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Freddie Gray Arresting Officer Edward Nero Found Not Guilty On All Charges
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Freddie Gray Arresting Officer Edward Nero Found Not Guilty On All Charges

Freddie Gray arresting officer Edward Nero has been found not guilty on all counts by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams.

Nero faced charges of second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in office.

Nero waived his right to a trial by jury. His bench trial began May 12 and final arguments were heard Thursday.

Gray, a 25-year-old black man from the Sandtown area of Baltimore, died on April 19, 2015 of a spinal cord injury he sustained while in police custody.

His death set off more than a week of protests followed by looting, rioting and arson that prompted a citywide curfew.

Nero is one of six officers charged in relation to Gray’s death, and the second to be tried. Officer William Porter’s trial ended in a hung jury and mistrial in December.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/05/23/freddie-gray-arresting-officer-edward-nero-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges/

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Re: Freddie Gray Arresting Officer Edward Nero Found Not Guilty On All Charges
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2016, 03:12:25 pm »
SOURCE: MSN

URL: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/baltimore-policeman-found-not-guilty-of-three-charges-in-death-of-freddie-gray/ar-BBtm7a9?ocid=ansmsnnews11

BY: JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press

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BALTIMORE (AP) — A judge is expected Monday to hand down his verdict in the case of a Baltimore police officer charged in the arrest and subsequent death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man.

Officer Edward Nero faces assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges. Prosecutors say the 30-year-old unlawfully arrested Gray without probable cause and was negligent when he didn't buckle the prisoner into a seat belt.

Nero opted for a bench trial rather than a jury trial. Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams is expected to announce his verdict Monday. The assault charge carries a maximum of 10 years in prison and the other charges carry five-year maximums.

Gray died April 19, 2015, a week after his neck was broken in the back of a police transport van while he was handcuffed and shackled but left unrestrained by a seat belt.


Officer Edward Nero, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, arriving at a courthouse at the beginning of his trial

His death set off more than a week of protests followed by looting, rioting and arson that prompted a citywide curfew. His name became a rallying cry in the growing national conversation about the treatment of black men by police officers.

Shortly after Gray's death, State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby charged six officers. Three of them are black; Nero and two others are white.

Nero's attorney argues that his client didn't arrest Gray and that it is the police van driver's responsibility to buckle in detainees. The defense argued that the officers who responded that day acted responsibly, and called witnesses to bolster their argument that any reasonable officer in Nero's position would have made the same decisions.

The defense also sought to convince the judge that the department's order requiring that all inmates be strapped in is more suggestion than rule because officers are expected to act with discretion based on the circumstances of each situation.

Nero is the second officer to stand trial. Officer William Porter's manslaughter trial ended with a hung jury.
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Re: Freddie Gray Arresting Officer Edward Nero Found Not Guilty On All Charges
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2016, 03:12:39 pm »
Great News!
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Re: Freddie Gray Arresting Officer Edward Nero Found Not Guilty On All Charges
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2016, 03:18:39 pm »
Well, the "esteemed" Mayor of Baltimore better get out in front and make sure folks have a "space to destroy"...
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Re: Freddie Gray Arresting Officer Edward Nero Found Not Guilty On All Charges
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2016, 03:20:42 pm »
Riot time!!!

We haven't had a riot in a while. I"m on a diet so my habit of making popcorn in anticipation of the riots is endangered! I need something healthier.
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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2016, 03:21:22 pm »
Good news, indeed. Shortly to be followed, one expects, by some interesting video from the lovely city of Baltimore.  :eatdrink:
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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2016, 04:13:35 pm »
Elijah Cummings actually speaking sanely.
 

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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2016, 04:31:58 pm »
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Rawlings-Blake said in a statement. "Now that the criminal case has come to an end, Officer Nero will face an administrative review by the Police Department. We once again ask the citizens to be patient and to allow the entire process to come to a conclusion."

She noted the city is "prepared to respond" to any disturbance in the city. "We will protect our neighborhoods, our businesses and the people of our city," she said.

She doesn't have a clue.
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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2016, 04:36:27 pm »
Am I the only one who makes popcorn for riots? I put the TV on a cable news channel (Cnn or Fox), put the TV on mute, fire up twitter and police scanner websites on my laptop. Makes for an entertaining evening.
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« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2016, 04:46:08 pm »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on May 23, 2016, 04:36:27 pm
Am I the only one who makes popcorn for riots? I put the TV on a cable news channel (Cnn or Fox), put the TV on mute, fire up twitter and police scanner websites on my laptop. Makes for an entertaining evening.

I did when BLM did their imitation of the movie "Assault on Precinct 13" up in Minneapolis this past Nov..  It was a live web feed and it was hillarious!
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« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2016, 04:49:22 pm »
It's almost time for the welfare crowd to wake up now.
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« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2016, 05:05:58 pm »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on May 23, 2016, 04:36:27 pm
Am I the only one who makes popcorn for riots? I put the TV on a cable news channel (Cnn or Fox), put the TV on mute, fire up twitter and police scanner websites on my laptop. Makes for an entertaining evening.


"A riot is a terrible thing..."
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Re: Freddie Gray Arresting Officer Edward Nero Found Not Guilty On All Charges
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2016, 05:13:56 pm »
Nero was very smart to waive the trial by jury.  He is at least one less victim of the "Black Lives Matter" movement and its political enablers in city administrations around the country. 
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« Reply #13 on: May 23, 2016, 05:21:31 pm »
Has the urban renovation started?
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Re: Freddie Gray Arresting Officer Edward Nero Found Not Guilty On All Charges
« Reply #14 on: May 23, 2016, 05:25:18 pm »
Quote from: Jewbacca on May 23, 2016, 05:21:31 pm
Has the urban renovation started?

Soon.

Very soon.

Already hearing the rumblings from Obama's army of malcontents.
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« Reply #15 on: May 23, 2016, 05:29:26 pm »
Good news.  It was a wise move to eschew a jury trial.

The pressure on jurors (and the implicit threat to them and their families) in that community to convict would be intense.   
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« Reply #16 on: May 23, 2016, 06:13:29 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on May 23, 2016, 04:46:08 pm
I did when BLM did their imitation of the movie "Assault on Precinct 13" up in Minneapolis this past Nov..  It was a live web feed and it was hillarious!

There should be a riot channel. Get the liberal "favored classes" into a blind rage and set them loose in a staged urban stetting. Like a cross between Escape from LA and the Running man.
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« Reply #17 on: May 23, 2016, 06:49:02 pm »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on May 23, 2016, 04:36:27 pm
Am I the only one who makes popcorn for riots? I put the TV on a cable news channel (Cnn or Fox), put the TV on mute, fire up twitter and police scanner websites on my laptop. Makes for an entertaining evening.

I do I do!!!  :pop41:
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« Reply #18 on: May 23, 2016, 06:51:52 pm »
Quote from: massadvj on May 23, 2016, 05:13:56 pm
Nero was very smart to waive the trial by jury.  He is at least one less victim of the "Black Lives Matter" movement and its political enablers in city administrations around the country.

I think so too.  Depends on the Judge.  That judge in the Zimmerman case in Florida would have directed the Jury to render a "Guilty" verdict if she could have.
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« Reply #19 on: May 23, 2016, 06:53:01 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on May 23, 2016, 04:46:08 pm
I did when BLM did their imitation of the movie "Assault on Precinct 13" up in Minneapolis this past Nov..  It was a live web feed and it was hillarious!

Was that the one at Mall of America?  I saw that one.
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« Reply #20 on: May 23, 2016, 07:02:30 pm »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on May 23, 2016, 03:20:42 pm
Riot time!!!

We haven't had a riot in a while. I"m on a diet so my habit of making popcorn in anticipation of the riots is endangered! I need something healthier.

Unless you're on the Atkins diet, popcorn is one of the healthiest low calorie snacks you can have.  Sans butter, of course.
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« Reply #21 on: May 23, 2016, 07:35:15 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on May 23, 2016, 06:53:01 pm
Was that the one at Mall of America?  I saw that one.
No. This was at precint 4.  Couple days (same locaton )later some skinheads popped a few caps in 5 amish yutes.  Funny how they wanted the popos help then.
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« Reply #22 on: May 23, 2016, 07:37:30 pm »
Sad thing is...once the riots from the aquittals subside...the Obama "Justice" Department will move in with Federal cases and convict all of them because the burden of proof is much lower in a Federal case IIRC.

Double Jeopardy flies out the window when it comes to Liberals and "fairness".
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« Reply #23 on: May 23, 2016, 09:13:04 pm »
The wrong people were put on trial. That clown Mosby and all the other swine who tried to railroad those cops with a trumped up charge of first degree murder deserve to be disbarred and then tried themselves.
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« Reply #24 on: May 23, 2016, 09:23:25 pm »
So far all is peaceful in Baltimore..fingers crossed
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