article_snippet.sent: After the chase, and before an arrest: "an officer noticed a knife clipped to the inside of an officer front right pants pocket.
article_snippet.sent: Shouldn't that really say: "I saw a clip but whatever a clip was clipped to was inside a pocket ... where I couldn't see a clip"?
article_snippet.sent: That's a close call: Police were lawfully at the stop stage, but the knife -- even though it was inside his pants pocket -- was visible from the outside ... because of an identifying knife clip?
article_snippet.sent: Observation of a knife is definitely a safety concern.
article_snippet.sent: Observation of a clip?
article_snippet.sent: I suppose that will get an officer to the frisk of the pocket ... assuming an officer is a connoisseur of knife clips and can differentiate the frisk of the pocket from hair clips, chip clips, etc.
article_snippet.sent: According to William Murphy, an attorney for Gray's family, an officer was carrying a "pocket knife of legal size," and the lawyer contended that police didn't see a "pocket knife of legal size before the altercation.
article_snippet.sent: The legality of a "pocket knife of legal size will be an issue, but police have essentially conceded that a "pocket knife of legal size was not seen until the stop.
article_snippet.sent: a "pocket knife of legal size was the only crime a "pocket knife of legal size was charged with, so again, police are locked into a narrative by police own report.
article_snippet.sent: If it ultimately turns out to be a legal knife, there will be a lot of scrutiny on the decision to arrest.
article_snippet.sent: For example, if a "pocket knife of legal size was one of those pointy files attached to a 2-inch nail clipper, that does not sound like good faith probable cause for an arrest.
article_snippet.sent: Remember also that based on the police narrative in their own report, they did not see a "pocket knife of legal size until after they seized Mr. Gray.