The opinion pieces I've read condemning Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's alleged "rush to judgment" in charging six city police officers in connection with the death of Freddie Gray mostly fail to mention that the state medical examiner's report determined that Mr. Gray's death was a homicide.
Commentators Steven H. Levin and Jason M. Weinstein, for example, focus solely on criticizing the way Ms. Mosby has handled things thus far, saying that "while every death is a tragedy, not every death is a crime" ("Mosby has a second chance to get the Freddie Gray charges right," May 18).
But that is exactly what a homicide is — the unlawful taking of a life. It's hard to see how their argument that no crime was committed squares with the medical examiner's finding.
Mr. Gray's family and the public rightly want to know who committed this crime. If the officers who have been charged had nothing to do with Mr. Gray's death, the evidence and the legal process will exonerate them.
Stephen Weaver, Baltimore