Page 12 The Skanner July 27, 2016
BALTIMORE (AP) — More than a year
ater a Black man sufered a broken
neck in a police van, the efort to hold
six oicers criminally responsible for
his death collapsed Wednesday when
the city dropped all charges in the case
that tore Baltimore apart and exposed
deep issures between the police, pros-
ecutors and the people.
A day before another trial was to be-
gin, prosecutors dismissed charges
against three remaining oicers, blam-
ing police for a biased investigation
that failed to produce a single convic-
tion in the death of Freddie Gray.
Gray, 25, was fatally injured in
April 2015 while he was handcufed
and shackled but let otherwise un-
restrained in the back of the van. His
death added fuel to the growing Black
Lives Matter movement, set of massive
protests and led to the city’s worst riots
in decades.
Prosecutors sufered blow ater crip-
pling blow in the courtroom. A judge ac-
quitted three other oicers, including
the van driver who prosecutors consid-
ered the most responsible and another
oicer who was the highest-ranking of
the group. A mistrial was declared for
a fourth oicer ater a jury deadlocked.
Authorities had planned to retry him.
The case took shape
soon ater the rioting,
when Democratic State’s
Attorney Marilyn Mosby
conidently announced
the charges atop a sweep-
ing staircase across from
City Hall. At the time, she
said her decision was
based not only on the
police investigation but
an independent investi-
gation conducted by her
oice.
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News
Prosecutors Abandon Case Against Police in Homicide of Freddie Gray
Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, at podium, holds a news
conference near the site where Freddie Gray, depicted in mural in
background, was arrested after her oice dropped the remaining
charges against three Baltimore police oicers awaiting trial in Gray’s
death, in Baltimore, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. At left is Gray’s father,
Richard Shipley.
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