Illegal To Carry A Knife?

[n david]

Originally Posted by good samaritan

I want to remain neutral in this until the info. comes out

I'm trying to be the same. There still hasn't been any details as to how his injuries occurred.

This little line from CNN doesn't help:

"Five of the six officers involved in the arrest have provided statements to investigators, Batts said. The sixth officer has invoked his right to refuse to answer questions."

CNN Link

No information, though, as to whether this officer was even in the van or has any knowledge of what happened.

I didn't realize the police "wagon" stopped in route to the police station to pick up another person the police arrested.

8:59:52 a.m.

The van's driver asks for an additional unit to "check on his prisoner [Gray]," Rodriguez said.

Another individual is arrested and a wagon is requested.

Before the wagon leaves, there is "some communication" with Gray, according to Rodriguez.

They then travel to the police department/ western district with Gray and the other suspect in the wagon. The two are separated by a metal barrier and the two had no physical contact.

Next entry:

9:24:32 a.m.

A medic is called

CNN Link

So between 8:59, where "some communication" is made with Gray and 9:24 something happened.

Is it possible Gray himself could have smashed his head against the wall of the van hard enough to cause his spine to sever?

[Liteweight47]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Depends on the knife laws and what kind of knife.

Before joining the military I lived in the city most of my life (kind of hard to watch the stuff that went on last night). The weapons laws really are purposely (or should I say "selectively")vague. The reason that law is so vague is caused it's only used in situations like this:

He was sealing drugs + he had a knife. Or he ran from cops + he had a knife.

As for the actual case: It has less to do with race then what side of the city you're on in Bmore.....

..........Gray ran from cops in a drug infested, working class, African American neighborhood, and he had a knife. Not smart.

The officers did the Bmore thing to do: whatever they wanted.

That city's government is corrupt from top to bottom and that does drip down into law enforcement, but that's most northern cities. I've never lived in a place under more surveillance then that city. There are cameras on every block in certain neighborhoods.

I've heard crazies talk about a "police state" coming to America.... if that's so, Bmore's pretty much a head of the time.

[Fionn mac Cumh]

Originally Posted by whoiskaiser77

He was already shackled and in police custody when "somehow" his neck was severed from his spine and his larynx was crushed-- all while in police custody. The Baltimore police initial response was that Freddie Gray was arrested without incident.

Yup. Lets all focus on the riots though.

[Fionn mac Cumh]

Originally Posted by Liteweight47

Before joining the military I lived in the city most of my life (kind of hard to watch the stuff that went on last night). The weapons laws really are purposely (or should I say "selectively")vague. The reason that law is so vague is caused it's only used in situations like this:

He was sealing drugs + he had a knife. Or he ran from cops + he had a knife.

As for the actual case: It has less to do with race then what side of the city you're on in Bmore.....

..........Gray ran from cops in a drug infested, working class, African American neighborhood, and he had a knife. Not smart.

The officers did the Bmore thing to do: whatever they wanted.

That city's government is corrupt from top to bottom and that does drip down into law enforcement, but that's most northern cities. I've never lived in a place under more surveillance then that city. There are cameras on every block in certain neighborhoods.

I've heard crazies talk about a "police state" coming to America.... if that's so, Bmore's pretty much a head of the time.

Running from the cops isnt a crime. They still havent said why he was arrested or what happened to him.

[good samaritan]

Originally Posted by Fionn mac Cumh

Running from the cops isnt a crime. They still havent said why he was arrested or what happened to him.

Running from the police is a crime.

[Fionn mac Cumh]

Originally Posted by good samaritan

Running from the police is a crime.

Supposedly he ran the moment he seen them without being stopped. How is that a crime? This whole thing doesnt smell of a cover up?

[good samaritan]

If there was a command for the man to stop and he didn't then it was illegal. There are multiple ways to call it: obstruction, fleeing, eluding, but it is illegal. It is a misdemeanor and doesn't carry a death sentence, though.

[Liteweight47]

Originally Posted by good samaritan

If there was a command for the man to stop and he didn't then it was illegal. There are multiple ways to call it: obstruction, fleeing, eluding, but it is illegal. It is a misdemeanor and doesn't carry a death sentence, though.

Indeed, even if there is no command it's also not very smart to run form a cop... if there is a command to stop it is illegal. Either way it's ill advised yet not deserving of death.

[Jito463]

ANY cop that sees an individual suddenly get nervous upon spotting them, then running away, will chase that person down to see why they were running. It's a natural reaction. For all they know, that individual could have just committed a murder, and was worried about being caught. There's no way to know until they catch him/her. Having said that, I really want to know what happened to him while in police custody.

I'm all for standing behind law enforcement, but if there's foul play involved on their part, then it needs to be dealt with swiftly and decisively.

Also, they need to record down every evidence of rioting and arrest those vandals and looters. There is zero justification for doing so.

[Fionn mac Cumh]

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/gang-memb...-cops/32609810