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Oct 3, 2012 · The autopsy WJZ obtained ruled his death a homicide from blunt force trauma, contradicting an initial statement from police that he choked on drugs. The head of the FOP says the release of...
Sep 28, 2016 · Rawlings-Blake told reporters Wednesday that State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby rushed to prosecute six police officers in the death of a young black man whose neck was broken in the back of a transport wagon. Freddie Gray's death led to protests and riots in Baltimore. Three of the officers were acquitted and charges were dropped against the others.
- A City in Protest
- Black Lives Matter
- The Arrests
- One Year Later
The arrest and subsequent death of Freddie Graysparked civil unrest and protests -- shining a light on racial tensions and issues surrounding what critics said was the use of excessive force by police nationwide. An autopsy conducted on the 25-year-old Gray concluded that his death was caused by a "high-energy" injury to his neck and spine that lik...
Gray’s death has been a focal point of the Black Lives Matter movement. His death fueled the outrage in some communities still raw from the death of an unarmed teen named Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by a police officer the previous year in Ferguson, Missouri. Protests in response to Gray’s case began just a few days after his April 12 ar...
In May 2015, Maryland State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced that the six police officers linked to Gray’s death would face charges ranging from assault to second-degree murder. Three of the six officers are African American. The first officer to stand trial, William Porter, was charged with manslaughter for failing to buckle Gray into the back o...
One year after Gray’s arrest and death, some critics say there is a lack of progress in improving the lives of Baltimore’s African-American residents. “It is amazing that we’re coming up on a year and, regrettably, not much has changed,” the Rev. Jamal H. Bryant wrote in an online post, according to the Baltimore Sun. “We’re still looking at a whol...
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May 1, 2015 · The exaltation was a dramatic reversal from the rioting earlier this week over Gray’s death in police custody. Gray, a 25-year-old black man, was filmed being dragged into a police van and ...
Jul 8, 2015 · Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake replaced the city's police commissioner on Wednesday, saying the city needed to be more focused on suppressing a spike in violence in the months since the ...
Apr 27, 2015 · Six weeks ago, before Baltimore had become the latest venue for outrage over the killing of black men by the police, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake delivered her annual State of the City...
May 21, 2015 · Joshua Barajas. Baltimore officials face a litany of questions over the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man, that died while in police custody. During a 30-minute ride in a police van ...
