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Originally Posted by SoCalbound12
The judge is not interested in watching his city burn again. We've all seen what happens when these people don't get what they want.
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Everything I've read about that judge it
appears that he is fair and just, regardless of any possible consequences his rulings might spark. I truly believe that if he feels one or more are not guilty of the charges brought against them then he'll dismiss them (he's not like Rawlings-Blake and Mosby). All of them were overcharged and that, along with other things, will probably end up sinking Mosby's position.
Just my opinion..
Most, or maybe all, of them will probably either have dismissals, some may possibly get a hand slap over not getting him medical treatment when he was asking for it or the seat belt issue -- though there may be good arguments made by the defense on both of those issues. It's common for those being arrested to ask for medical treatment as a way of stalling. And, the PD received the email containing the
new seat belt guidelines just 3 days before FG's arrest. The new guidelines were sent to the PD by email in a massive packet of all kinds of different info that had nothing to do with seat belts. It's quite possible that none of the officers, or their superiors, knew of the new guidelines. The old guidelines were pretty much a judgment call by the officers -- belt them in or not.
Mosby is claiming that FG was under arrest before they searched him and found the knife, but, as far as cuffing FG while they searched him, during the search he was not considered under arrest, it's an accepted practice to handcuff a suspect, while not under arrest, if that suspect is a flight risk or is combative and FG was definitely a flight risk and may have been combative. I remember an article where the reporter had asked some of the locals about how FG had acted when he was arrested and loaded for the first time and most of the locals said that FG always put on a show when being arrested (with the many hundreds of articles that's been published so far I'll probably never find that particular article again)
No matter how Mosby tries to spin it that knife is legal, under Baltimore code it is illegal so the arrest made after finding the knife was a legal arrest. (and Mosby is still hiding the knife from the defense, they've been continually asking to examine it since day one and she is still refusing to let them examine it)
As far as Goodson's manner of driving, there is video evidence [that Goodson may have not know was being taken] showing that he was driving in a normal manner, and, the second person [Donta Allen] in the van had stated [on tape] that Goodson was driving in a normal manner. Allen also stated, while being taped, that it sounded to him the person (FG) in the other compartment was intentionally trying to injure himself -- though Allen was recanting his story once he was released (to show he wasn't being a snitch?)
The prosecutors found out that FG was known to try to intentionally injure himself [crash for cash] while in police custody, and, made a point to hide what they'd found from the defense. The prosecutors also had a sit down with the M.E. and gave her their opinion on what Allen had said, and whatever it was that they had told her had the M.E. discounting what Allen had said.
Defense says prosecutor steered police away from evidence Freddie Gray had history of 'crash for cash' schemes - Baltimore Sun
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