[Magdalen] Bishop Cook

[Roger Stokes]

On 11/01/2015 12:20, Jim Guthrie wrote:
> For more on this story than Episcopal Café or ENS offers, the NY Times 
> is helpful, and fills in many details:
>
> The case has attracted attention and generated questions about 
> fairness in a high-crime city with a reputation for aggressive law 
> enforcement tactics. The police declined to arrest Bishop Cook 
> immediately or to reveal more than the most basic details of the 
> accident.
>
> “If one of my clients, who are mostly African-American men, hit 
> Palermo, charges would have been immediately filed against them,” 
> wrote Todd H. Oppenheim, a lawyer in the Office of the Public 
> Defender, on the news website baltimorebrew.com.

I have a question here, whether the timing of the incident may be 
relevant.  Gregg Bernstein was defeated in the primary for Baltimore 
City State's Attorney in June so knew his time in office would end in 
January.  Marilyn Mosby was duly elected in November and took office in 
the past few days.  This was bound to be a high-profile case and there 
is a certain sense in the defeated incumbent leaving it to his successor 
to handle it as she has said "as any other case".

Roger