Nickel ride payout: police abuse.

AuthorShackford, Scott
PositionCitings - Settlement on the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland - Brief article

FREDDIE GRAY died in the custody of the Baltimore police in April 2015. He was banged up so badly in the back of a police van, in the process of being transported to jail for allegedly possessing an illegal switchblade, that his spine was injured. He slipped into a coma and later died. The autopsy report attributed his death to a "high-energy impact," the result of a sudden deceleration of the van. Though his arms and legs were shackled, he was not belted in.

His death was ruled a homicide. Gray's treatment at the hands of police has a nickname--the "nickel ride," an abuse technique where victims are battered about inside a recklessly driven police vehicle. Six police officers face various charges for his death, and Baltimore has faced anger and unrest from citizens since the incident...

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