according to the mayor the agreement should, quote, not be interpreted of guilt or innocence of the officers facing trial. she went on to say it s a voice at litigation that would only make it more difficult for our city to heal. i try cases for a living. jurors rarely believe in the presumption of innocence. they think they must have done something. this fact that they are going to hear that the city paid out 6.4 million which since 2011 there has been 120 police brutality lawsuits settled. the total amount if you add all of those settlements up you don t get to $6.4 million.
according to the mayor the agreement should, quote, not be interpreted of guilt or innocence of the officers facing trial. she went on to say it s a voice at litigation that would only make it more difficult for our city to heal. i try cases for a living. jurors rarely believe in the presumption of innocence. they think they must have done something. this fact that they are going to hear that the city paid out 6.4 million which since 2011 there has been 120 police brutality lawsuits settled. the total amount if you add all of those settlements up you don t get to $6.4 million. these jurors heard about the
according to the mayor the agreement should, quote, not be interpreted of guilt or innocence of the officers facing trial. she went on to say it s a voice at litigation that would only make it more difficult for our city to heal. i try cases for a living. jurors rarely believe in the presumption of innocence. they think they must have done something. this fact that they are going to hear that the city paid out 6.4 million which since 2011 there has been 120 police brutality lawsuits settled. the total amount if you add all of those settlements up you don t get to $6.4 million. these jurors heard about the
with a staff that size. that s a very good point. most think the unit within the department of justice should be beefed up. if we re going to take the issue seriously, and we should, then we need to put the resources in to address the issues. when you talk about the 20 investigations in the last six years, it s more than other times. but from my perspective and the civil rights community, there should have been a lot more than 20. norman what about, i mean, to the investigation itself, the baltimore sun said incredible investigative reporting on police brutality cases in the last four years. from 2007 to 2014 more than 100 people in baltimore have won court judgments or settlements related to allegations of brutality or civil rights ss violations. does that number, the fact that baltimore has paid $5.7 million over since 2011 over police brutality lawsuits. do the stats point to systemic
the only way you can do a balance is if no one is paying for it. peaceful protest is great but it is also boring. change the channel. that s also you can not condone riots but also understand them. there doesn t have to be it doesn t have to be i hate to say it, but a black and white situation. there is absolutely a point as the woman made without rioting there is no media and without media there is no change and what you ve had in baltimore is there were great articles in the in the sun, the baltimore pd was violating the rights of citizens and the number of police brutality lawsuits they settled. the other was freddie gray not the first to come out of baltimore police van with serious injuries. they have a name for it. it is called a rough ride. if you have a name for it, it is a systemic problem.