Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby plans to seek a protective order that would block the release of Freddie Gray's autopsy report and other "sensitive" documents as she prosecutes the six police officers involved in his arrest.
But an attorney for one of the officers said the effort shows that "there is something in that autopsy report that they are trying to hide."
"Mrs. Mosby is the one who did an announcement discussing what she said the evidence was in a nationally televised speech," said Ivan Bates, who represents Sgt. Alicia White. "Now that it is time to turn over the evidence, to ask for a protective order is beyond disingenuous.
The move is the latest effort by Mosby's office to restrict information in the high-profile case. Her office has also sought a gag order to prevent participants from discussing the case in public, and has broken with a long-standing practice by not giving a copy of the autopsy report to Baltimore police.
"Nobody would know anything but the state and the defense, so they would totally hide it from the public," Bates said. "If your case is as good as you said it was, why don't you just show the evidence? … You can't holler and say, 'I'm about accountability for the citizens,' and then run around filing for a protective order."
Something stinks with this Mosby and her moves to block the release of documents and gag participants from publicly speaking about the case.
Imagine if a WHITE Prosecutor did this.
Remember Ferguson? Everyone was demanding the Prosecutor be transparent with the evidence. All the self-proclaimed leaders of the black community were on the news every day demanding transparency.
Where are they now? Why aren't they demanding transparency from the black Prosecutor?
I posted a while back and I'll say again, I believe she rushed the charges. I believe they were motivated by politics and PR. And I believe the Trial Jury will likely return with a Not Guilty verdict.
Shady Mosby.
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