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Illegal and, therefore she dismissed it. they are saying a separate group of cops investigating these cops looked at the knife and said that knife is illegal. maybe not under the state of maryland law, but illegal under baltimore law, which legitimizes this arrest. and on top of that they concluded theres no basis for a murder charge. at most the cops were negligent. there was no intent. that was the initial conclusion of the medical examiner and then suddenly after possibly some discussion with...

>> the d.a. the independent -- the man who led the independent investigation is a former baltimore police officer who was demoted and had an incident at his house who was, says the defense, had an ax to grind, or thats their allegation. >> that would be a relevant fact. thank you. is this case falling apart four days after it was filed? joining me is a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. that guy has no ax to grind with the cops? >> no. completely free from any bias including the pr...

>> new normal seems like a good motto going forward. secretary tom perez, thank you very much. >> always a pleasure. a lawyer for one of the baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray is already challenging a key premise behind some of the charges against him. when she announced those charges last week, states attorney, marilyn mosby, laid out that it was illegal in the first place. >> they placed him in a seated position and subsequently found a knife clipped to the inside...

Baltimore police not seeing eye to eye with the top prosecutor. the investigation into the death of freddie gray does not support the charges filed against the officers. thats what sources briefed on the police and prosecutors investigations are telling cnn. lawyers are challenging a key finding in the states attorney case. marilyn mosby states the arrest was illegal because the knife gray was carrying was legal. the knife was not a switch blade. lawyers for the officers say the blade was illega...

When you click that, it clicks the rest of the way open. >> reporter: this is spring assisted but still legal. if successful the knife argument could derail the case against the officers says a former prosecutor who says the charges were filed quickly. if the knife is illegal. >> the arresting officers will be exonerated. her case depends upon those two. >> that report from athena jones. stephanie rawlings-blake is asking the justice department to expand the case into the issue of civil rights o...

Knife, right. first of all, under state law, the switchblade is illegal to have. but what you see and whats coming here from the attorneys who are talking about the specific knife that they believe freddie gray had and theyre asking actually, in a motion, to see that knife, its a spring assistant type of knife and they say under baltimore city code its much more expansive about what is illegal. they say that knife is illegal that was in freddie grays possession. and that makes a difference. they...

Place. and arresting officers say moseby got it wrong. in motions filed with the district court. they stay the knife was illegal under maryland law. and demand the state produce the knife to prove theyre right. neither lawyer would speak on camera about pending litigation. >> according to maryland state law a knife is illegal if the blade deploys with the push of a button. without manual assistance. legal. illegal. comes done to a spring. >> essentially. >> this is the one that kind of gets clos...

Athena jones has more. >> reporter: according to maryland state law, the blade is legal if it deploys without manual assistance. it all comes down to a spring. >> absolutely. this is the one that gets closer to what you call a switch blade. you barely push that and it clicks open. you just kind of bang. >> reporter: it is spring assisted but still legal. if successful the knife argument could derail the case against the officers. says the former prosecutor who has been critical of the charges an...

Educator. we need new plays in the playbook. we need a new normal in baltimore. because some of the things that have been done over the years have worked. some havent. what we have to do is scale whats worked and fix what hasnt worked and put new tools in the tool box. >> new normal seems like a good motto going forward. secretary, tom perez, thank you very much. >> always a pleasure. >> a lawyer for one of the baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray is already challenging...

Knife found on freddie gray. >> the knife was not a switch blade and is lawful under maryland law. >> reporter: marilyn mosby says under state law the knife is legal making freddie grays arrest illegal. but the police investigation contradicts that based on city code. >> what is the knife itself? certainly if the nice is a spring assisted knife, case over for the officers. this case shouldnt even exist. >> reporter: lawyers for officers garrett miller and edward nero have filed motions to inspec...