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8. Baltimore's Prosecuter Faces Big Test 4 Months Into Job

Fri May 1, 2015, 11:52 AM

May 2015

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"Baltimore's chief prosecutor, just 35 years old and on the job for less than four months, is facing the biggest challenge of her career: deciding whether evidence supports criminal charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray.

State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby ousted an established white opponent by promising to hold police accountable. She accused him of being too cozy with officers and too out of touch with the citizens of Baltimore. Mosby and her husband, a Baltimore city councilman, are black and live just blocks from the poverty-stricken community where riots broke out Monday following Gray's funeral."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BALTIMORES_PROSECUTOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-05-01-10-32-22

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Power & Ms. Mosby [View all] H2O Man May 2015 OP

I said the same in another thread. blm May 2015 #1

It is a pleasure H2O Man May 2015 #4

heheheh blm May 2015 #7

Isn't that the truth malaise May 2015 #9

Here's the video malaise May 2015 #13

Well, yeah, on one hand. malthaussen May 2015 #18

Yes - truly - a historic day. I cried through her whole presser. lamp_shade May 2015 #2

I kept hearing H2O Man May 2015 #6

I did, too. I was incredibly impressed. Takes a WOMAN. calimary May 2015 #17

Yes, she was. I have been so appalled since this whole thing went down in a way I never CTyankee May 2015 #19

It's not easy fighting the good fight Hutzpa May 2015 #3

For all of the disenfranchised and alienated youth in her city, she KingCharlemagne May 2015 #10

Oh, you nailed it! H2O Man May 2015 #14

I remember that well...what an awful year that was...I thought the country had just CTyankee May 2015 #21

Wow. Never forget. calimary May 2015 #23

We would have been out of Vietnam within six months of an RFK inauguration, that much KingCharlemagne May 2015 #27

Indeed. Had he lived he would have beaten Nixon like a gong hifiguy May 2015 #34

Can't agree. qwlauren35 May 2015 #25

I know what you're saying, but I still view racism, sexism and homophobia KingCharlemagne May 2015 #26

Everything wonderful about RFK is summed up in that brief speech. hifiguy May 2015 #28

I was tearing up watching Ms. Mosby's press conference (the latter third, I'm guessing). That KingCharlemagne May 2015 #37

I was just reading this post Dem2 May 2015 #36

You are right. H2O Man May 2015 #11

This country needs more people like her Hutzpa May 2015 #35

I was impressed with her performance at the press conference Gothmog May 2015 #5

Definitely. H2O Man May 2015 #16

She struck me as a very bright, very no-nonsense person. hifiguy May 2015 #29

Baltimore's Prosecuter Faces Big Test 4 Months Into Job Scurrilous May 2015 #8

Looks like she passed this test with flying colors. calimary May 2015 #24

Yes she did. Scurrilous May 2015 #32

Absolutely! H2O Man May 2015 #41

Thanks for this! H2O Man May 2015 #40

I hope she takes on that Chris Christie wannabe in Annapolis in 2018. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #12

Right. H2O Man May 2015 #42

She is an impressive young professional. Skidmore May 2015 #15

Some people have natural gravitas. Some don't. hifiguy May 2015 #33

You nailed it! H2O Man May 2015 #44

I agree. H2O Man May 2015 #43

i agree 100% spanone May 2015 #20

"Power" H2O Man May 2015 #45

One could not go away from that presser without feeling that this young woman was CTyankee May 2015 #22

So well said, my Friend. H2O Man May 2015 #46

The police union is a disgrace, trying to smear her. Sick of them... CTyankee May 2015 #47

The machine will H2O Man May 2015 #48

Sounds like she has a helluva lot of courage... CTyankee May 2015 #49

Right. H2O Man May 2015 #50

She is largely responsible for the relative calm in Baltimore now. CTyankee May 2015 #52

Full video: Flying Squirrel May 2015 #30

I posted a better quality one in Video and Multimedia: joshcryer May 2015 #39

Thank you! H2O Man May 2015 #51

This is historic workinclasszero May 2015 #31

I finally got to see the full press conference. joshcryer May 2015 #38

I hope you're right because initially all I saw was Angela Corey Part II. aikoaiko May 2015 #53