Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. was driving the police van when 25-year-old Gray suffered catastrophic injuries. He is the only officer charged with murder.
A conviction in the trial would be a game changer, in a case that’s already captured worldwide headlines and had a wide-ranging impact on Baltimore.
WJZ asked policing expert Rob Weinhold what’s at stake with this verdict?
“If you’re a law enforcement officer, you’re watching this verdict as closely as you watched a verdict in your career,” said Weinhold. “The reason is, it has a training impact and an operational impact on how officers do their job each and every day. I don’t know many officers who haven’t been charged with the responsibility of taking care of a prisoner, so this absolutely has an impact.”
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