Trump: Freddie Gray prosecutor should prosecute herself
Prosecutors have dropped all remaining charges against the police officers in the Freddie Gray case. By dropping the case Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore"s head prosecutor, effectively ends one of the only attempts to hold law enforcement responsible for civilian deaths.
Of the six officers who were charged after Gray"s death, four had already gone to trial. Three of the officers were acquitted, and one trial ended in a hung jury.
The trials demonstrated just how challengingit is to prosecute law enforcement. It is often difficult for prosecutorsto show that police misconduct meets the high standard of wrongdoing.
Gray, who was 25, lived in Baltimore and died after suffering a spinal cord injury while in police custody. He was arrested for having an illegal knife, butthe switchblade he was carrying was later determined to be legal.
Gray"s death was ruled a homicidealthough apparently, no onekilled him.
Source: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/7/27/1553129/-Prosecutors-drop-all-charges-in-Freddie-Gray-case
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