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marilyn mosby in charging six baltimore police officers in in his death. the blade of the knife was holded into the handle. the knife was not a switch blade and is lawful under maryland law. reporter: which is why mosby is charging three of the six officers with false imprisonment and argues gray should never have been arrested in the first place. but lawyers for arresting officers edward fairnero and garrett miller say she got it wrong and the life was illegal under maryland law, demand the state produce the knife to prove they re right. neither lawyer would speak about pending litigation. according to maryland state law, a knife is illegal if the blade automatically deploys with the push of a button without manual assistant. legal or illegal all comes down to a spring? absolutely a spring essentially. this is the one that kind of gets closer to a switch blade or automatic knife. it s got a spring inside.
is a spring-assisted knife. again, when you look at maryland s law, this is a legal knife in maryland. there s a spring mechanism inside that when i barly push it it comes the rest of the way open. that s not a switchblade or automatic knife. i don t have to touch the blade to open it. if there were a button here that would be considered an automatic knife and would be banned in maryland. this is a spring-assisted knife. you have to touch the blade to get it open. here s the deal. everything that i ve read today is that there are certain kind of knives that are legal or illegal in the state of maryland. marilyn mosby, the state s attorney who said friday it was legal, his knife, in the state of maryland. then you have the police officers who say it was illegal under baltimore city code. there is a difference is there not? that is correct.