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| Officer Goodson acquitted on all counts | |
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| Berton | Jun 24 2016, 02:43 AM Post #1 |
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Officer Goodson acquitted on all counts Caesar Goodson, Jr., the Baltimore police officer who allegedly gave Freddie Gray a “rough ride” that killed him, was acquitted today of all charges by Circuit Judge Barry Williams. The decision probably means that all of the officers being prosecuted in the Gray matter will be found not guilty (assuming charges aren’t dropped). Judge Williams had already acquitted Edward Nero. Taken together, the judge’s rulings seem to imply that, in his view, the criminal cases against all six officers are insufficient. It always seemed to me that the case against Goodson was the prosecution’s strongest. Goodson drove the van and, from reports, seemed to be the one in charge of getting Gray safely to his destination. However, the case against Goodson fell apart at trial. I discussed this here. Judge Williams acquitted Goodson for the very good reason that the state failed to meet its burden of proof. Regarding claims that the officer unreasonably failed to take action to help Gray, he found that there are a number of “equally plausible scenarios” for when Gray was injured in the van. This uncertainty made it difficult to say that Goodson failed to act unreasonably. LINK So now that dumb progressive prosecutor is 0 and 3. |
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| Neutral | Jun 24 2016, 02:45 AM Post #2 |
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I suppose more riots are in order. |
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| Banandangees | Jun 24 2016, 05:32 AM Post #3 |
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All this talk about Freddie Gray's cervical injury happened in the police van, I don't think the injury happened in the van. It may have been aggravated in the van. If you look at the video you can see that he was screaming in pain, when picked off the ground and dragged to the van, with him seemingly being unable to function well at all with his legs and his head held rigged as it muscle spasm splinted his neck muscles. There doesn't seem to be a video prior to the police picking him off the ground, but that's when I think his spinal vertebrae were either fractured or, as is often the case, displaced causing damage to the cord. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4US9V4dTBY |
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| Pat | Jun 24 2016, 07:00 AM Post #4 |
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The blacks always look for someone to blame. |
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| Neutral | Jun 24 2016, 07:01 AM Post #5 |
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Most libs do also, remember when this happened and the libs as much as convicted the cops. |
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| Pat | Jun 24 2016, 07:06 AM Post #6 |
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Yep, they are quick to judge and convict. They would have lynched him were he available. |
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| Thumper | Jun 24 2016, 09:00 AM Post #7 |
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Freddie gets killed because of a rough ride. This beats all. Glad the cops is exonerated. |
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