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bondjam33 70M
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5/2/2015 5:08 pm
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ET - This is not just a problem in the USA. When people die in police custody in any country in the world the Police officers concerned are rarely convicted as the evidence comes only from the officers who are charged and they are not likely to tell the truth if it incriminates themselves.
In this case there is incontrovertible evidence that the victim was injured by violent collision between his neck and a bolt inside the cage in which he was held in the police vehicle. His larynx was crushed and his spine was 80% severed.These injuries were caused by person or persons unknown but there is a limited pool of suspects who could have done it. Even with this evidence it is unlikely that the Police officers concerned will be convicted of anything at all as the evidence does not point to any particular individual and therein lies the crux of the matter.
It is clear that some person or persons is reponsible for at least reckless endangerment and probably manslaughter on the grounds of failure to follow correct procedure and thus putting the suspect under their care deliberately in danger, causing his death; but there will be no way of proving who was responsible and the case will probably fail.
This should not be an occasion for triumphalism and rejoicing but should point the way to more effective ways of policing the police so that their actions can become more accountable. All police forces worldwide need not only to police responsibly and protect the population at large but they need to be seen to be doing so and they should also be seen to be held responsible when they do not. If this case pushes that process forward then Freddie Gray will not have died in vain and some good could come out of his death.


Rentier1

5/3/2015 7:16 am

 Some of the charges might stick.

E.g. Why was the guy arrested and tossed into the paddy wagon? So far as I can tell from what's been said he committed no offence.

Then there is the denial of medical care when he asked for it.

Murder or manslaughter will be harder to prove, I think.




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