RantCrush Top 5: July 19, 2016

It may seem more like confusion than outrage but people really don’t understand what’s going on in the Freddie Gray case. Yesterday, a Baltimore judge acquitted the highest ranking officer of all charges. Lt. Brian Rice is the fourth and final officer to be tried in what the coroner deemed a homicide.

crazy how freddie gray’s death was ruled a homicide but court says no one killed him

— Ziwe (@ziwe) July 18, 2016

And adding fuel to the fire, last night at the RNC Wisconsin Sheriff David celebrated the cops’ acquittal, calling Black Lives Matter, an advocacy group for cases like Gray’s, “anarchy.”

Republican convention roars approval of Baltimore officer’s acquittal in Freddie Gray death https://t.co/z9waQdfZVdpic.twitter.com/LrhVcpVPLs

— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) July 19, 2016

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