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Default Six Baltimore Cops Charged...

On 5/1/2015 12:40 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
(Reuters) - Six Baltimore police officers will face criminal charges,
including second-degree murder and manslaughter, in the death of a black
man who was arrested and suffered a fatal neck injury while riding in a
moving police van, the city's chief prosecutor said on Friday.

Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby said Freddie Gray, who died a week after his
April 12 arrest, was in handcuffs but otherwise was not restrained
inside the van. The officers failed to provide medical attention to Gray
even though he asked for help on at least two occasions.

Gray's death has become the latest flashpoint in a national outcry over
the treatment of African-Americans and other minority groups by U.S. law
enforcement.

Warrants have been issued for the arrest of the officers charged, Mosby
said at a dramatic news conference in front of a city office building
across from Baltimore City Hall. In addition to murder and manslaughter,
charges include assault, misconduct and false imprisonment.
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Wow. Fast.



It sounds like the cops threw Gray into the back of the police van and
took him for a wild ride without benefit of
a seat belt. During the ride Gray was bounced around and struck his
head on a bolt in the truck which may be the cause of his broken neck.
The preliminary autopsy report says his injuries are like those of being
in a car wreck.

Then, the cops stopped and checked on Gray finding him unconsciousness
and injured. Instead of calling for medical help right away, they
picked up another guy, put him in the van and drove normally, setting up
a possible alibi.

If the above is proven, indeed those responsible should be charged with
murder.