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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 there's 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 her, his report was changed to conclude homicide. >> yeah no that was my immediate conclusion. sec...

>> 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 that's 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 prosecutor herself with all the connections. i'm outraged. let's start with the false imprisonment. c...

>> 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, state's 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 of his pants pocket. the blade was folded into the handle. the knife was not a switchblade and is ...

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. that's what sources briefed on the police and prosecutor's investigations are telling cnn. lawyers are challenging a key finding in the state's 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 illegal in baltimore. we get more on all of this from cnn's athena jones. >> reporter: according to mar...

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 of freddie gray is violated. asking for a broader investigation of the patterns and practices of the ...