article_snippet.sent: In one instance, Some surrounded a police car.
article_snippet.sent: These are pretty big questions that need to be answered."
article_snippet.sent: Police officers are never the subject of a lynch mob.
article_snippet.sent: Our position is something happened in that van," police union attorney Michael Davey said.
article_snippet.sent: But police union attorney Michael Davey said officers had every right to give chase.
article_snippet.sent: There is a Supreme Court case that states that if you are in a high-crime area, and you flee from the police unprovoked, the police have the legal ability to pursue you, and that's what the police did," police union attorney Michael Davey said.
article_snippet.sent: As with any criminal investigation, detectives will continue to pursue the evidence wherever the evidence leads, for as long as the evidence takes.
article_snippet.sent: And Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake "absolutely" believes an outside investigation is needed, especially given the city's dark history of police misconduct.
article_snippet.sent: According to The Baltimore Sun, the city has paid about $5.7 million over the past four years to settle more than 100 cases of allegations of police wrongdoing.
article_snippet.sent: Police didn't admit fault in any of more than 100 cases of allegations of police wrongdoing.
article_snippet.sent: The police union said in a statement Wednesday that the reason for the settlements was simple: City officials believe lawsuits are too costly.