Politics of Freddie Gray incident spills into case of officer who slit dog's throat
The politics of the Freddie Gray prosecution have spilled over into a separate case against Baltimore police officers accused of slitting a dog's throat last summer in Southeast Baltimore.
In a motion filed Thursday, a defense attorney raised questions about Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's role in the dog case. The motion said she may have dropped charges against one of the officers because he is represented by the law firm of William H. "Billy" Murphy Jr., who donated to Mosby's campaign and served on her transition team.
Steven H. Levin, an attorney for Officer Jeffrey Bolger, who still faces multiple counts of animal cruelty, requested a hearing to determine if the January dismissal of charges against Officer Thomas Schmidt was motivated by Mosby's ties to Murphy. If so, Levin wants the court to appoint an independent prosecutor.
"Did Ms. Mosby have such a keen interest in the death of a stray and vicious dog that she unilaterally made it a priority to evaluate the comparative merits of the case against two charged police officers and decide to dismiss just one of them on her very first day in office?" Levin's motion states. "The public could easily conclude that the dismissal of the case against Officer Schmidt … was a small favor for a political mentor."'
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