Marilyn Mosby, the Baltimore state attorney tasked with seeking justice in the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray, dropped the charges against two of the six officers who had yet to stand trial at the end of July. Mosby’s decision came after a fourth officer was acquitted of being culpable in Gray’s death from injuries sustained in a “rough ride” in the police department’s transport van. That should be the end of the case, right? Wrong. This case is not over; not by a long shot. And Mother Jones is going to tell you four reasons why:
- All six of the officers will face an internal affairs review
- Five of the six officers that were charged are suing Mosby for defamation and false arrest in civil court
- Two private citizens have filed complaints with the Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission to have Mosby disbarred for bringing the charges against the cops in the first place
- Baltimore’s police union upped its membership dues to pay for the six cops’ legal expenses, and they’re going to keep the higher rate, they say, as a precaution against possible Mosby “malicious prosecutions.”
Read the brief piece and check the links over at Mother Jones.