Freddie Gray broke his own back & Martin Luther King shot himself.

[kpete]

the Baltimore Sun investigated the rumor:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-gray-settlement-20150429-story.html

Online reports are swirling that Freddie Gray had spinal surgery shortly before he died in police custody, and had collected a payout in a settlement from a car accident. Those reports — which raise questions about the injury that led to his death in April 19 — point to Howard County court records as proof.

But court records examined Wednesday by The Baltimore Sun show the case had nothing to do with a car accident or a spine injury. Instead, they are connected to a lawsuit alleging that Gray and his sister were injured by exposure to lead paint.

Paperwork was filed in December allowing Gray and his sister, Fredericka to each collect an $18,000 payment from Peachtree Settlement Funding, records show. In exchange, Peachtree would have received a $108,439 annuity that was scheduled to be paid in $602 monthly installments between 2024 and 2039.

How it plays on Fox: Freddie Gray broke his own back, killing himself as part of an elaborate, failed scheme to get arrested, injure himself while in police custody, then sue the Baltimore Police Department for millions.

And it's all Obama's fault, according to Sean Hannity. His channel spews inflammatory disinformation daily that plays to its audience's worst instincts because it's profitable and because it sells penis pills and incontinence products.

Maybe Fox News has an opening for a copy writer? It's the American way.

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More, plus links:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2015/04/first-comes-disinformation-by.html

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On Freddie Gray,
WaPo refuses to follow journalistic standards.
It reports what anonymous people assert as truth

The person who provided the document did so on condition of anonymity.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/prisoner-in-van-said-freddie-gray-was-banging-against-the-walls-during-ride/2015/04/29/56d7da10-eec6-11e4-8666-a1d756d0218e_story.html?hpid=z1

UPDATE: Let's imagine that the BPD had reliable evidence beyond this one prisoner that Gray's injuries were self-inflicted. They would have released that within 24 hours of his death as an attempt to forestall unrest, rather than letting the investigation play out. This leak is a sign of the weakness of the investigation to exonerate the police, rather than a sign of Gray's culpability.

MUCH MORE HERE:
http://www.thismess.net/2015/04/on-freddie-gray-washington-post-and.html

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Disgusting in several ways.

Beyond the obvious, I note the text in passing -

Paperwork was filed in December allowing Gray and his sister, Fredericka to each collect an $18,000 payment from Peachtree Settlement Funding, records show. In exchange, Peachtree would have received a $108,439 annuity that was scheduled to be paid in $602 monthly installments between 2024 and 2039.

Showing that 'Peachtree' and the other 'Get your money now!' companies are total ripoffs preying on the poor. Gray and his sister were going to get 1/3 of their award, while Peachtree was going to take 2/3.

[marym625]

2. 7% of kids from that area of Baltimore have lead poisoning

As opposed to 1% in the rich area.

That said, the stories that he had an 80% severed spine and crushed larynx due to self inflicted injuries, and that is the only "leak" from the investigation, is just the beginning of the setup. It's complete bullshit.

[ananda]

3. What a jump the leviathan moment!

FOX nooz seems to have outdone itself on this one,
and sadly that's saying something.

[kpete]

4. not just FOX

The Washington Post:

Prisoner in van said Freddie Gray was ‘trying to injure himself,’ document says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/prisoner-in-van-said-freddie-gray-was-banging-against-the-walls-during-ride/2015/04/29/56d7da10-eec6-11e4-8666-a1d756d0218e_story.html


if it was just FOX, i would have ignored


peace to you ananda,
kp

[deutsey]

5. Jayne Miller is a tough investigative reporter in Baltimore

She disputed this WaPo report on Chris Hayes:


http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/reporter-casts-doubt-on-new-wash.-post-report-436758595881

[kpete]

6. thanks so much deutsey

great info
Lays this ridiculous story to rest!


peace,
kp

[ananda]

7. This reminds me of Shelley's "The Mask of Anarchy"

I think history should be kind to Shelley’s "The Mask of Anarchy" because a careful reading, like that of Morton D. Paley, reveals that the poet carefully employs the strategy of ironic inversion to show that the actual mask of anarchy, with all its chaos and bloodshed, is worn by those who attribute it to the rebellious masses. It is then on the masses that violence is perpetrated, and on whom the mask is falsely placed in an effort to discredit them. Have we seen this happen in our own day and time with infiltration, false flag and agit prop operations; with media and authoritarian officials working hand in hand, seeking to blame victims and protesters for police-state abuses?

Do we see this now in efforts to blame Freddie Gray for his own injuries, and the Baltimore populace for "thuggery" instead of the police?