“Freddie was one of those ones where a lot of times he would put on a show on the streets but you bring him in the station and he was a great witness,” the anonymous officer told Kelly. “I mean, [he] helped the department solve many crimes and different acts of violence. So, it wasn’t uncommon for Freddie to do that type of thing and then go into the station.”
Friday, State Attorney Marilyn Mosby charged the officers, including second-degree murder against one in relation to the death of 25-year-old Gray, who suffered severe spinal injuries in the police van after being arrested on April 12 and died a week later. Mosby statement numerous times that one of the main justifications for several of the numerous charges filed against the officers was that they had failed to provide proper medical attention.
In fact, Gray’s friend and bail bondsman Quintin Reid, who had posted bail for Mr. Gray at least three times in the past, confirmed in an interview Wednesday night that he had used that location to sell heroin and had been arrested for doing so multiple times.
When asked if officers hit Gray, the officer responded “absolutely not.”
The case has ignited riots in Baltimore and protests around the nation this week, as those involved suspect his death was the result of police abuse. The medical examiner report, which ruled Gray’s death a homicide (though that doesn’t at all mean criminal homicide), ruled that Gray’s injuries match a bolt inside of the police van.
If true –and, PPD has only been able to confirm Gray’s past behavior and locations during arrests for previous offenses — then these new allegations will also serve to cast more criticism on Mrs. Mosby. The youngest state attorney in the nation has come under increasingly heavy scrutiny over the last 24 hours as new details emerge that suggest a level of impropriety.
The Baltimore police union is calling for Mosby to step aside for a special independent prosecutor, a charge based upon her personal connection to the Gray family’s attorney, William H. “Billy” Murphy Jr., and her marriage to City Councilman Nick Mosby, who had made a series of questionable comments before the charges were announced.
Murphy — who at the very least omitted if not lied about Gray’s pre-existing conditions, as PPD reported earlier this week — donated $5,000 to Mosby’s unopposed campaign and even served on her transition committee.
Councilman Mosby, who represents the district where Freddie Gray’s arrest and criminal career took place, has given a series of interviews that have come under fire. In one such interview with Rachel Maddow during the riots, he called those burning down businesses, poking holes in fire department’s hoses attemptign to save burning buildings, and lighting hundreds of cars on fire, “children crying out for help from abject poverty.” He has been severely critical of the Baltimore City Police Department.
But Mrs. Mosby is getting scrutinized for comments she, herself, made during the press conference when the charges were announced.
“Last but certainly not least, to the youth of the city. I will seek justice on your behalf. This is a moment. This is your moment,” she said. “Let’s insure we have peaceful and productive rallies that will develop structural and systemic changes for generations to come. You’re at the forefront of this cause and as young people, our time is now.”
Despite the calls for a special independent prosecutor and appearance of impropriety, she has thus far refused the growing requests.
Meanwhile, the source told Kelly that the morale of the Baltimore City Police Department has been severely reduced, with officers planning on not arresting offenders unless “extreme acts of violence” are occurring before their eyes.
“You know what? At this point everyone is saying when we finally do assume regular patrol responsibilities and that type of thing, at this point, we’ve seen where the mayor is,” the source said. “We’ve seen where the commissioner is. We’ve seen what side they are on. It’s gonna take a serious act of violence. It’s gonna take a serious offense for officers to go out and arrest people.”
The officer said that there are elements to policing that sometimes look bad to the general public, though they aren’t in reality. And if the command aren’t going to have their backs when the cameras, agenda-driven politicians, and Al Sharptons come to call for a public lynching, then they aren’t going to risk their lives to protect those who also need protecting.
“You’re not going to see officers going out there and being as proactive as they were before.”
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