- Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:54 pm
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Five of the six officers charged for the death of Gray are suing Mosby, as well as Maj. Samuel Cogen of the Baltimore Sheriff's Office, in civil court for a gamut of causes.
The complaint filed by Porter and White stated that Mosby "made statements for purposes of quelling the riots rather than prosecuting police officers who had committed a crime," and that Mosby "exceeded her authority" and "brought charges against police officers that were wholly unsupported by evidence and probably cause."
"These officers were humiliated," attorney Michael Glass, who represents Porter and White, he told NBC News. "Our position is that the charges were brought for a reason other than prosecuting criminal conduct. There was a political motivation and the charges were not supported by evidence."
Cogen is also party to the lawsuits because was credited as investigating the charges prior to Mosby's decision to indict the officers.
However, in an affidavit unsealed in the course of Rice's civil lawsuit, Cogen claimed he in fact did not conduct the investigation. He said he merely signed off on the investigation completed by the state's attorney's office which ultimately led to the charges filed against the officers.
At a press conference Mosby responded to the lawsuits by calling them proof of racism within the Baltimore police department, "These people can't stand being held accountable for their actions by a strong black woman." She vowed there would be justice for Freddie Gray's murder and that they hadn't heard the last from her.
