Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby said Friday that 25-year-old Freddie Gray was “illegally arrested,” and upon being handcuffed, officers found a knife that was “clipped to the inside of his pants pocket” – which was “not a switchblade and is lawful under the Maryland law.”
After making eye contact with three officers on bike patrols, Gray ran from the officers, who then pursued him, Mosby explained. Once the officers caught up with Gray, they handcuffed him behind his back.
“It was at this time that Mr. Gray indicated that he could not breathe and requested an inhaler to no avail,” Mosby said. Officers Garrett Miller and Edward Nero “then placed Mr. Gray in a seated position and subsequently found a knife clipped to the inside of his pants pocket. The blade of the knife was folded into the handle. The knife was not a switchblade and is lawful under the Maryland law.”
