Jax49
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Wise decision on their part, eh?
Mosby asserted the knife was legal when she made the original charges about the illegality of FG's arrest. I didn't follow the legal blow by blow about how the related charge morphed into what it became - a charge of assault by Nero because he didn't question the validity of the probable cause basis for FG's arrest. Maybe that charge became the convoluted & horribly misguided thing that it did precisely because Mosby punted after learning the knife was in fact legal?
A legal knife would certainly have made LE's defense more difficult, and an illegal knife, more difficult for the State.
IMO, though, legal or illegal, the knife had very little to do with what happened that day to Freddy Gray. jmo
(As an aside, both my DH and I have been trying to follow these cases without following them extremely closely, because of the possibility of being called for jury duty for one of the trials. DH already has been summoned for duty in a time frame where that is theoretically possible, and my turn is soon, as it's been 2 years since I last served).
I haven't followed it closely either, but imho, it seems she (Mosby) jumped before she knew where she was going to land. I think the driver's trial is going to be very interesting. Really curious to see what happened during that ride. Whatever happened a man died a horrible death.
Peace.
RIP Freddie Gray and peace to his family.