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Friday, July 08, 2016

Prosecutors Start Case Against Rice By Establishing Police Standards

Court wrapped up for the day at the manslaughter trial of Baltimore City Police Lt. Brian Rice, the highest ranking officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray.

The last witness of the day was Rick Opitz, the city purchasing agent who ordered van used to transfer Gray. It was the van with seat belts that prosecutors say Rice failed to use on Freddie Gray and that contributed to his injuries and death.

Much of this testimony trying to prove the state’s case that Rice failed in his duty by not putting Gray in a seat belt.

The third witness of the day was Baltimore police IT director Andrew Jaffee, who testified that Rice was sent the seatbelt policy, but he could not confirm if Rice read it.

There was some disagreement between Jaffee and prosecutors over whether a computer Rice would access was being repaired at the time the seat belt policy was released. Jaffee said he could not recall if that computer was under repair.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

racist cop hating prosecutor should be on trial.

Anonymous said...

I know 5:26. Typical angry black woman corrupt to the core and lies her head off. The way she lies is unbelievable. I'm taking great pleasure in BLACK Judge Williams calling her out on her lies. Even more gross is that nasty local naacp mouthpiece ASShanti saying she was proud of her for bringing the charges against the officers. Too much of an ignoramus trash type herself to know it was all lies.