Baltimore prosecutor Mosby ordered increased policing in the area where Freddie Gray was apprehended
The plot thickens with Mosby:
Roughly three weeks before Baltimore police officers arrested Gray for possession of an illegal knife Mosby herself was strongly advocating for substantially increased policing in the very neighborhood where Gray would be taken into custody, according to a report by the Baltimore Sun.
Lt. Kenneth Butler, a shift commander for more than a decade, and a representative for an advocacy group for women and minority officers, is quoted in the Sun report as saying that he had never before seen such orders come from the state’s attorney’s office. Further, he expressed no uncertainty about what the consequences would be: “Once you’re given an order, you have to carry it out. It’s just that simple.” And in terms of the tactics that would necessarily be involved? ” They want increased productivity, whether it be car stops, field interviews, arrests ”” that’s what they mean by measurables. You have to use whatever tools you have ”” whether it be bike officers, cameras, foot officers, whatever you have ”” to abate that problem. So you’re going to have to be aggressive.”
The original source of the order is Mosby herself, according to emails unearthed by the defense counsel that were sent to the six police officers criminally charged in Gray’s death.
So the six cops were following orders from Mosby herself, and they were warned that they would need to produce “daily measurables” to document their performance in carrying out the orders.
Mosby should be recused, for that and a host of other reasons.
And I bet at this point she’s wishing she’d followed Hillary Clinton’s lead and used her own private email address and her own server.
It looks like she might now be a star witness for the defendants (ostensibly to “help” explain the context of their conduct). I don’t know about Maryland law but down here a lawyer can’t usually be both an attorney/advocate and a witness (unless it relates to an uncontested issue). Maybe she can stay on (and avoid having to testify) by just stipulating that she gave the order(s), but I doubt that defense counsel will back off.
The police are expected to obey their orders, and they will.
The idea that they are deciding for themselves which laws to enforce or not, is not as widespread as people would like to think.
Create space to destroy. What difference would it make now?
In a truly just society Mosby would be tarred and feathered, and shunned for life.
I was listening to a radio talk show this morning and the host asked for lawyers to call and comment on this. A lawyer called and said Mosby would have to recuse herself because you can’t be a witness for the defense and the prosecutor. That”s a conflict of interest and unethical.
New way for the Lois Lerners to take the Fifth. Leftist R and D in action.
Mosby should be fired for being a lying, duplicitous bitch.
(For any Social Justice Wankers reading that, suck on it.)
Mosby went to Tuskegee which tells you about her politics.
She’s way, Way, WAAAAY outta her League and will likely get justifiably squashed.
But wait, there’s more…
The judge presiding over the prosecution of six Baltimore Police officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray
struck the state’s motion for a gag order in the case.
Judge Charles J. Peters ruled the motion lacked standing in an actual proceeding, as it was filed by Baltimore
State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s office in Circuit Court on May 14. At that time, the officers’ cases were still in
District Court. They weren’t transferred to Circuit Court until May 21, when the officers were indicted.
Rochelle Ritchie, a Mosby spokeswoman, declined to say whether the state planned to file a new gag order motion,
which Peters’ ruling did not preclude.
“We’re not going to litigate this case in the media and discuss our trial strategy,” Ritchie said
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-gag-order-stricken-20150608-story.html
This commissioner Batts needs to grow a pair and drop this uptick in crime dead on Mosby door step. First she has stopped the good police from policing due to what charges she may file against them. Second is her complete miss handling of this case she has shown criminals that she can’t get anyone convicted. She needs to resign but is to arrogant and ignorant to do so. How many African Americans need to be shot in the street before she is removed from position? Why is she not charged for wrongful arrest she set this extra aggressive policing in place demanding results in that part of town for her hubby. Perception is reality and the perception is that she is an idiot. Under her idea of law she should be accountable for the increase of crime why is she not being held to any standards of conduct. Save the city get rid of her completely. She simply has to get her face in spotlight, she hides behind no comments on tough question, yet wants center stage for anything positive the police do.
When this *story* was breaking, Mosby called her mother to give her the heads up that
She was gonna be on the National news !!!
Apparently she got her law degree at the same place Neil degrasse Tyson got his “astrophysicist*
credentials.
Certainly they can advocate or recommend a course of action, but outside of working together on prosecution, since when did prosecutors “order” police on police work?
Can’t claim credit for this: At another site, a commenter said she has to be somebody’s pet rock.
I wouldn’t believe anything the blue thugs say about anything. The facts are still a guy in their custody died. The key word is custody. The idiot police have become the sheriff of Nottingham. And no one likes the sheriff of Nottingham.
‘Actor Ron Moody, who played Fagin in the hit film version of Oliver!, has died aged 91..
ah, Jack Dawkin will always remember his pal fagin, who gave em his name… artful dodger…
The Artful Dodger is characterized as a child who acts like an adult. He is described as wearing adult clothes which are much too large for him. Like an adult, he seldom gives in to childish urges.
The Artful, meantime, who was of a rather saturnine disposition, and seldom gave way to merriment when it interfered with business, rifled Oliver’s pockets with steady assiduity.
Jack Wild is still around…
we return to the thread in progress…
Where is the autopsy? She won’t even let the police department see it. She charged the officers a couple of hours after finally getting the coroner to put cause of death: homicide and give her the thing. The guy died in the hospital so the hospital records are material too. Did she even read it, digest it, ask questions, evaluate it before charging six police officers? And the press is pushing back on sealing the autopsy with their own motions since it is a public record. Except for autopsy photos there is no reason to hide the autopsy except to cover herself.
Certainly they can advocate or recommend a course of action, but outside of working together on prosecution, since when did prosecutors “order” police on police work?
When the unions took over, the hierarchy became a mafia light. Which means family connections became more paramount and the orders of affiliated groups, such as lawyers, became binding.
The same thing can be seen in Scott Walker’s state, where the unions were said to be defeated. They were so defeated, that the prosecution lawyers ordered SWAT raids on the homes of Scott Walker supporters.
Has anyone been able to verify if Mosby has gotten her GED yet?
its easy to understand whats going on if you understand Morton’s Fork
anther name is caught between a rock and a hard place… or heads i win, tails you lose.
Catch-22: damned if you do, damned if you don’t
Chicken or egg: which is first of two things, each of which presupposes the other
Double bind: conflicting requirements ensure that the victim will automatically be wrong.
Ethical dilemma: a choice between moral imperatives.
Extortion: the choice between paying the extortionist and suffering an unpleasant action.
Fairness dilemmas: when groups are faced with making decisions about how to share their resources, rewards, or payoffs.
Hobson’s choice: a choice between something and nothing; “take it or leave it”.
Morton’s fork: choices yield equivalent, often undesirable, results.
Prisoner’s dilemma: An inability to coordinate makes cooperation difficult and defection tempting.
Samaritan’s dilemma: the choice between providing charity and improving another’s condition, and withholding it to prevent them from becoming dependent.
Sophie’s choice: a choice between two persons or things that will result in the death or destruction of the person or thing not chosen.
Zugzwang: One must move and incur harm when one would prefer to make no move (esp. in chess).
in chess, this would be the concept of pieces blocking moves that would negate the situation your in, and which were set up over time before the situation was clear..
Eric expressed my question exactly.
Where are the police officials in these officer’s chain of command? I cannot imagine a competent, functioning police commissioner, chief, or unit commander allowing a Prosecutor to dictate patrol policies.
She must have delusions of grandeur and think she is another Obama, Holder or equivalent; and the police chain of command must have feared cries of racism if they opposed her. Oh, wait. I believe that they are all of the same race.