Most Baltimore Protesters Arrested Monday Remain in Jail Without Charges

[KamaAina]

http://gawker.com/most-baltimore-protesters-arrested-monday-remain-in-jai-1700978480

Baltimore City Paper writer Caitlin Goldblatt and Buzzfeed News report that many of the 235 protesters arrested Monday night—including 34 juveniles— in Baltimore remain in jail without formal charges nearly two days later....

Maryland law requires all detainees to have a court appearance within 24 hours of their arrest, though Katie D’Adamo, a Baltimore public defender, told Buzzfeed that the state of emergency declared Monday night by Maryland governor Larry Hogan might supersede those laws.

D’Adamo claims none of the hundreds arrested Monday night were charged until Wednesday morning; according to Rochelle Ritchie, Director of Communications for the State’s Attorney’s office, 93 people had been charged by midday Wednesday.

Goldblatt reports that many of those charged have been ordered held on bails of hundreds of thousands dollars.

How very Republican of Gov. Hogan.

[arcane1]

1. Why not just call them "enemy combatants" while they're at it?

Isn't this the kind of shit they were protesting against in the first damn place?

[okaawhatever]

2. They're charging them just under the 72 hour window. nt

[951-Riverside]

3. Didnt they also set bail for those charged to $500,000?

Seems to me they want to keep these people behind bars for as long as possible to teach future protesters a lesson.

If this becomes the norm then people arent going willingly or peaceful which posses whole other issues.

[KamaAina]

4. Yup.

Got police state?