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    jrfunkensteinJordan Sargent
    7/18/16 12:20pm

    Wow; shouldn’t I be shocked, but I’m not?

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      pre-emptive sighjrfunkenstein
      7/18/16 12:22pm

      Not sure why anyone should be shocked. DA brought charges that could never be proven in court, DA lost. Not shocked.

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      burps25jrfunkenstein
      7/18/16 12:27pm

      I’m not shocked about manslaughter being tossed (I don’t think anyone would have expected someone to die in a situation like that), but I would have expected reckless endangerment charges to stick. Maryland has an exemption to reckless endangerment if a motor vehicle is involved however

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    festivusaziliJordan Sargent
    7/18/16 12:26pm

    This case highlights the difficulty in using the criminal justice system to punish bad cops. It is a blunt tool, and not suited to the task.

    We all know Freddie Gray didn’t just magically die. But we can’t prove which cop did what. So: all of these cops need to be fired. And never work in law enforcement again. And we need to work out our tort laws to make cops personally liable for judgments resulting from civil rights violations.

    Robust internal affairs controls and civil courts will be able to provide much swifter and certain (if much less satisfying) “justice” than the criminal courts.

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      O's, Poes and Bohsfestivusazili
      7/18/16 12:27pm

      All of the cops still face disciplinary review after the disposition of their cases. And I disagree, the courts are the perfect place. What we need to do is change union contracts such that officers are not given so much cover and leeway for misdeeds.

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      CleganeBowlConfirmedfestivusazili
      7/18/16 12:31pm

      I mean...as long as the cops are liable in addition to the city. Otherwise, the victims would never be paid. Making the cops personally liable would just be for looks, imo. With a few exceptions I'm sure, they’re not going to be able to pay a judgment anyways. They'll just file for bankruptcy and most, if not all, of their liability would be eliminated. I'm not an expert on bankruptcy law, so it's possible I'm wrong on this. But I don't think making cops personally liable is going to do anything.

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    The Alvin Greene DreamJordan Sargent
    7/18/16 12:28pm

    Riots are required again, apparently. Good job, justice system.

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      P829The Alvin Greene Dream
      7/18/16 12:32pm

      The system isn’t flawless, but I doubt you could point to a better system on this Earth.

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      Tohru AdachiThe Alvin Greene Dream
      7/18/16 12:53pm

      Yeah, burning down more shit and killing a few more cops is really what we need to turn this whole ugly situation around! </s>

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    Fabian KnockwurstJordan Sargent
    7/18/16 12:29pm

    Let us see how many of the numerous long interviews with those quite understandably lamenting over the murdered police also include at least a brief mention of the dangerously mounting perception (and fairly clear evidence) of grevious injustice of the police murdering black folks. (...come-on media! you’re fine with inserting false equivalence when it’s trump vs Clinton; how about a little true equivalence when it’s police being murdered vs police murdering?!)

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      Promnight Dumpster Baby FireFabian Knockwurst
      7/18/16 1:05pm

      Yesterday some "law enforcement expert" was commenting on CNN about how, after the Baton Rouge shootings, police everywhere were in a state of fear, dreading every interaction with the public, every call and every traffic stop. And I thought, "oh, you mean the way black people feel about every interaction they have with police all their life, everywhere, all the time?"

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      Skipping along to our shared destructionPromnight Dumpster Baby Fire
      7/18/16 1:23pm

      So, the second amendment is finally working? Government’s enforcers are finally wary of the public’s ire?

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    Dashiell HammletJordan Sargent
    7/18/16 12:20pm

    gravity. gravity killed him.

    and the cops.

    but ultimately gravity.

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      Ed SpockDashiell Hammlet
      7/18/16 12:27pm

      Isn’t gravity the thing that ultimately does all of us in?

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      YttriumEd Spock
      7/18/16 12:33pm

      i think that is entropy

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    Cylontater: Genital WhispererJordan Sargent
    7/18/16 12:19pm

    This is probably the least surprising thing that will happen today.

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      butcherbakertoiletrymakerCylontater: Genital Whisperer
      7/18/16 12:44pm

      Honestly, B-more may be the location of the next shooting of multiple cops by a former member of the military. There is way too much happening all at once here.

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      Tohru Adachibutcherbakertoiletrymaker
      7/18/16 1:02pm

      We should have shot down the fucking troop transports as they were taking off from Afghaniraq. Now, we’ve got a literal army of psycho Tim McVeighs running around - all unemployable and off their meds.

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    dallyanJordan Sargent
    7/18/16 12:19pm

    So, the consensus seems to be that the prosecutors overcharged. Is that correct? If so, why?

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      smugliberaldallyan
      7/18/16 12:21pm

      Public outrage?

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      atlunchdallyan
      7/18/16 12:24pm

      Because she charged on emotion and the desire for a higher political office. Not facts of the case.

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    GumbyDammit!Jordan Sargent
    7/18/16 12:21pm

    I must admit that I am extremely impressed with the natural ability of black people to spontaneously die when near white LEO’s. They end up dead but nobody’s at fault. Suicide, obviously.

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      CardiaccanwaitGumbyDammit!
      7/18/16 12:23pm

      Pretty sure 3 of the officers involved here weren't white, but go ahead and stick to the story that properly outrages you enough

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      O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!Cardiaccanwait
      7/18/16 12:38pm

      They are cops first. Not black cops or hispanic cops. Cops who are black. Cops who are hispanic. Their race has nothing to do with this....it’s about the ongoing abuse of police power, which is a perfectly reasonable thing to be outraged about.

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    ww1383Jordan Sargent
    7/18/16 12:37pm

    Work is a funny place. The same person who can’t understand what is meant by black live matter or the difference between protesting against cops and people committing violent acts against cops, is now trying to explain why know one will be held accountable for Freddie Grays murder. This person still buys the NYpost so I can’t even be suprised

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      YOU LEAVE ISIS ALONE!!!ww1383
      7/18/16 12:40pm

      You should probably run to HR - Equity Services and complain.

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      ww1383YOU LEAVE ISIS ALONE!!!
      7/18/16 12:47pm

      I’m good. It’s not hostile. I’m just amazed that someone with the intellectual ability to understand one can’t understand the other two.

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    DCWhiteyJordan Sargent
    7/18/16 12:18pm

    This is going to be taught in law schools around the country for years. A prosecutor trying to save her job based on the outcry of a vocal community rather than the practical application of the law.

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