To: FJB who wrote (854102 ) 5/4/2015 1:35:20 PM From: joseffy Respond to New Video Shows Baltimore Prosecutor’s View of the Freddie Gray Case BEFORE Getting Police Report Katie LaPotin ijreview.com Marilyn Mosby, the chief prosecutor for the city of Baltimore, knew whether she was going to charge the six police officers involved in the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray before receiving the official police repor tMosby speaking to a church group Tuesday morning shows her promising attendees that she will “pursue justice by any and all means necessary.” “…the criminal justice system has historically and disproportionately affected so many communities of color, and what we’re seeing right now when we turn on the news and we open up the newspaper is that frustration.” This is evidence of Mosby’s intention to prosecute the case as part of an effort to get “social justice” using the criminal case. This is politicization of a criminal case , potentially leading to a show trial and incitement of demands for “mob justice.”Mosby also defended the Baltimore youths rioting in the streets from people who had been publicly calling them “thugs,” like Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:“Our young people – I know that they’re called ‘thugs’. Those are young people crying out, there’s a sense of hopelessness in this city and there’s nobody that can touch them like you all can. The way that we all can.” Mosby’s role in the prosecution has come into question since Friday. Her husband Nick is a city councilman who represents the area where Gray was arrested, creating a potential conflict of interest. letter asking her to recuse herself. The letter also cited Mosby’s relationship with the Gray family attorney, William Murphy, who is described as a “ mentor ” to the 34-year-old Mosby. The Baltimore Sun notes that members of the police task force in charge of the investigation were “taken by surprise” at how quickly Mosby acted in her prosecution of the case.
