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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:this, and some americans think that Freddie Gray was responsible for his own death...

Let's not make out Freddie Gray as some sort of innocent baby. He was a criminal thug and just as much part of the crime and violence ridden drug world of Baltimore and he got killed by some criminal cops. Typical of the Baltimore problem.

Fixed that for ya!

Just pointing out all these cops were found not guilty.

Oh well you should read the previous post then. The cops in Freddy’s case may have been found not guilty but several officers in this most recent case have plead guilty to the charges against them and investigations by the Justice Department have unveiled rampant corruption throughout the entire Baltimore Police Department.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:this, and some americans think that Freddie Gray was responsible for his own death...

Let's not make out Freddie Gray as some sort of innocent baby. He was a criminal thug and just as much part of the crime and violence ridden drug world of Baltimore and he got killed by some criminal cops. Typical of the Baltimore problem.

Fixed that for ya!

Just pointing out all these cops were found not guilty.

Officer Momodu Gondo of the now defunct Baltimore Elite Gun Trace Task Force had choices in life. Lots of them. And he made bad choices. Lots of them.

The last bad choice was to help some drug dealers avoid charges leading to an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration which caught Gondo in an intercepted phone call admitting, “I sell drugs” — the scope of the corruption and abuse they uncovered widened over time eventually engulfing most of the Gun Trace Task Force.

Had Momodu and his fellow officers chosen to respect the citizens in the community they were assigned to serve and protect and been the upstanding responsible citizens themselves that we expect police to be and not used their badges as cover to commit crimes they’d probably still have jobs and not be facing jail time.

Eight people in the nine-member task force have been charged with crimes that amount to massive abuses of power and repeated violations of locals’ constitutional rights. Six have pleaded guilty: Thomas Allers, Momodu Gondo, Evodio Hendrix, Wayne Jenkins, Jemell Rayam, and Maurice Ward. Two have pleaded not guilty and are standing trial: Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor. Only one — John Clewell — has not been charged with a crime, because he reportedly wasn’t very involved with the team.

They knew the consequences of their criminal acts. They’d arrested hundreds of people for breaking the law and they knew all too well that when you break the law eventually you’re going to get caught, but they thought the law didn’t apply to them. They were wrong. Now the nearly 3,000 cases that the eight indicted officers were involved in have now been called into question, potentially allowing people previously convicted of crimes to be let free because the evidence is no longer reliable.

Additional investigations by the US Department of Justice found that the entire Baltimore Police Department was abusive and corrupt on multiple levels — riddled with racially disparate impact “at every stage of [its] enforcement actions” and a constant source of constitutional rights violations. The Justice Department explained that these practices have “erode[d] the community trust that is critical to effective policing.”

The Baltimore Police Department and the city of Baltimore itself are in shambles because corrupt cops made bad choices and as a result people are less able to turn to the Police Department for help, they’re more likely to lose trust in the law and take matters into their own hands, even if it means resorting to violence to settle disputes.

If the people sworn to protect you will actually rob you for their own profits, why should you trust them? And if you can’t trust them, what are you going to do the next time you have a serious problem — with a family member, friend, neighbor, whomever — that would normally require the criminal justice system? The result is perhaps more violence that a better police force could have prevented.

Freddie Gray had choices in life. Lots of them. And he made bad choices. Lots of them.

The last bad choice was to resist arrest and assault those officers.

Had he instead chosen to say "ok, no problem" and put his arms behind his back willingly, then get in the van on his accord, he'd go to booking, get processed, and probably would be back home before dinner.

He knew the drill. He'd been arrested dozens of times already.

Freddie Gray is dead because he made a bad choice. The last in a lifetime filled with them.

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Anonymous wrote:this, and some americans think that Freddie Gray was responsible for his own death...

Let's not make out Freddie Gray as some sort of innocent baby. He was a criminal thug and just as much part of the crime and violence ridden drug world of Baltimore and he got killed by some criminal cops. Typical of the Baltimore problem.

Fixed that for ya!

Anonymous wrote:this, and some americans think that Freddie Gray was responsible for his own death...

Let's not make out Freddie Gray as some sort of innocent baby. He was a criminal thug and just as much part of the crime and violence ridden drug world of Baltimore and he got roughed up by some rough cops. Typical of the Baltimore problem.

this, and some americans think that Freddie Gray was responsible for his own death...

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Anonymous wrote:not everyone has a WaPo login

really folks, bezos is an evil person, dont give links to his toys

How is Bezos evil? WTH are you talking about? Care to back up that assertion for us please?

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Anonymous wrote:

What the hell does any of this have to do with the original post?
Eight members of the elite Gun Trace Task Force were charged with crimes ranging from racketeering to robbery...
The supervisor of the unit instructed officers to carry a toy gun just in case they found themselves “in a jam” and needed to plant one...
The cops are the criminals here - why are y'all so preoccupied with chastising kids and parents?

The simple conclusion is the following:

The cops in Baltimore are criminals. The thugs on the streets (kids and their parents) are criminals. They are all guilty. None of them are innocent. They are all playing the game one way or another. And dragging the rest of the city down with them.

Agreed. Most of these cops would have been in jail as street thugs, if they were not accepted into the Academy. They had every opportunity to lead a successful life and they got greedy.

Same sh#t, different uniform.

Anonymous wrote:In before people start posting how great and awesome and safe Baltimore is.

Unfortunately it is a dirty, corrupt and dangerous city (with a few small neighborhoods that are a little nice).

The very definition of a sh#thole, or sh#town if you prefer.

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What the hell does any of this have to do with the original post?
Eight members of the elite Gun Trace Task Force were charged with crimes ranging from racketeering to robbery...
The supervisor of the unit instructed officers to carry a toy gun just in case they found themselves “in a jam” and needed to plant one...
The cops are the criminals here - why are y'all so preoccupied with chastising kids and parents?

The simple conclusion is the following:

The cops in Baltimore are criminals. The thugs on the streets (kids and their parents) are criminals. They are all guilty. None of them are innocent. They are all playing the game one way or another. And dragging the rest of the city down with them.

Anonymous wrote:not everyone has a WaPo login

really folks, bezos is an evil person, dont give links to his toys

Anonymous wrote:

What the hell does any of this have to do with the original post?
Eight members of the elite Gun Trace Task Force were charged with crimes ranging from racketeering to robbery...
The supervisor of the unit instructed officers to carry a toy gun just in case they found themselves “in a jam” and needed to plant one...
The cops are the criminals here - why are y'all so preoccupied with chastising kids and parents?

Some people would rather make this about Baltimore in general than about the Baltimore Police. Feeds a very different narrative.

What the hell does any of this have to do with the original post?
Eight members of the elite Gun Trace Task Force were charged with crimes ranging from racketeering to robbery...
The supervisor of the unit instructed officers to carry a toy gun just in case they found themselves “in a jam” and needed to plant one...
The cops are the criminals here - why are y'all so preoccupied with chastising kids and parents?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't even know what the solution is, but I feel like they need to do something drastic to get kids from growing up in these areas and turning out poorly. Kids just can't escape and it's a bad cycle.

BS.

You hold parents and guardians responsible and take mandatory parenting classes then you deal with juvenile crime with more than a little slap on the wrist.

You made them, you deal with them or the real justice system will.

Being poor is no excuse to be a criminal.

Except when the justice system is planting evidence, breaking into houses, making false arrests and stealing and using brass knuckles at will.