[Rick Lee]

They probably had RAS to detain based on Gray's mile-long rap sheet. I don't know if he was on probation or parole or if one of the cops recognized him. But his running at the sight of the cops was a guarantee they would chase and detain and then look awfully hard for a reason to arrest. I don't know the law on knife blade length in MD, but if you have a long rap sheet, run from the cops and they find so much as a Swiss Army knife on you, they're gonna try to charge you with weapon possession. As the cops say, "You may beat the rap, but you won't beat the ride." Gray definitely didn't beat the ride.