We do not learn from police brutality history unless we know how it continues to repeat itself in cities like Baltimore. In this interview, Renee Washington shares with us the brutal details of the death of her fiancee Joseph Wilbon while in police custody.
There are parallels between the Wilbon case and the Freddie Gray case. Renee explains how the Baltimore Police, who had detained and beat this man to death, was listed as’John Doe’. Freddie Gray’s name was entered into the system under the name of “Grey” instead of “Freddie Gray”. Professional law enforcement deliberately makes it challenging for people to discover these cases and this appears to be overlooked by the mainstream media.
It’s come to light that 1,000’s of injured arrestees are dumped at the Baltimore Central Booking (City Jail) without any regard to severity of life risk. Listening to Ms. Washington explain how the BPD in 2000 dropped off a near dead or already passed Joe Wilbon reminds us of the tragedy of the Freddie Gray arrest by being poured into a van having already been injured, instead of an ambulance called to the scene immediately.
Mr. Murphy, attorney to the Freddie Gray family, neglected to interview eyewitnesses, as did the BPD and State’s Attorney Mosby. This suggests a mountain of corruption that may continue to this day.
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