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Wednesday, July 06, 2016

Police records can’t be used in next Freddie Gray trial

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore prosecutors are facing mounting obstacles in their manslaughter case against the highest-ranking officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, and his trial Thursday hasn’t even begun.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams ruled Tuesday that prosecutors can’t enter into evidence 4,000 pages of documents involving the training of Lt. Brian Rice, the fourth of six officers — three black, three white — to be tried in the young black man’s death.

Gray died after his neck was broken inside the metal prisoner compartment of a police van. Prosecutors say the officers were criminally negligent when they bound Gray’s hands and feet with handcuffs and shackles, but left him unrestrained by a seatbelt, thus vulnerable to injury.

Prosecutors are expected to argue that the 17-year Baltimore Police veteran knew or should have known that he and the officers he commanded were violating orders by intentionally leaving Gray unbuckled. Examining his in-service training records in court might have helped.

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3 comments:

  1. Old freddie boy died at his OWN HANDS he was injured from flying OFF his bike and SLAMMING his head off rhe cops vans panel,As per another prisoner,freddie boy was well known for bs injuries for taxpaxer $$$ as per the seatbelt in the van there was NO regulations atvthe time would YOU reach over a perp ro seatbelt him ?

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  2. So they want the Lt liable for muder over a policy issue but Clinton didn't break just use extreme poor judgment and can run for president?! Nah I don't think so.

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