The national Fraternal Order of Police ripped into Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby after she dropped charges against cops in the death of Freddie Gray last April after she continued to charge the cops with racism.
“We have said time and time again from the onset of this witch hunt that these officers were wrongly charged with absolutely false claims,” said FOP President Chuck Canterbury. “Today has vindicated and proven that these officers did everything by the book and that there was a gross miscarriage of the law by State Attorney Mosby.”
Seven police were charged in the death of Gray, who Mosby charged was murdered in the way he was handled and driven in the back of a paddy wagon.
Her success in court has been a disaster, however, and today she gave up.
Canterbury said that the police did not do wrong and were hung out to dry by Mosby.
And now is the time for payback.
“It is terrible that in our country today that law enforcement officers doing their job the right way can still be falsely accused of misconduct and have their lives potentially ruined,” he said in a statement.
“It is time for State Attorney Mosby to face her days in court for malicious suits, abuse of process, and malfeasance in office. Some of these matters will be resolved in civil courts, by the bar association, and also criminal court. The men and women of the Baltimore Police Department and officers around the country know how to uphold the law unlike Mosby who answers to public pressure rather than actual facts of investigations,” added Canterbury.
So far at least three Baltimore Police accused in the case have filed suit against Mosby.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
