Riots in Baltimore: death by police.

AuthorKrayewski, Ed
PositionCitings - Brief article

ON MAY I, following the death in police custody of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby charged six police officers with a series of crimes ranging from official misconduct to murder. Gray reportedly ran when officers made eye contact with him on April 12, and cops pursued him. He was then arrested for allegedly carrying an illegal knife and placed in a police van, where he suffered a spinal injury and went into a coma, dying one week later.

In her indictment, Mosby said the knife was legal to possess, but at least one officer's attorney insists that it wasn't. The indictments the grand jury returned don't include false imprisonment charges, reflecting uncertainty over the knife.

Demonstrations for Freddie Gray started a few days after his death. Things turned...

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