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Attorneys for at least two police officers say they want to physically see it and they filed a motion to see the knife, and this was a knife on freddie gray and was concealed at the time he was arrested and a state law says a switchblade is illegal to carry, and the baltimore city code says what is called a spring-assisted knife is also illegally, and thats what freddie gray had, so literally the attorneys say show us the evidence and the knife, and that is also in play. a lot of things going on...

The chief prosecutors decision surprised some, praised by others and now being scrutinized. sources say the police case does not support several of the charges fooild against the officers including murder. according to officials, the police contemplated a manslaughter charge at after being briefed by the medical examiners office. the same investigators thought the autopsy would fall short of calling the death a homicide. but it turned out the medical examiner had determined differently. >> mr. g...

Not a switchblade and is lawful under maryland law. andrew levy now were learning that there is a local baltimore law that might make this knife that they found illegal. or might make it legal or illegal. i dont think we have andrew levy -- im here im sorry, im here. can you repeat your question? marilyn mosby said in her announcement of the charges that the knife was not a switch blade meaning it was lawful under maryland law. andy alperstein is saying yes, but under local battler more law, the...

Comes out and the like. if the -- one of the many extraordinary things about this case and the aggressiveness of these charges is, first of all, that the arresting officers were charged with crimes that police officers almost never get charged with and their defenses are either that they had probable cause for the arrest or that they had a good faith basis for believing that this knife was an illegal knife. and that is -- that could be a very good defense in a situation hike this because of how ...

But i think she overlooked the officers that originally arrested mr. gray charged him with a baltimore city code violation which is different. because in her charging papers that she read of the officers, she talked about that it wasnt a violation of maryland law. we have a city code law that is more expansive and the motion that was filed today by mark zeyon, who is a very skilled lawyer here in baltimore, alleged that an inspection of the knife would show that his client did not falsely arrest...

Was illegal. now, that is crucial. because if true it makes his arrest completely fair. its a major claim that could derail part of the case against the police. the attorney demanding investigators hand over that knife. meanwhile the prosecutors, marilyn mosby, says in a statement "i refuse to litigate this case through the media. the evidence we have collected cannot ethically be disclosed, relayed or released to the public before trial." she is standing by her original bombshell allegation. >>...

Then when marilyn mosby spoke last week she made clear it was she believes it was not a switchblade, it is a legal knife. it will be important, because they are charged with false imprisonment. >> thats right. the nations new attorney general loretta lynch she met with members of the gray family as well as police leaders, community leaders, city officials, including mayor stephanie rawlings-blake who stressed the need for action. >> we cannot afford to fail. i believe that the relationship betwe...

Not. the state prosecutor, the state attorney seems to suggest they knew it was legal yet they still arrested freddie gray? >> thats where the difference lies in the case. bear in mind, the reports were that freddie gray began running the minute he saw the cops and he was in a high crime neighborhood. the supreme court has said that would have justified a reasonable stop. they could have pursued him and stopped and made inquiry. she doesnt talk about that. its mixed up together like the initial ...

True, probable cause, you dont have to be right, you know, because think about what were talking about. you make a good point. what does a switch blade look like. so many varieties of knife from butcher to a fingernail file and we know that because remember when tsa put the regulations into effect people couldnt tell the things apart. >> should a police officer working the beat be able to tell that apart? >> they should. >> shouldnt they? >> except even if hes wrong it doesnt mean probable cause...

Or might make it legal or illegal. i dont think we have andrew levy -- im here, im sorry, im here. can you repeat your question? marilyn mosby said in her announcement of the charges that the knife was not a switchblade meaning it was lawful under maryland law. andy alperstein is saying yes, but under local battler more law, there may be a provision that doesnt make this particular knife illegal, which then would justify the arrest. >> well, look, andy -- as andy knows, this actually gets litiga...