Update on Freddie Gray

I found this little tidbit of information on the Reuters site. It was supposedly information already in the hands of Ms. Mosby when she pursued the charges against the 6 BPD officers.


Freddie Gray, whose death after being injured in Baltimore police custody sparked rioting in the city, was "banging against the walls" of a police van and "was intentionally trying to injure himself,” a prisoner being transported with Gray has said, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
The prisoner's account was contained in an application for a search warrant that was sealed by the court, the Post said. The prisoner, who is currently in jail, was separated from Gray by a metal partition and could not see him, the paper said.
Gray, 25, was found unconscious in the van when it arrived at a police station on April 12. He had suffered a spinal injury and died a week later.

All Charges have been Dropped in the Balitmore Police death of Freddy Gray

 So, another "racially motivated Police killing of a black man" has been shown to be a lie. First, through the use of the FBI, Justice Dept, and multiple Medical examiners, it was proven that "Saint" Michael Brown, the "misunderstood gentle giant", didn't have his hands up and was charging a Police officer who was more than 150 Lbs lighter, and 7 inches shorter than himself. Now the city of Baltimore is dropping all charges against the remaining BPD officers that haven't yet been tried. Those that had faced trial, were acquitted.


"Whoa there big fella, he did die in Police custody, so why did he die?"
 Freddy Gray died from a fatal spinal injury sustained while being transported in a BPD "Paddy Wagon" (by the way, why isn't that racist?  it stereotypes the Irish).
 
 "Wait a minute!! The BPD officer drove the Wagon/van so erratically he died? Why isn't that a homicide?!?!"

 Hold on there Bucky, they could not prove that the officer drove in any way that would be considered too fast, unsafe, or unusual.

 "OK, so how did he injure his back enough to be killed then?!?!"
  It seems that the press has had a habit of leaving out a significant piece of information about Mr. Gray. He had only recently been released from the hospital after undergoing spinal surgery (just a coincidence?). He was to be on bed rest at home and not to partake in any strenuous activity. Therefore his spine wouldn't take much of a blow to cause him problems. You need to ask yourself why Freddy was out that day when he wasn't supposed to be? Why was he riding a bicycle? Why did he go to a known open air drug market? Why did the Police try to stop him to talk to him and why did he run?
  Let's try to answer these questions. Why he was out, and riding a bicycle when he wasn't supposed to is a mystery. The Police were raiding the location because it was a known open air drug market, and a Baltimore Alderman lived nearby. This Alderman used political influence to get the Police to perform the raid. The Police saw Freddy Gray, and ordered him to stop for questioning. He took off on his bicycle. Why did the Police single out Mr. Gray? He was a KNOWN drug dealer with a history of prior arrests. Therefore when he took off, there was a reason to chase him. So why he went to an area that was a known drug market, on a bicycle, when he was under Doctors orders to rest quietly at home will never be known. We know why the Police wanted to talk to him when he appeared at the location. We don't know why he took off. By the way a BPD bicycle Police officer rode him down and knocked him off of his bike, which could have also caused the damage attributed to the Wagon/Van ride.

 We must ask ourselves, was his death caused by the Police not securing him in the Wagon/Van? Or was it a combination of that and the fact he had just had spinal surgery. At best, if those were the causes of death, it was negligence on the part of the BPD, not homicide. The fatal injury could have most likely been caused by being knocked off his bicycle. I suggest that once he left his house, he was attempting suicide. If I had just had spinal surgery with the directions to rest quietly at home, that is where I would be until told otherwise.
  Have there been questionable Police killings? Yes, are they predominately Black, maybe. We have to ask ourselves why? In fact, a recent study showed that more whites are killed by the Police than blacks.

 "Wait a minute there Big Fella, blacks are only 13% of the population, there SHOULD be more whites killed than blacks."

 OK, so let's look at an example of crime breakdown:-


2012 (Jan-June) New York City arrests by Race (from the City of New York)

Crime                                                          White    Black    Hispanic    Indian/Eskimo     Pacific Isl.

Murder and non-negligent manslaughter     11.2%   55.3%     29.4%             0.0%               4.1%

Misdemeanor Criminal Mischief               23.3%   34.9%     37.7%             0.3%                3.8%

One final surprising set of statistics from the FBI details the crime rates perpetrated by white juveniles compared to white adults, and black juveniles compared to black adults. In 2011 for all crime among all categories perpetrated by minors, white juveniles were responsible for 65.7%. That percentage jumped to 69.2% for white adults. By comparison, black minors were responsible for 32% of all juvenile crime. But that number dropped to 28.4% for black adults.

So what do these statistics tell us? Well for one thing if you are white and commit a violent crime, you are more likely to be killed by the Police. Yes I know that these stats are from NYC, but if we get the rates from any major metropolitan area (to include Baltimore), we might see a percentage change here and there (more Eskimos and Indians?), but it will not change perceptibly. Blacks in general, and Black juveniles in particular are more likely to be involved in criminal pursuits. Therefore they are more likely to be confronted by the Police, yet, less likely to be killed than a white criminal.

I would suggest that the state of the Black family in modern Democratically controlled urban areas is the issue, not racism. I believe that the Democrat party is guilty of "Soft bigotry of low expectations".





"There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs -- partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs."
  --------------Booker T. Washington (nod to Dr. Walter Williams)------