Since the revolt in Ferguson after the killing of Michael Brown a year ago, Black Lives Matter (BLM) has spread nationally and won limited, but important, victories. For the first time in many years, police officers are facing indictment for murdering civilians.
The decision by Baltimore’s top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby to charge six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray is a welcome and important short term victory for Baltimore. But this is a long way from securing a conviction.
