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Suspicions Fly after Marilyn Mosby Rashly Accuses six Baltimore Cops

<div>The national spotlight swung up to illuminate the city of Baltimore last week when Maryland state attorney Marilyn Mosby gave a passionate speech about the death of a young black man named Freddie Gray&period; Many suspect a conflict of interest as the speech occurred two days before the police investigation was finished&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Twenty-five year old Freddie Gray was arrested on April 12 after he reportedly made eye contact with a police offer and then ran away&period; The cops found Gray to be in possession of a legal sized knife and went on to beat and arrest him&comma; allegedly without probable cause&period; Gray died on April 19 from a broken neck&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Believing Gray to be the victim of negligence and police brutality&comma; the city&&num;8217&semi;s infuriated population quickly formed a protest that evolved into a violent mob&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Although state attorney Marilyn Mosby called for a stop to the violence&comma; this woman&&num;8217&semi;s words are anything but peaceful&period; Mosby is the youngest state attorney of any major city in the country and has a habit of getting involved in cases regarding young black &&num;8220&semi;victims&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The bias is clear to see in this situation and Mosby has been called out not only for her social justice activism but also for her political relationships&comma; first and foremost being that the city councilman in charge of the area in which the arrest took place is none other than Mosby&&num;8217&semi;s husband&period; Surely this harsh attack on the police coming from his wife will boost Mr&period; Mosby&&num;8217&semi;s political future&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>On top of that is a &dollar;5&comma;000 &&num;8220&semi;contribution&&num;8221&semi; from Bill Murphy Jr&period; given to Mosby in support of her most recent campaign in which police reform was a major topic&period; Murphy Jr&period; is coincidentally the attorney hired to represent the Gray family&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Mosby proclaimed in a press conference last Friday that of the twelve cops involved in the Gray incident&comma; three would be charged with the rare accusation of manslaughter and two with assault&period; We can only wonder what half a dozen convictions would do to the delicate relationship between local prosecutors and police&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The Fraternal Order of Police was outraged with Mosby&&num;8217&semi;s rushed press conference and accusations&comma; especially considering her speech took place less than 24 hours after the investigation was completed&period; Not only are they asking her to recuse herself from the Gray case&comma; they are also maintaining that all of the officers are innocent&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Mosby &&num;8220&semi;pulled the race card&&num;8221&semi; in a later speech to the Multicultural Prayer Movement&comma; talking about how black youth<br &sol;>&NewLine;are police targets in every American city&period; She spoke about the &&num;8220&semi;frustration&&num;8221&semi; of the criminal justice system and announced that she &&num;8220&semi;will pursue justice by any and all means necessary&period;&&num;8221&semi; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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