Baltimore City States Attorney Marilyn Mosby responded angrily on Wednesday when Fox News producer Griff Jenkins asked her about accusations that she doesn't fully support the police.

About three weeks prior to Freddie Gray's death, Baltimore city states attorney Marilyn Mosby instructed police to target the intersection where the controversial encounter began with enhanced drug enforcement efforts, defense attorneys for the six officers charged in the case revealed on Tuesday.

The U.S. Justice Department on Friday announced a federal civil rights investigation into the legality of the Baltimore's police department's use of force and whether there are "systemic violations" as well as any pattern of discriminatory policing.

The announcement came less than one month after the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man injured in police custody, sparked outrage in Maryland's largest city, although the department's wider investigation is not specifically tied to his individual case.

A Justice Department statement sa

Yep. Sloppy due process confirmed (via CNN):

The Baltimore police investigation into the death of Freddie Gray doesn't support some of the charges, including the most serious, filed by the Baltimore City State's Attorney, potentially allowing lawyers representing the police officers the opportunity to undercut the prosecution, according to officials briefed on the separate probes conducted by the State's Attorney and police.

While some Justice Department investigations are adversarial, a new model of collaborative reform is surprising police in some cities as they find themselves included as part of the solution.

The mayor called on federal investigators Wednesday to look into whether this city's beleaguered police department uses a pattern of excessive force or discriminatory policing.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said even though complaints of excessive force and lawsuits alleging misconduct our down over the last few years, "we all know that Baltimore has a fractured relationship with community."

The mayor's request came a day after new Attorney General Loretta Lynch visited the city. The mayor

Comments by Boehner and Mosby reflect nations deep racial divisions.

Announcing the nonprofit that will continue part of his mission after he leaves the White House, President Barack Obama said opportunity gaps for young black and Latino men have led to the protests in cities across the country.

During a large rally in front of Baltimore’s City Hall, a young man introduced as “Brother Rose,” in winding and sometimes incoherent speech, praised the burning of a CVS store at the corner of Pennsylvania and North Avenues. “America didn’t care until we started affecting things they profit from… What we saying, ‘Let’s get you out of our communities.’”