Alan Dershowitz has chimed in on the charges against six police officers in Baltimore.  I frequently disagree with Prof. Dershowitz, and did so in a debate on the Piers Morgan show a couple of years ago (a chopped-up link is available here), but I think he nails this one.  Here are some excerpts from his interview:

Famed defense attorney and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz had harsh words for Maryland state attorney Marilyn Mosby, who on Friday announced stiff charges against six Baltimore police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray.

"This is a show trial," Dershowitz said during an interview Friday with Newsmax TV's Steve Malzberg.

"Today had nothing to do with justice. Today was crowd control. Everything today was motivated by a threat of riots and a desire to prevent riots." *****

He also said that the because of the attention the Gray case has received, the six defendants "are presumed guilty."

"The mayor and the state attorney have made it virtually impossible for these defendants to get a fair trial," Dershowitz said.