists, not racist. I see reading comprehension skills have died in America.

Years of starving schools of funding really have taken their effect on the population.

[Angel Martin]

8. I will inform my boarding school

of your concerns.

[Feeling the Bern]

9. Please do. And while you're at it, please inform them how to teach a little respect

and class as well.

[Leontius]

3. Show trials and those who prosecute them need to be exposed to risk.

[TipTok]

4. Good...

Mosby left the legal arena and stepped into the political.

It isn't too much to ask that she act like a professional.