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Situation? and then explain what the discrepancy is. absolutely. so in maryland it is illegal to possess a switchblade and conceal it. that s the state law. and that includes baltimore city. in baltimore city there s a more expansive law that prohibits specific additional conduct which is called a spring-assisted knife. and that s illegal. so that s the distinction here. so now layering that down when the police arrested mr. gray they alleged that mr. gray possessed a spring-assisted knife and they charged him with violating the city law, the city code provision that says you can t possess a spring-assisted knife at all anywhere in baltimore city period. when the prosecutor laid out her charges, what she did is she said this is not a violation of i want to file a complaint against the department of can you give me a minute? that s all right, andrew. ....
And finally, this second officer in the case which i believe to be officer nero he reacts to what the first officer says. so if the first officer says hey, take him or whatever the code is. the backup officer is not supposed to say, you know time-out i want to inspect the knife please or what s your probable cause before i actually effectuate the arrest. the backup officer saying to the primary officer and suspect saying excuse me can we inspect before i detain him? that s absurd. i think they re going to have a really tough time with that officer. to say the least it would be unusual for a defense attorney to be able to refer to the police investigation as a basis for fighting the charges against them. thank you for giving us the insight and keeping a cool head. it s very important we recognize a lot of people are angry there. and many of them have reason to be. they sure are. thank you for going through that with us. we ll talk to you again. mic. the genius of live tv. that k ....