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Baltimore Burning Over Death of Freddie Gray
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It was an epic day for justice in Baltimore, Maryland, when State Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby stepped up to a microphone and stunned the world by announcing the indictment of six officers charged with the death of Freddie Gray.
From the Baltimore Sun
State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby charged the driver of the van with second-degree murder and the other officers with offenses that included involuntary manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter, second-degree assault, false imprisonment and misconduct in office. The officers were taken into custody Friday and released on bail.
"These charges are an important step in getting justice for Freddie," said Richard Shipley, stepfather of the 25-year-old Gray, who died April 19, one week after he was injured in police custody.
. . . After weeks of tension and occasional violence, it felt as if many exhaled in relief Friday. Gray had become the focus of massive demonstrations, here and in other cities, as the latest in a string of African-American men who died during confrontations with police.
The case stood in stark contrast to others across the nation in which police officers were cleared of wrongdoing in the deaths of black men. Grand juries declined to indict the officer who put a chokehold on Eric Garner in Staten Island, N.Y., or the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
From Jennifer Bendery on Huffington Post
Who Is This Objectively Badass Attorney Running The Freddie Gray Investigation?
. . . Mosby's news marks a huge turning point for people around the country demanding justice for yet another black man killed by police, for a city torn apart by the drug war and economic disparity, and for Mosby herself.
She was just four months into her job when she was tasked last month with investigating Gray's death. She had never held elected office before November. And at 35, Mosby is the youngest chief prosecutor of any district.
Those details gave city residents reason to doubt her abilities, something even her biggest supporters have conceded. Before her current job, Mosby had been counsel for Liberty Mutual Insurance for three years and an assistant state's attorney for five years.
On Friday, though, Mosby emerged as the voice that so many in Baltimore needed to hear. She gave a detailed description of what happened to Gray the day he was arrested and said officers ignored his requests for medical attention. She let the findings speak for themselves.
State attorney Marilyn Mosby has been office only about 100 days. She just became the most prominent prosecutor in the country.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 1, 2015Mosby dropped the mic, set it on fire, and then walked away in slo-mo. #TWiBNation https://t.co/AMhbcqiDsb
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) May 1, 2015How much is the Fox News crowd going to hate Marilyn Mosby? A young, educated, black female in office? Heads are going to explode.
— Jason Karsh (@jkarsh) May 1, 2015Policing expert on Freddie Gray incident: It's something you'd see in a "third world country" http://t.co/WLUfGZhDy7 pic.twitter.com/jx4rDuNK2C
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 1, 2015#Baltimore protesters rejoice over charges in #FreddieGray's death http://t.co/kpTVsSYFCc pic.twitter.com/Q6DhQqOW0H
— HuffPost BlackVoices (@blackvoices) May 1, 2015
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