tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368160828091722393.post7960821797704460377..comments2024-03-08T01:54:55.870-05:00Comments on Baltimore Criminal Justice Blogger Page Croyder: Thoughts While Waiting on the Next Freddie Gray TrialPage Croyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13005710168659844334noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368160828091722393.post-59638989054668665002016-05-12T16:40:28.752-04:002016-05-12T16:40:28.752-04:00I would note that after claiming the knife was leg...I would note that after claiming the knife was legal at the outset, the prosecutors have essentially abandoned that line of argument. Page Croyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005710168659844334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368160828091722393.post-69504807348834006712016-05-12T16:38:45.606-04:002016-05-12T16:38:45.606-04:00The prosecution has thrown the book at these offic...The prosecution has thrown the book at these officers, yet omitted that charge.Page Croyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005710168659844334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368160828091722393.post-26653323122683462872016-05-11T12:58:57.954-04:002016-05-11T12:58:57.954-04:00I had the unfortunate pleasure of having Colbert i...I had the unfortunate pleasure of having Colbert in law school a few moons ago. He publicized his belief that all poor black defendants in the criminal justice system are merely victims of society and none can be guilty of crime because it's society's fault for neglecting them. The fact that people keep treating him as some kind of "expert" and as if his positions are anywhere close to neutral is absurd.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17774593607263598679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368160828091722393.post-16259091474148226982016-05-08T08:54:34.015-04:002016-05-08T08:54:34.015-04:00I like your acknowledgement that police officers s...I like your acknowledgement that police officers sometimes plant evidence. How do we know the knife wasn't planted here?<br /><br />Apparently Gray said that evidence was planted on him during a previous encounter: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/28/why-freddie-gray-ran-this-time.htmlDavid Woycechowskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245662268483904719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368160828091722393.post-44036719752326490442016-05-08T02:07:00.585-04:002016-05-08T02:07:00.585-04:00They didn't reasonably believe the knife was i...They didn't reasonably believe the knife was illegal. The arresting officer described the knife in the report and also quoted the ordinance banning switchblades. The knife he described doesn't have an "automatic spring," a "switch" or "other device" to open the blade. bacchyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357333575367388218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368160828091722393.post-89204893793142532632016-05-06T11:21:57.807-04:002016-05-06T11:21:57.807-04:00Another excellent comment on the Freddie Gray tria...Another excellent comment on the Freddie Gray trials. I think you're on to something fishy at the Court of Appeals. That they have not yet published their reasons for forcing Porter to testify speaks volumes about their own sensitivity to politics. I'd hoped for better from Chief Judge Barbera.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764994059775484556noreply@blogger.com