Wednesday,  May 20, 2015

It is amazing that we don’t hear anything from the main street media, the mayor, or the prosecutor about Freddie Gray’s  pre-existing spinal and back injury and his severe nerve damage from an accident prior to the shooting.  The thing I remember all of the photos of his movement in the van as they were moving along.  Why didn’t and doesn’t she now mention that?  She owes those cops more than just an apology – they need to fumigate that whole administration in Baltimore,  the Justice Department, and the White House.

The news kept reporting and asking, “JUST WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT VAN” – “JUST WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT VAN” over and over –  when all of the time this guy had just had major back surgery a week and a half before that. That same main street media, plus the town’s administration, and the country’s leadership, is good at giving “HALF-BAKED” reporting since they were using the same “cockamamie” recipe to burn up another town like they did in Ferguson, MO,  cause some guys just want to go out and kill some cop (as Hillary Clinton stated) and besides –  you need to let those protestors express themselves. Now where are all of  you people who stood on those steps with that prosecutor and blamed those policeman – who were just doing their job?

Monday, May 18, 2015 5:06 PM

Following are some facts on Freddie Gray of Baltimore.

It is hard to believe after reading this, that this prosecutor would have jumped to such a conclusion and ruined the policemen’s careers.

Freddie Gray had a pre-existing spinal and neck injury and had severe nerve damage and scar tissue from an accident that Allstate Insurance was paying him for, in a structured settlement.  This monthly payment and drug money were his means of support. Freddie had had several unsuccessful spinal fusion surgeries over the past 4 1/2 years.  His most recent spinal/cervical operation was a week and a half before he was arrested on April 12. He was on doctor’s orders to remain home and in bed to speed recovery from that major operation. Instead, Freddie was out manufacturing and distributing drugs on the streets of Baltimore, and strenuously resisting arrest.

Freddie had a long criminal history (rap sheet): many pages long for manufacturing and distributing drugs and controlled substances, including heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and marijuana. He had been convicted of numerous other felonies including assault, firearms violations, breaking and entering, armed robbery, receiving stolen property, and the list goes on and on from his 18th birthday. In Baltimore County, juvenile records are
forever sealed except by judicial order. (www.mdjudiciarycaseresearch) Freddie, known on
the streets as “Pepper”, was 25 years old, 5’8″ and weighed 145 lbs. when last arrested. He had been incarcerated at least 12 times, the longest stretch being 2 years in prison in
Maryland.  Freddie had recently tried to convert his structured settlement from Allstate into a lump sum payment from Peachtree Funding, of Atlanta. Friends say he was confused by the paperwork and legal terminology.

Following his arrest, Freddie was placed into the paddy wagon by the police officers who had arrested him —- black officers, all of them. He could have easily slipped on the floor or bench, or twisted his neck or shoulders to reopen his recently fused and weakened spine. Enroute to the County jail, the paddy wagon stopped once so that officers could put leg
restraints on Freddie to calm him down and restrict his movement.  Freddie was a dangerous career felon, well-known to the BPD officers, with a damaged and healing spine and neck, and was supposed to be home healing a week and a half after surgery. He should not have been running around on the streets of Baltimore committing drug felonies and resisting arrest.

Now, why are so many residents of Baltimore destroying their own city with looting
and arson? Because it’s a good way to get new shoes and TVs for free? Seems to be. They sure know how to pick their heroes, don’t they?  By the way, none of the eight BPD officers who arrested Freddy has ever had a complaint against him for brutality or use of excessive force.

Freddie Gray’s arrest record:

03-20-15 dealing cocaine
08-28-08 possession of narcotics
10-05-12 illegal gambling
01-25-14 possession of narcotics over 10 grams
08-24-07 manufacturing and distribution narcotics
08/29-07 distribution of narcotics
09-16-08 distribution of narcotics
04-16-08 distribution of narcotics
05-09-12 distribution of narcotics
01-04-15 distribution of narcotics
12-31-14 distribution of narcotics
05-13-14 stolen property
07-16-08 distribution of narcotics
03-28-08 possession of narcotics
02-12-08 distribution of narcotics
09-29-13 distribution of narcotics
12-04-14 distribution of narcotics
12-04-14 possession of narcotics
03-20-08 burglary
03-20-08 possession of narcotics
09-21-07 distribution of narcotics
04-30-08 unlawful possession (two counts)

(Source Maryland Dept of Justice)

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