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Hutzpa

(11,461 posts)
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 11:02 PM Apr 2015

CNN News: One of the officer's wife involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray

has just given an interview stating that her husband who was one of the officers in the van believed he was injured before
being placed in the paddy wagon.

Did anyone else saw the interview? frightening if true, but a Prosecutor being interviewed said the case could be complicated
because of all the scenario and evidence being presented.

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Hutzpa

(11,461 posts)
3. Was I find interesting is how the feed was somehow
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 11:05 PM
Apr 2015

cut right through her interview. Hopefully Dom Lemon will try and play it again.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
4. Damn. Now I gotta turn to cnn.
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 11:07 PM
Apr 2015

This ought to be very very interesting. So many stories. It's very confusing. I think he was injured before he was put into the van, myself. He looked limp.

 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
2. Same thing as Feruguson...just muddy the waters....
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 11:04 PM
Apr 2015

all that takes is conflicting evidence....present even one witness that presents a conflicting story...and Bob's your Uncle...they have an out.

Hutzpa

(11,461 posts)
6. Which is what I think the prosecutor tried to explained
Wed Apr 29, 2015, 11:07 PM
Apr 2015

that all this is doing is making it difficult for the prosecutor to prosecute. Cover up seem to be in the works.

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
15. yes, they will put out any alternative version of events
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:45 AM
Apr 2015

so that reality becomes a debate and then they will move to 'we will never really know what happened and therefore we can't prosecute anyone.'

brush

(53,795 posts)
12. Days ago when the cops admitted that they didn't seatbelt . . .
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:03 AM
Apr 2015

Gray in the police van, I felt the "cover up" was being put into play because Gray was injured before any "rough ride" in the van.

They were willing to take the heat for not buckling Gray in the van because they calculated that far less culpability would come from Gray being allegedly injured in the van ride than from the actual beating that happened before the ride.

It's all part of covering up that Gray's spine was severed during the beating. Now they've even put forward a so called "corroborating" witness, the other prisoner in the partitioned van, claiming that Gray was beating his own head on the wall and severed his own spine — such horseshit boggles the mind that the cops think that anyone would believe that.

They're trying anything they can to distract from the pre-van ride beating and holding those violent cops accountable.

Calista241

(5,586 posts)
13. I suspect Gray was injured when an officer put his knee on his head / neck
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:12 AM
Apr 2015

To ensure compliance while he was being handcuffed. The problem is proving it. Gray does seem to stand up and argue about getting in the van after they drug him over there.

And holding someone down like that does seem to be a common and accepted police practice.

brush

(53,795 posts)
14. If you get a chance pls look at the video again
Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:40 AM
Apr 2015

Gray's legs were limp and dragging. The cops were the ones holding him up, his legs were not supporting him.

In one video I saw one of his legs was at an unnatural angle — it looked broken to me.

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