By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives April 30, 2015
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“The prisoner, who is currently in jail, was separated from Gray by a metal partition and could not see him. His statement is contained in an application for a search warrant, which is sealed by the court. The Post was given the document under the condition that the prisoner not be named because the person who provided it feared for the inmate’s safety. “The document, written by a Baltimore police investigator, offers the first glimpse of what might have happened inside the van. It is not clear whether any additional evidence backs up the prisoner’s version, which is just one piece of a much larger probe. “Gray was found unconscious in the wagon when it arrived at a police station on April 12. The 25-year-old had suffered a spinal injury and died a week later, touching off waves of protests across Baltimore, capped by a riot Monday in which hundreds of angry residents torched buildings, looted stores and pelted police officers with rocks. “Police have said they do not know whether Gray was injured during the arrest or during his 30-minute ride in the van. Local police and the U.S. Justice Department both have launched investigations of Gray’s death.”The outcomes of any inspections, no matter how valid, will get no respect from the Baltimore rioters. They could be shown video of Grey severing his own spinal cord, but it wouldn’t matter. Protesters taking to the streets to loot and burn don’t want the truth--they want anarchy for the ultimate breakdown of civil society. Rioters, who will be called away to the next city to protest alleged police brutality and who got their “space” from Mayor Rawlngs-Blake, will be looking for it again. Honest, small business owners who pay the mayor’s freight got to see the businesses they built with their own sweat and hard work reduced to ashes overnight. Reuters reported that 19 buildings and 144 vehicles were damaged in the riots and 20 police officers were injured. What were the Obamas and their chief mentor, Valerie Jarrett, doing while folk were losing their livelihoods on Tuesday night? Gorging on Wagyu steak at a dinner honoring Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. What do civil rights activists like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson do every time another American city is hit by devastating racial riots? Make money on them. While America burns, self-professed civil rights activists feather their nests, and lib-left politicians solidify their power. It’s not the rioters and thugs the politicians of the day want off the streets of America, it’s the cops.
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Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience in the print media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared on Rush Limbaugh, Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.