also averred that, as a black man in a dangerous neighborhood, Gray was a victim of police racial profiling. While some of the offenses on Gray's record are minor (driving with a suspended license, insurance violation, wrong MN plates, trespass), others are violent (assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, high-speed car chases) and involve behavior that poses a serious threat to the community. Moreover, the facts of the instant case, coupled with oral argument do not implicate racial profiling.
The Government maintains, and this Court agrees, that Gray poses a risk of flight because he now faces a formidable maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment and $250,000 in fines, and has repeatedly shown complete disregard for the law both through his interactions with the police (e.g. telling an officer during a trespass arrest that he "would just be on that porch tomorrow") and multiple probation violations. Further, Gray's history of violent crime, his continued disregard for the conditions imposed upon him by the court, and the seriousness of the federal charges now against him, all lead to the conclusion that Gray must be detained pending trial.
This Court recognizes Gray's record of criminal convictions and his disregard for the judicial system through repeated violation of the terms of his probation. Most critically, Gray's criminal history includes multiple convictions, some of which are violent, and all of which pose a danger to the community in which he resides. They include violent crimes such as assault and battery on a police officer and multiple convictions for resisting arrest, as well as possession of marijuana. Gray admitted to Pretrial Services that he continues to use marijuana on a weekly basis. Drug trafficking in the Hendry Street area has been a source of continued strife for the law-abiding residents, who frequently complain to the police. Gray has also repeatedly violated terms of probation, indicating a disregard for the law and an inability to follow Court-mandated orders. T