Comments on: David Simon (“The Wire”) on what went wrong in Baltimore https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/05/david-simon-the-wire-on-what-went-wrong-in-baltimore/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 08 May 2015 12:40:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: William Nuesslein https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/05/david-simon-the-wire-on-what-went-wrong-in-baltimore/comment-page-1/#comment-323133 Wed, 06 May 2015 13:27:04 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=52983#comment-323133 The Michelson-Morley experiment showed that the speed of light was the same no matter which direction was used. That constancy showed the “ether” theory and a privileged reference frame were wrong. City and police officials in Ferguson were maligned and lost their jobs because of a lack of diversity theory. Baltimore proves the lack of diversity theory to be wrong, but the public is not held to logical standards.

Black communities hate being policed. That was pounded home by the acquittal of OJ Simpson. Ralk about improving confidence in the police by black communities will be futile until black communities accept the logic of policing..

Freddie Gray’s problem was his lack of mental ability. He should have been institutionalized when he got caught in an arrest loop. Like Rodney King, Mr. Gray probably did not want another round of prison.

]]> By: “Probable cause from a Baltimore police officer has always been a tenuous thing….” | Free State Notes https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/05/david-simon-the-wire-on-what-went-wrong-in-baltimore/comment-page-1/#comment-323126 Wed, 06 May 2015 12:16:01 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=52983#comment-323126 […] What went wrong with police-community relations in Baltimore, and are there any hopes for improvement? I liked David Simon’s interview on this subject so well that I edited it down into a sort of highlights reel in a Cato at Liberty post. (cross-posted from Overlawyered). […]

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