Julianne Malveaux: Justice for Marilyn Mosby and other Black women

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—Marilyn Mosby is the fearless Baltimore chief prosecutor who took on the six police officers who essentially killed Freddy Gray, a young man who was arrested and given such a “rough ride” that he suffered fatal neck injuries. Mosby’s bold attempt to hold so-called “law enforcement” accountable attracted the ire of the Baltimore police department, then-Governor Larry Hogan, the status-quo “law and order” establishment, and others. How dare she, this young Black woman, the youngest ever to earn election as chief prosecutor, take on the police? Now, she has been convicted on a flimsy charge and may face as many as 40 years in jail. Usually, prosecutors look the other way toward police violence, which is why so few officers are indicted, much less convicted, for violations of both the law and human decency. In Baltimore, the officers broke laws that required passengers in police transport to be secured by seat belts as they were moved from their arrest site to a police station. Mosby took the unprecedented step of indicting six police officers involved in the death of Freddy Gray. Two were acquitted, one had a hung jury, and three others had their charges dismissed. The federal government declined...