3 of the 6 Baltimore cops charged are African-Americans (Clinton, government, state)

[Packard fan]

Originally Posted by MiamiResident

Gray was alive and his spine was not broken when he was placed in the police van. The non-black officers gave custody of gray to the black officers. Then the black officers drove the van in that tour of pain. The white rookie officer has nothing to do with Gray's death, he is just a scapegoat.

If THAT'S right; the hood rats WILL still blame whitey because it's always "our" fault when their kind screw up and get caught even by Black cops.

[Tall Traveler]

Originally Posted by jojajn

Right. When people fall down, breaking three vertebrae in the neck, severing the spinal cord, and crushing the trachea are very plausible.

My brother-in-law was intoxicated and fell and hit his vertebrae on a tree stump....and it killed him.

[pollyrobin]

Originally Posted by jojajn

If Freddie sustained a scratch or a cut, maybe I could follow your argument. A broken neck, severed spinal cord, and crushed trachea did not happen because someone made a less than perfect mistake.

Do we actually know that Freddie's spinal cord was severed as fact? Because all I've seen is leaks about
an injury to the head. The public has not seen the autopsy yet.

"If the report is accurate, it remains unclear what caused 25 year old Gray’s head to slam into the bolt. Some have speculated that he may have been given a “rough ride,” which is police code for driving and stopping erratically, forcing the prisoner to slam around in the back of the vehicle—a practice that is not officially sanctioned by the police department."

Leaked autopsy sheds new light on Freddie Gray's death

[jojajn]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

My brother-in-law was intoxicated and fell and hit his vertebrae on a tree stump....and it killed him.

Was he handcuffed behind his back when he fell?

[O.C. Ogilvy]

Lets wait until all the facts come out before jumping to hasty conclusions.

[FatBob96]

Originally Posted by jojajn

Freddie could have benefited by his right to due process also.

"Two wrongs make a right" is not justice, it's vengeance.

Originally Posted by jojajn

When someone has total custody and control over another, they are held to a higher standard.

And that negates the presumption of innocence?

[Nayabone]

Originally Posted by theother

So & 3 of them were white. So what's the point? They all deserve punishment.

These charges that were brought were a vast overreach and most will be dropped of greatly reduced.

[Lieneke]

When the riots started, I assumed that this was another black protest against white police officers. I wonder how many of the rioters made the same assumption. I'm curious about the racial profile of the rioters ... was this primarily a black protest?

[Nayabone]

Originally Posted by MiamiResident

The driver was a black officer. He is the one that murdered Gray. He took him on a tour of pain through Baltimore streets.

Ridiculously wild and crazy talk from one who has no idea what the facts are. Chill out, slow down, it's hardly started. When it's all over, you will have egg covering your entire body...

[jojajn]

Originally Posted by pollyrobin

Do we actually know that Freddie's spinal cord was severed as fact? Because all I've seen is leaks about
an injury to the head. The public has not seen the autopsy yet.

"If the report is accurate, it remains unclear what caused 25 year old Gray’s head to slam into the bolt. Some have speculated that he may have been given a “rough ride,” which is police code for driving and stopping erratically, forcing the prisoner to slam around in the back of the vehicle—a practice that is not officially sanctioned by the police department."

Leaked autopsy sheds new light on Freddie Gray's death

Found as the "source" in the link you provided (another journalistic piece of they said that he said.....)

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/04...-him-prob.html

These "sources" are "from law enforcement" and do not reveal themselves.