it appears that Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby was running an independent investigation in parallel with that of the Baltimore Police Department.
Naturally, any investigation has a lead, and so it seems worthwhile to ask who Mosby assigned to that sensitive and responsibility-burdened position for her own investigative team.
Avon Mackel
Mr. Mackel used to be a high-ranking Baltimore police officer
until things went horribly wrong.
In 2009 Mackel was stripped of his command position because of a grievous failure to follow through on allegations of a mishandled robbery investigation by two of his officers.
In addition, according to that same CNN report the Baltimore Sun newspaper reported that police in Mackel’s district were falsely “down-classifying” crimes in order to suggest crime rates were lower than was actually the case–and to make Mackel look more effective as a crime-fighter than he was.
Four months after his demotion, Mackel engaged in a drunken gun-wielding incident at his home of sufficient severity that the Baltimore County police department sent in their SWAT team. Mackel was non-compliant with officers and obviously (the responding officers reported) intoxicated.
Despite being tasered by the SWAT team, the armed and intoxicated Mackel managed to barricade himself in his bedroom.
After that, the police record apparently gets vague, without any clear explanation for how the incident ended.
Mackel was not arrested following these remarkable events.
June 22, 2016, 09:00 PM
lbj
It sounds like Goodson may very well walk as well.
Don't we have a 2nd Degree Murder trial coming soon?
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June 22, 2016, 09:14 PM
TKO
Holy shit.... The guy she had investigate the incident was a disgraced former cop?
And fuck that Sherriff. He deserves to burn at the stake next to Mosby.
"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." Albert Einstein
June 22, 2016, 11:12 PM
sdy
quote:
Don't we have a 2nd Degree Murder trial coming soon?
Goodson is charged w second-degree depraved heart murder.
His charges are the most serious of all 6 officers.
June 23, 2016, 12:06 AM
lbj
So this is the biggest of the cases then.
The prosecution would be lucky if they could get negligent homicide, if even that. Can the judge find the defendant guilty of a lesser charge that did not originate as an original charge, or does the judge just rule on the exact charge(s).
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June 23, 2016, 09:02 AM
sdy
Verdict expected this morning.
Goodson charges:
second-degree depraved-heart murder / Not Guilty second-degree assault, misconduct in office, involuntary manslaughter, manslaughter by vehicles (gross negligence), manslaughter by vehicles (criminal negligence) and reckless endangerment.
Mosby in court.
lbj - I think the judge rules on the exact charges
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June 23, 2016, 09:55 AM
ChicagoSigMan
That judge must be racist.....
hold on...lemme check something......
Nope.
June 23, 2016, 09:57 AM
Skins2881
So do they light the CVSs on fire now and get their free flat screens, or do they wait until all 6 have been aquitted? What is normal protocol.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Skins2881,
Jesse
Sic Semper Tyrannis
June 23, 2016, 10:01 AM
rockchalk06
Free TV's for everyone!
June 23, 2016, 10:01 AM
IrishWind
Good things coming out of Baltimore!
I hope this kills Mosby's career, and puts a crimp on BLM movements.
Lord, your ocean is so very large and my divos are so very f****d-up Dirt Sailors Unite!
June 23, 2016, 10:02 AM
bozman
If Goodson did not kill him or cause the injuries that killed him, then which of the 6 could have?
The answer would appear to be none of them. So, all charges must be dropped, or am I oversimplifying this?
The "Boz"
June 23, 2016, 10:04 AM
Balzé Halzé
Wonderful. Well done on the judge's part. This was all a grave misjustice from the start, but at least in the end it was set straight.
Now it's time to prosecute Mosby and that absurd mayor and sue the bejesus out of that city.
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June 23, 2016, 10:06 AM
JALLEN
quote:
Originally posted by bozman: If Goodson did not kill him or cause the injuries that killed him, then which of the 6 could have?
The answer would appear to be none of them. So, all charges must be dropped, or am I oversimplifying this?
In sports, you have to play the entire season, no matter how lousy you are.
In legal cases, you can exercise discretion in the interests of justice.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
June 23, 2016, 10:14 AM
Icabod
quote:
Originally posted by bozman: If Goodson did not kill him or cause the injuries that killed him, then which of the 6 could have?
The answer would appear to be none of them. So, all charges must be dropped, or am I oversimplifying this?
Not for a reasonable person. Mosby however has fully committed to putting and officer in jail. Unless stopped she'll keep trying. Her only "out" is to drop charges and claim that the system won support her. Likely claim that the bench trials did not reflex the will of the people.
“ The work of destruction is quick, easy and exhilarating; the work of creation is slow, laborious and dull.
June 23, 2016, 10:16 AM
sdy
Although it is 20/20 hindsight, excellent decision by defense to go w bench trial.
June 23, 2016, 10:16 AM
a1abdj
quote:
Unless stopped she'll keep trying.
What are the odds that prior to this incident she has put other innocent people in jail?