re: #4 HappyWarrior

Thanks for your personal anecdote. I am curious how on earth are these constitutional and lawful to do? If Freddie was indeed nickle rided, the officers who did that ot him need to go to jail for a very long time and never wear badges again.

The old line was; “We never touched him.” It was street justice. Get that? You got stomped and “they never touched you.” Reality. Now go get a lawyer. Ha. Freddie was not “secured.” Now we wait to see how that plays out. Sporting chance was cuffed with hands in front. Teach you a lesson was hands cuffed behind your back. My experiences were in the late 60’s early 70’s. Little has changed. I doubt many people here have ever had a cop take a personal interest in trying to light you up. I think Freddie had a run in with these cops before. It cost him. Freddie seems to have been just another corner boy running drugs in Westie and then they made it personal. You know who buys most of the drugs in North Philly and Westie Baltimore? White boys from outside the city.