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Re: Baltimore on edge after arrestee's fatal spine injury
They appear not to have been suspects except for the act of living in a high crime neighborhood and of running away from police. If you hear "stop" do you assume that constitutes a lawful order, personally directed at you, to do so? I understand the officer's frustration with having drugs sales (and the related property/violent crime) occurring but also understand the frustration of everyone living in that neighborhood being subjected to constant police harassment - the nerve of a convicted felon to carry an "illegal" pocket knife in a dangerous neighborhood!
Neither of us were there, but if the suspects started running as soon as they saw the police, then I can only guess "Stop!" was one of them.
Yep, tragic...Probably would have gotten a warning, or a summons if they'd have just talked with the officers.
They appear not to have been suspects except for the act of living in a high crime neighborhood and of running away from police. If you hear "stop" do you assume that constitutes a lawful order, personally directed at you, to do so? I understand the officer's frustration with having drugs sales (and the related property/violent crime) occurring but also understand the frustration of everyone living in that neighborhood being subjected to constant police harassment - the nerve of a convicted felon to carry an "illegal" pocket knife in a dangerous neighborhood!