Rioting charge carries a maximum of life in prison in the state of Maryland [View all]

[Jesus Malverde]

In a frightening example of the hypocrisy of the justice system, a Baltimore teen who turned himself in for smashing a police car window is being held on $500,000 bail and facing life in prison. This as the cops who arrested Freddie Gray are all walking free and still collecting their paychecks.

Allen Bullock, 18, was seen smashing a police car window with a traffic cone in an image that ran on the front page of the Baltimore Sun’s coverage of the uprising in the city this week. According to The Guardian, after being encouraged by his parents to turn himself in, he was charged with eight criminal counts including rioting and destruction of property.

Bullock’s step father, Maurice Hawkins, told his son that he feared the police would “find him, knock down our door and beat him,” if he didn’t turn himself in.

So he did. And it appears he is now being made an example of by law enforcement.

http://hellobeautiful.com/2015/04/30/baltimore-teen-facing-life-in-prison-after-turning-himself-in-for-smashing-cop-car-window/