Baltimore finds cop arrests fueled by riots and media moralizing tough to turn into convictions

Back when the death of Freddie Gray was a recent development and the riots were still paralyzing the city of Baltimore, it seemed to us that Marilyn Mosby was acting more like a political celebrity than she was like a prosecutor. When people riot and demand certain decisions by a prosecutor, the prosecutor is not supposed to take her marching orders from the rioters. She's supposed to operate based on the evidence. So when Mosby charged six Baltimore cops in Gray's death, it certainly appeared at the time like she was giving the mob what they wanted rather than following where the evidence led her. And if that was the case, we thought, she would have an awfully difficult time getting convictions. Ahem: