Freddie Gray case: Charges dropped against remaining officers

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/27/us/fre...ers/index.html

Amazing, the results you get when you investigate yourself.

Maryland prosecutor blasts police ’reluctance and obvious bias’ that hindered Freddie Gray investigation

I hope there's a federal case

I'm not surprised.

I doubt they meant to kill him. Just teach him a lesson. Rough him up a little. His death was accidental. They were responsible for his welfare, and they wound up killing him. Since it was a group, each individual can say "not my fault" and there isn't enough evidence to convict any one of them individually.

So many on here are quick to judge based upon what they "think" happened. So many of the social justice warriors should watch the "Ox-Bow Incident".

I often agree with the sentiment that you shouldn't attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence. The cops were either incompetent at keeping him safe, or they intended to rough him up a little to teach him a lesson. It's either malice or incompetence that caused him to die in their care.

In this case I think it's unlikely that the cops were incompetent. He was being a dick to them and they were pissed off at him. They didn't have a discussion about it or anything like that. It was just their attitude about him. "Scumbag resisted arrest, I'm gonna stomp on the gas a little as I pull away from the curb."

It's very hard for most people to take being hit without being allowed to hit back. My son went through a time of physically injuring me. Even with him being a kid, my own kid, a kid I knew really honestly didn't mean me any malice... there were a few times where the self-defense instinct rose up and some lizard-brain part of me wanted to hit back.

I still didn't, obviously, but it was surprising to learn how close under the surface that instinct was. Our officers have to be trained better, and applicants have to be screened better in the first place. "It's a hard job" doesn't begin to describe it, but it's not an excuse, either.

It's like teachers: if you paid the individuals more, instead of spending more money on tools (i.e. nationwide testing as a metaphor for tanks and SWAT armor,) then talented candidates would be more willing to attempt the job.

The coroner ruled it a homocide

Sure, but they didn't mean to kill him. You don't think they meant to kill him, do you?

I don't. Bu it doesn't really matter what I think, the coroner determined it to be homicide - "the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder".

You seem to be experiencing tunnel vision when looking up definitions...

"Homicide occurs when one person causes the death of one other person. Homicides can be divided into many overlapping types, including murder, manslaughter, justifiable homicide, killing in war, euthanasia, and execution, depending on the circumstances of the death."

BIG TERM, EIGHT SYLABLES - involuntary manslaughter.

Let us not forget that suicide is also homicide. There is also the theory Freddie Gray self inflicted his injuries

That reminds me of policing in the UK during the 70s and 80a, when the police quite seriously, and with straight faces claimed that a man in their custody died whilst falling up the stairs.

So many quick to judge and say these officers are guilty. Yet, 3 have been found not guilty in a court of law and charges against the other 3 are dismissed. So many cry they must be guilty and I ask where is your proof? What evidence do you have to declare these men guilty and condemn law enforcement?

Reminds me of the Firesign Theater (I think) parody of The Lone Ranger.
"he fell on his knife
six times
backwards"
And the prosecutor is crying foul, and it's difficult to convict a law enforcement agent.

Sarge, did you watch "Making a Murderer"?