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Was the Freddie Gray case a political prosecution?
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This IS an OPINION piece written by Danny Cevallos who is a CNN Legal Analyst and a personal injury and criminal defense attorney practicing in Pennsylvania and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.
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The article does raise some interesting questions regarding the duties and responsibilities of a State Prosecutor in light of Maryland regulations.
A lot of what he goes over gives credence to the lawsuit that the officers are now bringing against her. The suit against her was actually filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland back in 2015 in late April and early May around the time the officers were arrested.
We will see if the case has merit based upon what are the supposed responsibilities of the State Prosecutor.
Let's try to keep this on track as to the merits of THIS CASE ONLY .
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Re: Was the Freddie Gray case a political prosecution?
It will be BEYOND IRONIC if there are settlements on BOTH SIDES of this.
Here is just a quick current recap of the officers civil case.
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Re: Was the Freddie Gray case a political prosecution?
A very interesting piece by Mr. Cevallos.
I have not had tme to read the second article and will get to it later.
Cavallos certainly raises interesting questions about the prosecuter.
My question would be that, once the medical examiner's office concluded that Gray's death could not be ruled an accident, and was instead a homicide because officers failed to follow safety procedures "through acts of omission." , (The words of the examiner), did that not force the hand of officials to persue criminal charges of some kind? Or could this have simply been handled by disciplining or firing the officers and pursing a settlement with the family.
Were their political aspects? Most certainly.
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Re: Was the Freddie Gray case a political prosecution?
Goose wrote:
A very interesting piece by Mr. Cevallos.
I have not had tme to read the second article and will get to it later.
Cavallos certainly raises interesting questions about the prosecuter.
My question would be that, once the medical examiner's office concluded that Gray's death could not be ruled an accident, and was instead a homicide because officers failed to follow safety procedures "through acts of omission." , (The words of the examiner), did that not force the hand of officials to persue criminal charges of some kind? Or could this have simply been handled by disciplining or firing the officers and pursing a settlement with the family.
Were their political aspects? Most certainly.
I believe the civil suit will more rely on the timing of Mosby's statements PRIOR to any investigation actions by the Medical Examiner or other and its tie-in with the stated regulations of the office of States Attorney.
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