Freddy Gray Payout

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(08-04-2016, 11:18 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: So either way it is a fact that Gray ran.

Running isn't (usually) illegal. But that's neither here nor there as it caused the officers to be suspicious. Just explaining that there were two versions of why he ran.

(08-04-2016, 11:18 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: The fact that the false imprisonment charges were dropped in several of the cases would seem to indicate that the prosecution knew the knife was illegal, or close enough for a good faith basis for arrest.

I'll take your assumption on this.

(08-04-2016, 11:18 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Do they happen, yes.  They don't happen very often and they happen at a rate that gets continuously lower with experience.  Do they cause me to doubt, no, because in every instance there was an alternative explanation for the person's behavior that was completely unknowable at the time of interaction.  In those instances the worst that happens is that someone is temporarily inconvenienced and then let free with a sincere apology.  I've said before I've gone out of my way to assist people who were being done dirty.  The concept of justice is very important to me and if justice involves helping the defense than I am happy to do it.

Thank you for the honest answer.