Prisoner in van said Freddie Gray was ‘trying to injure himself,’ document says

a reply to: Xcathdra

At the time he didn't have any standing warrants, that means that the only way they arrested him after running was to charge him with something, the knife was used as the reason but later it was found that it was within rules.

Yes, he had a long list of criminal activity but if he didn't have any standing warrants he is free for the time being.

a reply to: butcherguy

Exactly it was at that moment and that day not reason for the arrest.

a reply to: marg6043

Not if he is on parole/probation. Secondly previous history comes into play.

a reply to: butcherguy

The 6 officers have been charged with various charges, which will be interesting to see how they support those charges in court.

originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: Xcathdra

The knife was declared legal.
One of the charges is unlawful arrest, because they had no reason to arrest him.

And about that rap sheet..... How many convictions were there?

It doesn't matter how many convictions there were because he already paid those fines or went to prison for them. What was he doing at that moment for the police to arrest him? So far they have failed to present any charge other than running, but he couldn't have run from the police in the first place unless they already detained him for something else.

It's like arresting a person for resisting arrest.

a reply to: Aazadan

Is he a convicted felon?
is he on parole / probation?

Both of which, in fact, do impact what a person can legally carry.

originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Aazadan

Is he a convicted felon?
is he on parole / probation?

Both of which, in fact, do impact what a person can legally carry.

None of that has anything to do with the case at hand, Freddie Grey's murder.

The arrest was illegal and the police are being charged with false imprisonment, as well as homicide and 2nd degree, depraved heart murder.

so now the "eye witness" comes forward: they use him to cover their ...

rawstory

which i thought from the beginning.

a reply to: Xcathdra

he was not on probation or parole. Either way none of the officers knew he was carrying any kind of weapon, legal or not. Can you then rationalize why they chose to illegally detain this individual and subsequently beat him in ways that would make ISIS proud??

Because as of right now, the only crime I see was that he was black on a weekday. That is good enough for most police, regardless of their own race, because the only colors they see is blue and red. They are the blue's, "friendlies" and everyone else that is not law enforcement or above them in the hierarchy is red, or "hostile". Dark skin people must register as violently red because I have witnessed some really messed up stuff in my day, and for no reason it would appear.

Freddy Grey was Nickle rided it's that simple .