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Rights group to probe Baltimore man's death, cites no confidence in police
Source: Reuters
US | Thu Apr 23, 2015 3:13pm EDT
Rights group to probe Baltimore man's death, cites no confidence in police
BALTIMORE | BY IAN SIMPSON
(Reuters) - The U.S. Southern Christian Leadership Conference will independently investigate the death of a black Baltimore man in police custody, with the local head of the civil rights group saying it lacked confidence in a police probe into the death.
The man, Freddie Gray, 27, was arrested on April 12 and died on Sunday. A preliminary autopsy showed he died of a spinal cord injury. His death has sparked outrage and days of protests in this largely black city of about 620,000 people.
Cortly Witherspoon, head of the Baltimore chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said the SCLC had hired Cherry Hill, New Jersey, investigator Terence Jones to look into Gray's death.
"We're here to fight for justice for Freddie Gray," Witherspoon said on the street corner where Gray was arrested.
He said Baltimore residents had no faith in the ability of city police to investigate themselves and officers had not asked local residents about Gray's death.
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Rights group to probe Baltimore man's death, cites no confidence in police
BALTIMORE | BY IAN SIMPSON
(Reuters) - The U.S. Southern Christian Leadership Conference will independently investigate the death of a black Baltimore man in police custody, with the local head of the civil rights group saying it lacked confidence in a police probe into the death.
The man, Freddie Gray, 27, was arrested on April 12 and died on Sunday. A preliminary autopsy showed he died of a spinal cord injury. His death has sparked outrage and days of protests in this largely black city of about 620,000 people.
Cortly Witherspoon, head of the Baltimore chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said the SCLC had hired Cherry Hill, New Jersey, investigator Terence Jones to look into Gray's death.
"We're here to fight for justice for Freddie Gray," Witherspoon said on the street corner where Gray was arrested.
He said Baltimore residents had no faith in the ability of city police to investigate themselves and officers had not asked local residents about Gray's death.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/23/us-usa-police-baltimore-idUSKBN0NE2BL20150423