Freddie Gray's Death Ruled A Homicide

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(Reuters) - A new video has surfaced revealing a key part of the arrest of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore black man whose death from injuries sustained in police custody sparked riots and led to a federal investigation.

The video, shot by a bystander and posted on the Baltimore Sun's website on Wednesday, shows officers putting Gray in leg shackles and handcuffs before placing him in a police van head first and on his stomach.

Gray died on April 19 from spinal injuries suffered during his arrest a week earlier. His death touched off protests and rioting in the largely black city and heightened national tensions over police treatment of minorities.

Six officers have been charged in Gray's death, including one with a count of murder. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Baltimore Police Department for brutality and civil rights violations.

Officers arrested Gray in west Baltimore for possessing a switchblade knife. They put him in a transport van without securing him with a seat belt, Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby said this month in announcing charges against the officers.

View galleryPeople gather at city hall in Baltimore, Maryland

People gather at city hall in Baltimore, Maryland May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

The video lasts a few seconds and shows the van stopped a block away from the arrest site. Gray is halfway out of the wagon, his stomach flat on the floor and his legs hanging off the back.

He does not move as four officers stand over him and place shackles around his ankles. Mosby said he also was put in handcuffs.

She has said that following the stop, Gray sustained a neck injury from being handcuffed, shackled and unrestrained inside the police wagon.

A city surveillance camera recorded part of the scene but did not show Gray at the back of the van, the Sun reported.

Police said in a statement on Twitter that because of a technical glitch footage from the camera was never uploaded to the department's YouTube website with other surveillance video in the case.

Police did not respond for a request for comment about the bystander's video. A Mosby spokeswoman had no immediate comment.

Baltimore has been hit by an upsurge in violence since Gray's death. The city had recorded 96 homicides for 2015 by Tuesday, compared with 69 for the same period last year, and added one overnight, according to the police Twitter feed.

Baltimore has posted 35 murders since Gray's death. That count includes Gray and a 2014 death that was ruled a homicide.

(Reporting by Ian Simpson in Washington; Editing by Eric Beech)

 

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http://www.mediaite.com/tv/baltimor...ay-officers-have-been-indicted-by-grand-jury/

Baltimore State’s Attorney: All 6 Freddie Gray Officers Indicted by Grand Jury

On Thursday afternoon, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced that all six officers charged in relation to 25-year-old Freddie Gray‘s death have been indicted by a grand jury.

On May 1, Mosby announced that Sgt. Alicia D. White, Lt. Brian W. Rice, and Officers Caesar R. Goodson Jr., Garrett E. Miller, Edward M. Nero, and William G. Porter would be charged with various crimes related to Gray’s April 12 death while in police custody. Gray had been stopped (illegally, according to Mosby) for possible possession of an illegal switch-blade knife (which he didn’t ultimately have), and he suffered a spinal injury somewhere along the encounter, which included a ride in the back of a police van without proper restraints.

The charges range from assault to involuntary manslaughter to second-degree murder.

But.. But.. She rushed to judgment & charged to soon.. The now defeated Pig apologist logic...

 

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I love this woman. Beauty, brains and backbone. The essence of an ebony queen.

 

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/21/six-baltimore-police-officers-freddie-gray-indicted

All six Baltimore police officers in Freddie Gray case indicted by grand jury

All six Baltimore police officers in Freddie Gray case indicted by grand jury

A grand jury in Baltimore has indicted all six police officers charged over the death of Freddie Gray, paving the way for a criminal trial in the Maryland courts.

Baltimore state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby announced on Thursday that some of the charges against the officers, whom she had already charged earlier in the month, had been amended.

The most serious charges – of second-degree murder against officer Caesar Goodson, and involuntary manslaughter against four of the officers – remained unchanged. But in some cases the existing charges laid down by Mosby were made more severe by the grand jury.

Officer Edward Nero now faces a charge of intentional second-degree assault, and all six officers now face charges of reckless endangerment. Three charges of false imprisonment, against the officers who made the arrest on Gray, will no longer be pursued, but the same officers face misconduct charges for performing an illegal arrest.

“Additional information has been discovered and as is often the case during an ongoing investigation charges can and should be revised based on the evidence,” Mosby said.

She added that all six, who were freed on bail after posting bonds of several hundred thousand dollars each, would be arraigned in court on 2 July.

“Now that the grand jury has also found probable cause to charge the aforementioned officers based upon the evidence these officers who are presumed innocent until proven guilty, are now scheduled to be arraigned on July 2,” Mosby said.

Gray, 25, was arrested on 12 April after making eye contact with a Baltimore police lieutenant, who chased Gray and apprehended him with other officers and then placed him inside a police van.

Gray suffered a severe spinal injury at some point during an extended journey in the back of the van. He died a week later, sparking a wave of protest and civil unrest in Baltimore.

Unlike the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner in Staten Island – where the officers responsible were not charged by a grand jury – Thursday’s announcement in Baltimore was largely expected following Mosby’s announcement of charges on 1 May. No defense case was presented to the grand jury, which consisted of up to 23 people.

The grand jury decision is likely to strengthen Mosby’s positioning, following calls for her to step aside from the case over allegations of a conflict of interest.

The state’s attorney’s office ran an independent investigation into Gray’s death at the same time as Baltimore police conducted their own inquiry. Mosby announced the charges one day after police handed their findings to her office.

Mosby has faced a barrage of litigation from lawyers working for the six officers, arguing she suffers conflicted interests in the case and that the argument Gray was illegally arrested is false. Lawyers acting for the officers have also threatened to sue Mosby if the charges are not dropped.

Mosby has repeatedly declined to step aside from the case, arguing she has no conflict of interest. She has also refused to present any evidence before a trial starts.

Revised charges against Baltimore police officers

[bold = revised charge; strikethrough = eliminated charge]

Officer Caesar Goodson

Second-degree depraved heart murder

Involuntary manslaughter

Second-degree negligent assault

Manslaughter by vehicle – gross negligence

Manslaughter by vehicle – criminal negligence

Misconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding the safety of a prisoner

Reckless endangerment

Officer William Porter

Involuntary manslaughter

Second-degree negligent assault

Misconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding the safety of a prisoner

Reckless endangerment

Lt Brian Rice

Involuntary manslaughter

Second-degree negligent assault

Misconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding the safety of a prisoner

Misconduct in office for an illegal arrest

Reckless endangerment

False imprisonment

Second degree assault (second charge)

Officer Edward Nero

Second-degree intentional assault

Misconduct in office for an illegal arrest

Misconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding the safety of a prisoner

Reckless endangerment

False imprisonment

Second degree assault (second charge)

Officer Garrett Miller

Second-degree intentional assault

Misconduct in office for an illegal arrest

Misconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding the safety of a prisoner

Reckless endangerment

False imprisonment

Second degree assault (second charge)

Sgt Alicia White

Involuntary manslaughter

Second-degree negligent assault

Misconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding the safety of a prisoner

Reckless endangerment

The Lightskin Goddess wins again...

 

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[iron man1]

Get they asses Mrs. Mosby

 

[r.prince18]

it's funny all the white people who are piss off that the officers been indicted and are calling for ms.mosby to be fired.

 

[God_Yunn]

it's funny all the white people who are piss off that the officers been indicted and are calling for ms.mosby to be fired.

Of course smh

 

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http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-baltimore-blew-up-20150526?page=6

Why Baltimore Blew Up

It wasn't just the killing of Freddie Gray. Inside the complex legal infrastructure that encourages — and covers up — police violence

By Matt Taibbi May 26, 2015

 

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The LightSkin Goddess on Judge Judy back in 2000 winning her first case...

 

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The LightSkin Goddess on Judge Judy back in 2000 winning her first case...

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[Sexy26]

Man society has been fucked its getting worse by the minute we need to pray They are going to start allowing police officers to carry military gear around as cop. In Baltimore now the police dont even showup anymore. A lady and her son got shot for nothing by our own people. Im just saying besides the fact that thier prejudice its the law. KEEP CALM AND HOLD YOUR PEACE PLEASE and PRAY PRAYER changes things

 

[PapaDoc223]

Enough praying we need action. We have praying ever since we came in slaveships. We need action. That means supporting black buisnesses and building an economic base. We only got us and it will take only us to help us. White folks never did and will care for us.

 

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Imagine the fear and helplessness that they had to experience knowing that they couldn't even get out and run or defend themselves! POWERFUL PICTURE!

 

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[Figo]

Looks like they trying to bring Marilyn Mosby down in bmore.

Before Freddie Gray arrest, prosecutors called for more cops

BALTIMORE (AP) — Lawyers for six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray demanded the removal of the city's top prosecutor from their case on Tuesday, saying she was the one who asked for "enhanced" police attention at the intersection where they encountered the young black man.

An email sent to police weeks before Gray died from the spinal injury he suffered in police custody shows State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby has a conflict of interest, the attorneys argued, because she had wanted police to target North Avenue and Mount Street, the intersection in West Baltimore where Gray ran from police on April 12.

The defense motion filed Tuesday says Mosby "is now an integral part of the story ... both as an advocate and a witness."

Officers caught up to Gray two blocks away, restrained him and put him in a police van that made several stops before reaching the station roughly 45 minutes later. By then, he was unresponsive, and died after a week in a coma.

Mosby charged the officers May 1 with crimes ranging from misdemeanor assault to second-degree "depraved-heart" murder. Mosby also said Gray's arrest was illegal because officers handcuffed him prior to discovering the knife that became the basis for the charges.

On March 17, Joshua Rosenblatt, division chief of Mosby's crime strategies unit, emailed Police Cmdr. Osborne Robinson, saying "Mosby asked me to look into community concerns regarding drug dealing in the area of North Ave. and Mount St."

In the email, Rosenblatt praised earlier police efforts there, and said "we'd like to build on that success by targeting that intersection for enhanced prosecutorial (and hopefully police) attention."

Robinson forwarded Rosenblatt's email on March 20 to his lieutenants, including Brian Rice, who is charged with reckless endangerment, assault and misconduct in office in Gray's death, and said he would be monitoring their results.

"You will conduct a daily narcotics initiative addressing North and Mount St. Your units need to utilize the cameras, activate/develop informants, conduct covert, etc.," Robinson wrote. "This is effective immediately."

A spokeswoman for Mosby, Rochelle Ritchie, declined comment Tuesday, saying "we will litigate this case in the courtroom and not in the media."

In other recent action on the case, Judge Charles Peters on Thursday turned down Mosby's request for a gag order that would have barred attorneys, police and witnesses from talking about the case publicly.