REMEMBER BALTIMORE? – AT 9:57 A.M. ET:  That's the city where six police officers were falsely accused of contributing to the death of an African-American man they'd just apprehended.  The story might have ended with the officers' acquittal, but it didn't.  Now, five of the officers are demanding real justice.  From Hot Air: 

The long, drawn out battles surround the Freddie Gray trials in Baltimore may seem like a distant memory at this point. Much of daily life in the city has returned to normal, even though the murder rate stayed stubbornly high at 318 for last year. (Shockingly, that’s still down from the 344 they rang up the year before, but far higher than 2014’s level of 211, which was far more typical of the past decade.) With all the trials against the police officers involved in Gray’s arrest and subsequent death having failed or been dismissed, the dust has largely settled. The mayor is on her way to a civilian gig with the DNC.

But there’s one last piece of business to be attended to. There is a pending defamation lawsuit against State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, brought by five of the officers she attempted to prosecute. Mosby’s latest attempt to get the case tossed out ran into a brick wall in court this week when a judge ruled that it can still move forward. ABC News reported:

A federal judge has ruled that a defamation and malicious prosecution lawsuit filed against Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby can go forward.

The lawsuit was filed by five of the six Baltimore Police officers charged in 2015 with the death of Freddie Gray.

The judge ruled that the suit against Mosby and Baltimore City Assistant Sheriff Samuel Cogen can proceed, said Michael Glass, an attorney for Sgt Alicia White and Officer William Porter.

Van driver Officer Caesar Goodson was the only officer who didn’t file a lawsuit.

COMMENT:  We'll follow the lawsuit.  One of the most legitimate fears anyone can have, even in our democratic society, is an out-of-control prosecutor.  From the very beginning it appeared that the prosecution of those officers was pursued, not to seek justice, but to satisfy the mob.  Let us see where the evidence takes us.

January 9,  2017