{"id":6455,"date":"2015-05-01T16:40:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T16:40:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-05-01T16:40:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T16:40:11","slug":"the_reverend_sharpton_calls_for_the_nationalization_of_police_and_social_justice_comes_to_baltimore_overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2015\/05\/01\/the_reverend_sharpton_calls_for_the_nationalization_of_police_and_social_justice_comes_to_baltimore_overnight\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reverend Sharpton Calls for the Nationalization of Police — and Social Justice Comes to Baltimore Overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: We obviously start in Baltimore today with the Baltimore state attorney, Marilyn Mosby, a press conference a little over an hour ago, announcing that six officers are going to be charged with varying degrees of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the transportation death — ah, ah, ah — in the death of Freddie Gray. <\/p>\n

Now, many people are wondering what is really going on here. I would like to explain to you. I would like for somebody else to explain to you in one sound bite what is going on here. This is yesterday and the National Action Network president, the Reverend Al Sharpton, speaking with reporters. This is really what you need to know.<\/p>\n

SHARPTON: We need the Justice Department to step in and take over policing in this country. In the 20th century, they had to fight states\u00c2\u2019 rights to get the right to vote. We\u00c2\u2019re going to have to fight states\u00c2\u2019 rights in terms of closing down police cases. Police must be held accountable.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: We need a national takeover of policing in this country, and that is what is happening. If you\u2019ve heard the term “social justice” bandied about over the course of your life and wondered what it really meant, aside from another way of expressing liberalism, the press conference today by Ms. Mosby, the state attorney, pretty much defines social justice as opposed to real justice. <\/p>\n

We all have random thoughts on this, and it\u2019s very early. There\u2019s some things here that are peculiar, contradicting. All week we\u2019ve been treated to stories in the media about a rough ride that Freddie Gray had in the van. She didn\u2019t even reference that once. And what we have here essentially, I mean, if you strip it all down is the police officers who\u2019ve been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter basically are being charged with that crime for failing to strap Freddie Gray in a seat belt in the back of the police van. <\/p>\n

Now, the seat belt law for prisoners in a van, the law requiring them to be secured in a police van, I found out looking it up — I mean, I\u2019ve been feverishly trying to find things out this morning before the program began — is relatively new. I even had some people tell me that the police officers involved might not have even known about it, it was so new. And an interesting angle of all this — well, first let\u2019s listen. We\u2019ve got some sound bites here. This state\u2019s attorney is focused, she is passionate, she is no nonsense. If you didn\u2019t hear any of her press conference, we have three sound bites that will explain or give you an idea and set up what is next to come, so here\u2019s the first of the three.<\/p>\n

MOSBY: The findings of our comprehensive, thorough, and independent investigation, coupled with the medical examiner\u2019s determination that Mr. Gray\u2019s death was a homicide, which we received today, has led us to believe that we have probable cause to file criminal charges. (cheering)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, you heard the cheering there, and it\u2019s important to note that. It is important to note that the crowd gathered around cheered and the city is cheering. She gave the city of Baltimore, many of the people in the city of Baltimore, what they wanted to hear today, and here\u2019s the next bite. We\u2019ll just run these things by you and then have at it.<\/line><\/p>\n

MOSBY: To the people of Baltimore and the demonstrators across America, I heard your call for “no justice, no peace.” Your peace is sincerely needed as I work to deliver justice on behalf of this young man. To those that are angry, hurt, or have their own experiences of injustice at the hands of police officers, I urge you to channel the energy peacefully as we prosecute this case. I\u2019ve heard your calls for no justice, no peace. However, your peace is sincerely needed.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Remember that bite. We\u2019ll come back to it here in a couple of quick seconds. But here is the final sound bite that encapsulates this.<\/p>\n

MOSBY: Last, but certainly not least, to the youth of this city. I will seek justice on your behalf. This is a moment. This is your moment. Let\u2019s ensure that we have peaceful and productive rallies that will develop structural and systemic changes for generations to come. You\u2019re at the forefront of this cause, and, as young people, our time is now. (cheering)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on here just a second. The cause? She\u2019s a state\u2019s prosecuting attorney. State attorney. Some people call \u2019em district attorney\u2019s. She\u2019s the state\u2019s attorney here, and she\u2019s got a bunch of people working under her that will actually try the case. By the way, in case you\u2019re wondering, the reason we didn\u2019t play sound bites of her reciting the charges, it would take from now until the end of the half hour. She went through every possible charge for all six of these cops, and it would take from here until 12:30. It would take me 15 minutes maybe to run through all that, and we just don\u2019t have that kind of time. <\/p>\n