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She needs to be disbarred. At the very least.

+1, I think so too, but what I think will happen, instead of what should, is that she will use her diatribe as a kick off for higher office.

I don't doubt a bit that we will eventually see her as Mayor, Governor, or Senator fairly soon. Evidently the majority of voters of Baltimore and Maryland are none too bright.

As so many times it occurs, you can't really appreciate Mosby's comments today w/o watching the video

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016...-no-convictions.html

This is one hysterically angry person.

She really takes a shot at Judge Williams.

“They lied and I know they lied and they killed him,” Darden said. The family received a $6.4m settlement from the city.

Do the police officers have any recourse when this kind of accusation is made in the media?

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Originally posted by fwbulldog:
“They lied and I know they lied and they killed him,” Darden said. The family received a $6.4m settlement from the city.

Do the police officers have any recourse when this kind of accusation is made in the media?

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A civil suit would no doubt allow the family to bring up the entire case. In effect, the offices would be retried all over again. As memory serves its the preponderance of the facts that is the standard.

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Originally posted by Icabod:

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Originally posted by fwbulldog:
“They lied and I know they lied and they killed him,” Darden said. The family received a $6.4m settlement from the city.

Do the police officers have any recourse when this kind of accusation is made in the media?

link

A civil suit would no doubt allow the family to bring up the entire case. In effect, the offices would be retried all over again. As memory serves its the preponderance of the facts that is the standard.

According to what sdy posted before, the settlement agreement with the city bars further civil suit.

I have no doubt Mosby will follow the Foo-Moo principal (F**c Up Move Up). I'm sure she has been shopping her resume at the DNC convention.

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Originally posted by sdy:
As so many times it occurs, you can't really appreciate Mosby's comments today w/o watching the video
This is one hysterically angry person.

When I watch the video, I see an actress. All that apparent anger appears to me to be just an act. Some people believe her and similar statements. The mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, has a somewhat similar attitude. However her campaign for re-election went nowhere. Perhaps Mosby also, disbarred or not, will disappear.

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Originally posted by mbinky:...I hope their legal suits take down Mosby and the corrupt Baltimore city government.

That would be great, but probably the next Baltimore city gov't would be just as corrupt.

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Special kudos to Judge Barry Williams.

I posted early on in this thread that the prosecutors had shopped this case and could not have found a judge with a more favorable background to hear this case. Trial attorney in the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1997-2002. Special litigation counsel for the civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department, 2002-2005.

He proved that there are still SOME people in the system with integrity who refuse to go along with the mob and actually do their job.

The director of the FBI could learn from this guy.

Kudos Judge Williams.

This needs to be repeated, particularly as I felt the same way. I thought he was going to roll over for the prosecution.

Judge Williams did a stand up job.

All charges dropped? Part of me wants to say "Duh, do you think?".

Now here's hoping they go after Mosley.

Best news I've heard today.

I watched the video of the Mosby's statement. Yeah that was a rational statement from a distinguished prosecutor....NOT.....I have heard more rational comments from two and three year olds having a temper tantrum. What a train wreck. Anyone decent still living or working in Baltimore needs to run from there like it is the end of the world and walking dead have arrived.

The display of anger and self-righteousness allows her to avoid addressing the truth of the matter. Railing against The Man. Right on, sister. Fight the power.

Apparently, she thought SHE WAS the power. Wrong!

Disbar, do not pass go.

RMD

If I act mad enough and maybe they won't figure out how badly I screwed up. It's not my fault!

Watching her tyrant tantrum turns my stomach. She prefers to lie and be lied to than face the fact that Freddie grey likely injured himself while having his own tantrum.

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Originally posted by ArtieS:

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Special kudos to Judge Barry Williams.

I posted early on in this thread that the prosecutors had shopped this case and could not have found a judge with a more favorable background to hear this case. Trial attorney in the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1997-2002. Special litigation counsel for the civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department, 2002-2005.

He proved that there are still SOME people in the system with integrity who refuse to go along with the mob and actually do their job.

The director of the FBI could learn from this guy.

Kudos Judge Williams.

This needs to be repeated, particularly as I felt the same way. I thought he was going to roll over for the prosecution.

Judge Williams did a stand up job.

How did they shop for him? In my state the computer randomly assigns the judge. Period. Historically, you could go in with multiple complaints and ask who was next on the roster and then file them as you wanted but not anymore.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
Watching her tyrant tantrum turns my stomach. She prefers to lie and be lied to than face the fact that Freddie grey likely injured himself while having his own tantrum.

Bolding mine, but I think that is the key to the whole ugly episode.

Seems a perfect fit to a quote I found recently (Dostoevsky) along the lines of "People tell lies to protect/promote their egos. Then they start believing their own lies. Soon they can no longer discern the truth from the lie and become degenerate.

Seems all too common in society today, especially in politics. People tell palpable lies, and willingly swallow such lies, to promote their own agenda. The truth no longer matters.

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Originally posted by BB61:

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Originally posted by ArtieS:

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Special kudos to Judge Barry Williams.

I posted early on in this thread that the prosecutors had shopped this case and could not have found a judge with a more favorable background to hear this case. Trial attorney in the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1997-2002. Special litigation counsel for the civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department, 2002-2005.

He proved that there are still SOME people in the system with integrity who refuse to go along with the mob and actually do their job.

The director of the FBI could learn from this guy.

Kudos Judge Williams.

This needs to be repeated, particularly as I felt the same way. I thought he was going to roll over for the prosecution.

Judge Williams did a stand up job.

How did they shop for him?

Actually back on page 6 when I originally posted who the judge was, I said:

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The prosecution could have shopped this across the country and not found a better judge for them.

When I posted the kudos today I just posted that the prosecutors had shopped the case rather than 'they couldn't have shopped for a better judge'. In other words, I don't know if they have the ability to shop for judges there or not. I know in some jurisdictions it is definitely still possible for prosecutors to manipulate the schedule to get a particular judge, but have no idea if they did that in this case.

Bottom line, his background was exactly what the prosecutors were looking for, but he had the integrity to actually look at the (lack of) evidence and apply the law and arrive at just verdicts. That is certainly not a given in this day and age and he should be applauded for resisting the tremendous pressure he was under from that community, which he has to live in every day.

CNN interview w Baltimore mayor. She disagrees w how Mosby made her statement today.

http://www.cnn.com/videos/poli...sby-reaction-sot.cnn

Rawlings-Blake said a bench trial choice is part of our legal process. Doesn't mean the system is rigged.

RB also questioned why Mosby said she needed an independent investigatory group, when that is exactly what Mosby claimed she did.