Baltimore officer said Freddie Gray asked for help

[Eugene]

Source: Baltimore Sun

Baltimore officer said Freddie Gray asked for help

By Justin George and Kevin Rector
The Baltimore Sun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015, 6:00 PM

As Freddie Gray was being transported in a police van through West Baltimore, at least one officer warned that Gray needed medical care but wondered, along with others, whether he was faking injuries or being uncooperative, according to investigators who reviewed the officers' statements during a departmental probe.

Those statements — which have never been publicly revealed — help to explain why a judge has ordered separate trials for six officers charged in the incident. Some of the statements provide differing accounts of events that day; defense attorneys have argued in court that such conflicts could create problems in a joint trial.

Officer William Porter told police investigators that after being summoned to check on Gray on the morning of April 12, he told the van's driver that the city booking facility would not process Gray because he was in medical distress.

"Help me. Help me up," Gray said.

Porter helped Gray up and asked, "Do you need a medic or something? Do you need to go to the hospital?"

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Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/freddie-gray/bs-md-officer-statements-20150926-story.html

[Krytan11c]

1. They murdered him

They murdered that young man and ignored his cries for help as he was dying. F*cking racist pieces of shit.

[malaise]

2. Yes they did n/t

[philosslayer]

6. You do realize that three of the accused officers ....

... Are African-American, right? Are they racist pieces of shit as well?

[Krytan11c]

7. By supporting institutional racism

And doing nothing in the face of cold-blooded murder they are guilty by proxy.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

10. yes

...

[Rex]

3. SO they knew the man was dying but tortured him some more on their joy ride.

Sadistic people seem to hover toward certain career fields imo. I see only one is up on murder charges, pathetic. Cops need to separate themselves from these racist pigs or face the same scorn. Just the way society works.

I guess it is too much to ask PDs to clean up, always seems they do so only AFTER a dead body surfaces and they cannot lie about how it got that way.

[jkbRN]

4. All six need to go to jail

If they didn't know, they should have taken the time to check

[Dawson Leery]

5. There are domestic threats greater than those from the middle east.

Bad cops are an example of such.

All police "unions" need to endorse the GOP candidate for President. That is where these unions belong.
Police unions should go with union buster Kasich if he is the nominee since he supports their thuggery.

[Recursion]

8. Separate trial means most of them will roll on a designated scapegoat

Why do I guess it's going to be the black cop they pick?

[GoneFishin]

9. you are probably right.