Illegal To Carry A Knife?

[whoiskaiser77]

Seems so bizarre that the police would do this to a guy they already have in custody.

What do you think?

He ran away from the cops, he was doing nothing wrong apparently but got nervous after making eye contact, they arrest him for a knife clipped outside his pocket (not a switchblade) and while he is in police custody, his spine is nearly severed from his neck!

Of course he is dead from injuries sustained while in police custody but how and why?

So bizarre and so sad.

http://news.yahoo.com/freddie-gray-d...QDBHNlYwNzcg--

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by whoiskaiser77

Seems so bizarre that the police would do this to a guy they already have in custody.

What do you think?

He ran away from the cops, he was doing nothing wrong apparently but got nervous after making eye contact, they arrest him for a knife clipped outside his pocket (not a switchblade) and while he is in police custody, his spine is nearly severed from his neck!

Of course he is dead from injuries sustained while in police custody but how and why?

So bizarre and so sad.

http://news.yahoo.com/freddie-gray-d...QDBHNlYwNzcg--

Depends on the knife laws and what kind of knife.

[Praxeas]

For their part, police say Gray, who had a minor criminal record, "fled unprovoked upon noticing police presence." Then, "the officer noticed a knife clipped to the inside of (Gray's) front right pants pocket. The knife was recovered by this officer and found to be a spring assisted, one-hand-operated knife."

A quick read reveals perhaps their laws are so vague that even a spring assisted blade is considered a switch blade. I have a spring assisted blade and it's supposed to be legal in California but switchblades are not

Stupid law when you consider the real danger are guns

[Jito463]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Stupid law when you consider the real danger are guns

Correction, the real danger is stupid people who misuse them.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Jito463

Correction, the real danger is stupid people who misuse them.

Right, but my point is you can legally buy and even carry guns. Nobody is killing 20 people in a theater with a pocket knife.

Stupid law

[Monterrey]

Teach him to run from those nice police folks, slips and falls and breaks his neck.

Thats all folks,


Move along now!

[whoiskaiser77]

Originally Posted by Monterrey

Teach him to run from those nice police folks, slips and falls and breaks his neck.

Thats all folks,


Move along now!

Not in the least bit!

His neck was severed from his spine while in police custody! I hate to even bring up the racial aspect of it.... but what are people supposed to think? It just makes me sick to my stomach. The city of Baltimore is on edge because of the actions of dirty cops. I mean seriously-- how does this even happen! It is just plain sad and disgusting! All over a knife that probably isn't illegal in the first place?

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by whoiskaiser77

Not in the least bit!

His neck was severed from his spine while in police custody! I hate to even bring up the racial aspect of it.... but what are people supposed to think? It just makes me sick to my stomach. The city of Baltimore is on edge because of the actions of dirty cops. I mean seriously-- how does this even happen! It is just plain sad and disgusting! All over a knife that probably isn't illegal in the first place?

I think it could have happened to any race. I also think it could have happened when they arrested him. He was on the ground when the video starts

If it happened in the van it happened because he was not seat belted in and those idiots gave him a "rough ride"

[n david]

I've read a few different articles and either missed it or none of them have said how in the world this guy's spine was severed.

[n david]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

I think it could have happened to any race.

True, especially if (as the article states) someone makes eye contact with police and then breaks off into a run. That's just dumb. Now whatever happened after he was caught will be investigated and hopefully if the police caused the injury, they will be fired and charged with manslaughter. If the injury happened from the guy running away and falling on his neck, sorry if blunt but that's his fault.

I was stopped once by the police late at night for simply looking at them. It was dark, almost midnight, I was on the porch of a friend's house, waiting for him to come to the door. He lived at a "T" intersection, with a side street beginning across from his house. A car came to the stop sign and just stopped there. The car lights were really bright and it sitting there made me nervous. I couldn't make out the type of car or that it was a police car, so while waiting for my friend to come to the door I stood in the shadows just watching the car, wondering what it was doing. It finally turned and I saw that it was a police car and thought that was that.

I left my friend's house, got in my car and started down the street. I drove about two blocks before a police car came out of nowhere at a fast rate of speed and pulled me over. Another cop car turned the corner in front of me and stopped to block me in.

Anytime I've been pulled over, I've made sure to be respectful, keep my hands on the steering wheel and not make any sudden movements. The police asked what I was doing, and I told them. They asked why I was staring at a police car earlier in a threatening manner. The officer in the car sitting at the stop sign felt threatened, called me in and apparently relayed my car's plates and info so I would be stopped when I left. I told them I couldn't see that it was a cop car and was nervous, wondering why the car was just sitting at the stop sign with no traffic keeping it from turning and going on its way.

Apparently there was a call in the area and they were looking for someone armed. They weren't the most polite, but weren't out of line considering the circumstances. No guns were drawn, I wasn't taken out of the car or anything.

Point is my actions caused them to pull me over. I'm guessing had I run from them, things would have ended badly.