Fraternal Order of Police ask Baltimore prosecutor to appoint a special prosecutor
By now everybody knows what is going on in Baltimore: Freddie Gray died while in police custody, which led to riots, and six police officers have now been charged, in varying degrees, with the murder of Freddie Gray by State Attorney Marilyn Mosby.
In the latest news; the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 is asking for Marilyn Mosby to appoint a special prosecutor to the case siting a conflict of interest.
Here is more:
A Fraternal Order of Police lodge is asking Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby to appoint a special prosecutor to the Freddie Gray investigation because of her personal connection to the Gray family’s attorney, William H. “Billy” Murphy Jr., and her marriage to a city councilman.
Ryan requests that Mosby appoint a “Special Independent Prosecutor.”
“I have very deep concerns about the many conflicts of interest presented by your office conducting an investigation in this case,” the letter states.
“These conflicts include your personal and professional relations with Gray family attorney, William Murphy, and the lead prosecutor’s connections with members of the local media,” the letter states. “Based on several nationally televised interviews, these reporters are likely to be witnesses in any potential litigation regarding this incident.”
Murphy supported Mosby during her campaign last year. He donated $5,000 to her campaign and served on her transition committee.
“Most importantly, it is clear that your husband’s political future will be directly impacted, for better or worse, by the outcome of your investigation,” the letter states. “In order to avoid any appearance of impropriety or a violation of the Professional Rules of Professional Responsibility, I ask that you appoint a Special Prosecutor to determine whether or not any charges should be filed.”
Marilyn Mosby has denied there is a conflict of interest:
“State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has been elected by the residents in Baltimore City to uphold the law in every neighborhood including her own, regardless of if her husband is the councilman within the district where numerous crimes occur,” said spokeswoman Rochelle Ritchie. “Hundreds of people donated to her campaign. There is no conflict of interest surrounding Billy Murphy. He is representing the family in a civil case which has nothing to do with the criminal case.”
Honestly, I do not know what the truth is at this point in time and neither does anyone else, and that includes the rioters. Everything is based on emotions and political affiliations at this time and I am not going to pass judgement on emotion or political affiliation.
If these police officers are guilty they deserve whatever punishment is handed down and if they are not guilty they deserve to be left alone. Having said that: we all remember the Duke lacrosse rape case in North Carolina. Three white students were accused of raping a black woman and District Attorney Michael Nifong, who was facing reelection in a predominantly black district, pressed charges against these three men. These men had their names dragged though the mud as they were found guilty in the court of public opinion. However, it turned out that the allegations of rape were false, and it appears as if Michael Nifong’s charges were politically motivated.
The three Duke lacrosse players were exonerated but to paraphrase Ray Donovan after he was acquitted, where do they go to get their reputations back?
Although I admittedly do not know, there seems to be a parallel between the Duke lacrosse rape case and the Freddie Gray murder charges. I want to see justice served here and in order to ensure that the case brought against the Baltimore police officers is not based simply on emotion or for political reasons it seems as if appointing a special prosecutor to the case who is unattached to the situation might be the best option to ensure the mistakes made in the Duke lacrosse rape case are not made here.
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I don’t think the state’s attorney had the information long enough to evaluate all the evidence and statements. It seems to me that the office should have gone over everything much more thoroughly before bringing charges.
I don’t know if Gray should have been arrested in the first place, but he should have been restrained in the paddy wagon, and he should have received medical attention when he asked for it.
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There are definitely some issues surrounding this case and questions need to be answered, but murder? I don’t know about that at this point in time but is seems like a rush to judgement to me.
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If Gray was conscious when he was put into the paddy wagon, but unresponsive when they reached the station, the injury happened during transport. However, the vehicle did make several stops. I’ve heard 3-4 stops. What happened during those stops? Was Gray conscious? Was he unconscious? Was he talking? What happened during the ride? Does the state’s attorney have that information? I don’t think 24 hours is enough time to go over everything thoroughly and methodically. Just being able to talk to everyone involved would take a few days, I would expect. It seems very rushed to me.
If his death was caused by an injury that was the result of not being restrained, that certainly doesn’t sound like murder to me. It sounds more like manslaughter, negligent homicide? This whole thing looks, sounds, and feels very off to me, Steve.
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I agree it’s very suspicious, I’m thinking this was a setup. Consider all that’s being blown up now – it’s like a continuation of Ferguson. But this one will push something else and more laws/regulations instilled. It’s not a matter of common sense or doing what’s right, as we know it, rather a different ‘reality’ like ‘common core’ thinking of the Agenda.
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Yeah, I have many questions about this as well. It seems as if her decision was rushed for political reasons but maybe she does have enough to charge them. I just hope that we learn the truth and these officers are judged fairly.
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I can’t see any substantial commonality between this case and the rape case. I realize you are saying “both cases of rushed judgment”, but we don’t know if the Baltimore case is rushed or not. It’s possible the prosecutors just had more concrete evidence because of things like security cam footage and the bloodied bolt inside the van that matches one of Gray’s head injuries. Police document their actions, so it’s sometimes easier to discover when the logs and notes don’t match other evidence.
I think it’s only relevant to compare this case with other cases of police accused of negligence and/or brutality. Because I used to live in L.A. at the time, the Rodney King case is what came to my mind. It took enormous resources to convict those men, and without the witness’ video they wouldn’t even have been charged.
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I don’t know if this is a case of rushed judgement or not and it is possible the charges are warranted, but the possible conflict of interest in this case leads me to believe the best way to ensure justice is served is to appoint an independent prosecutor.
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While this is going on so is, “Don’t let a serious crisis go to waste.” Just like Ferguson, these riots are more planned – flyers were made distributed and passed along by social media. They’re admitting that many of them are not locals – which mean paid activist/agitators. The ‘Welfare Offices’ aren’t vandalized only white businesses. Fraud prez calls it, ‘no excuse’ and stokes the fires stating, “It’s about decades of inequality” – wedging the block of separation even deeper, as it that’s really the focus (opportunist). This Adminst. is involved in many ways. Now DHS & National Guard are too, which is exactly what the Globalist want (thumb print of Boston Marathon gig). Giving the police more practice for these sort of ‘out bursts’. Doesn’t matter that ‘Gray’ (coincidence: ‘Gray State’ trailer) is a known criminal, maybe his capture was even set up. http://heavy.com/news/2015/04/freddie-gray-arrest-record-criminal-history-rap-sheet-why-was-freddie-gray-arrested/
The Baltimore Sun, ‘The truth about Freddie Gray’s ‘pre-existing injury from car accident’. The powers that be like to use numbers, symbolisms, names etc. to show who’s in control and what they’re doing/planning to do next. This is just another birth pain. Police kill more than 90 people a month (Blacklisted News) – why is the Propaganda media running w/ this one? Because it’s part of the Agenda, executing their plan. There’s more behind this, and we have to look at it more like Sherlock would. Who’s to profit and gain from all of this division, strife and barbarianism? Things like this bring them closer and closer to their control goal and mission. Practice, practice & more practice.
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I have heard this as well and now we are hearing calls for a nationalization of the police force. Never let a good crisis go to waste even if you have to create it, the Hegelian Dialectic on display once again!
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Once upon a time in the Fatherland there was a national police force which I believed was called the Gestapo. What we call ours here in the Homeland?
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