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I reverted the addition of this article to Category:Lynching deaths in Maryland. I am copying Deisenbe's response from my talk page in order to keep conversations about this article more accessible to all:
Extrajudicial killing by a mob - what part do you disagree with? It can't have been judicial. The police: out of control, taking the law into their own hands, killing someone - how is that not a mob? User:Deisenbe (talk) 01:54, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
I have two policy objections to placing this article a lynching category. First, the assertion that the police constituted a mob is not supported by reliable secondary sources, and therefore is original research. Second, none of the police officers have been convicted of anything (2 found not guilty, the rest had charges dropped). Although federal charges may still be pending, at this point, to call individual officers out as extrajudicial killers is obviously defamation, a violation of our policies on biographies of living persons. I agree with deisenbe that Gray's treatment was abhorrent, neglectful at the very least, but placing the article in a lynching category is inconsistent with our core policies. Other editors, of course, are invited to respond. Cheers! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 03:34, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
The article gives two different dates of Gray's death in the openings sentences. Did he actually die on April 12 or April 19? Akhenaton06 (talk) 02:42, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
since that is the truth its more neutral than "death of" Ive noticed wikipedia goes to great lengths to avoid calling murderous cops murderers. (Posted 00:45, 13 August 2021 by IP 156.196.65.10.)
It should be changed to “Killing of” since the death was ruled a homicide but there were no murder convictions. TheXuitts (talk) 07:20, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Watching Video (CNN) of Freddie Gray being escorted into the ambulance, clearly shows he is not walking of his own volition, he is being dragged by two officers; his feet are not moving but sliding along the ground. The Video Recorder notes that Freddie Gray cannot use his feet to get him to the ambulance. He appears already incapacitated. Look at the size of these police officers: they are trained to put the weight of their body with the knee against the suspect's back in an attempt to control the person; but that much weight can quickly break a spinal cord and incapacitate the person. Not enough is made of this obvious point.StevenTorrey (talk) 21:35, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
I am proposing edits and revisions of the current Wikipedia article by presenting a review of the Police Investigation, the trial testimony of all charged officers who came to trial (prior to charges being dropped), judicial statements, and the autopsy report. Basic medical information is provided throughout, and references of material are provided from those, and other, sources throughout. The article, as it presently stands, is essentially derived from its referenced media reports, and accepts mischaracterization of the autopsy report as offering medical evidence or proof of the timing of the incident. This is incorrect. An OPINION, derived from the Baltimore Police Department (per the referenced testimony of the forensic pathologist, Dr. Carol Allan), establishes that her opinion of the timing was thus derived, and did not proceed from any medical or other forensic evidence. However, the Prosecuting attorney (Mosby) took her charges from this mischaracterization of the timing of his injury. These points are vitally important to an understanding of what really happened, and the evolution of a miscarriage of justice.
PhysicianReader (talk) 15:18, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
Hello @RegentsPark: I think of this as text that isn't required to make sense alone. I've only seen this used alongside or below the title. Are sds used alone? 20:49, 12 April 2023 (UTC)