America Burns. Again.

[Gay Boy Roberto]

Baltimore's top prosecutor announced criminal charges against all six officers suspended after a black man suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody, saying "no one is above the law."



State's attorney Marilyn Mosby declared that Freddie Gray's death was a homicide, his arrest was illegal, and his treatment in custody amounted to murder and manslaughter.



Onlookers began to cheer and then express amazement over Mosby's announcement, which few expected so quickly.



"The findings of our comprehensive, thorough and independent investigation coupled with the medical examiner's determination that Mr. Gray's death was a homicide," Mosby said, "we have probable cause to file criminal charges."



Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in a brief statement Friday afternoon that she had ordered the suspension of all six officers and that five of them were in custody.



"No one is above the law," she said, echoing Mosby. The mayor said she had been sickened by the charges against city police officers, but "there will be justice for Mr. Gray."



Whoops, cheers and shouts of "Justice!" erupted on the courthouse steps and in the streets of Baltimore, which has faced nearly two weeks of growing anger over Freddie Gray's death.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/6-baltimore-police-to-be-charged-in-freddie-gray-death-1-with-murder-1.3057248">http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/6-baltimor ... -1.3057248">http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/6-baltimore-police-to-be-charged-in-freddie-gray-death-1-with-murder-1.3057248

[Anonymous]

I posted about this already in the America Burns thread.

[Anonymous]

Baltimore's top prosecutor announced criminal charges against all six officers suspended after a black man suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody, saying "no one is above the law."



State's attorney Marilyn Mosby declared that Freddie Gray's death was a homicide, his arrest was illegal, and his treatment in custody amounted to murder and manslaughter.



Onlookers began to cheer and then express amazement over Mosby's announcement, which few expected so quickly.



"The findings of our comprehensive, thorough and independent investigation coupled with the medical examiner's determination that Mr. Gray's death was a homicide," Mosby said, "we have probable cause to file criminal charges."



Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in a brief statement Friday afternoon that she had ordered the suspension of all six officers and that five of them were in custody.



"No one is above the law," she said, echoing Mosby. The mayor said she had been sickened by the charges against city police officers, but "there will be justice for Mr. Gray."



Whoops, cheers and shouts of "Justice!" erupted on the courthouse steps and in the streets of Baltimore, which has faced nearly two weeks of growing anger over Freddie Gray's death.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/6-baltimore-police-to-be-charged-in-freddie-gray-death-1-with-murder-1.3057248">http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/6-baltimor ... -1.3057248">http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/6-baltimore-police-to-be-charged-in-freddie-gray-death-1-with-murder-1.3057248

Would you like me to combine this thread with the other thread about this?

[Gay Boy Roberto]

sure -