On May 1, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby staged a glitzy press conference to announce charges against six Baltimore police officers related to the death, in police custody, of small-time drug dealer Freddie Gray. The announcement was something of a show -- exactly what you'd expect when a yearning for publicity trumps professional restraint. I have discussed it several times, e.g., here.
Yesterday, the same Marilyn Mosby who was so eager for the limelight that she got on stage with an (admittedly aging) rock star insisted that prosecutors:
"have a duty to ensure a fair and impartial process for all parties involved" and "will not be baited into litigating this case through the media."
See this article from Yahoo News.
That by itself would win Ms. Mosby the Irony of the Year prize I awarded her in the title of this entry, but it goes further. She discussed the prosecutor's duty to avoid "litigating this case through the media" during her announcement that she is seeking to block the release of the results of Freddie Gray's autopsy.
So let me see if I have this straight. We don't want actual evidence in the public domain, but we do want world-wide coverage for a presser in which the prosecutor trots out her overheated campaign slogan, "our time has come."
I'm still wondering who the "our" refers to, although I'm not sure I want to know.
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