State's Attorney details roles of each of 6 charged officers

[davidpdx]

Source: AP

Goodson was the driver of the van that transported Freddie Gray, and he faces the most serious charges. Mosby said Friday that Goodson repeatedly failed — at least five times — to seatbelt Gray in the transport vehicle. Overall, Goodson faces six charges, including "second-degree depraved heart murder," which carries a potential 30-year sentence.

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Rice was on bike patrol when he made eye contact with Freddie Gray on a Baltimore street April 12. Gray ran, and Rice pursued him. Bike patrol officers Garrett Miller and Edward Nero joined the pursuit.

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Gray surrendered to Miller, 26, and Nero, 29. Miller and Nero handcuffed Gray and put him on the ground. Gray told the officers that he couldn't breathe and requested an inhaler, Mosby said. The two officers, both of whom joined the police force in 2012, sat Gray up and found a folded knife clipped to the inside of his pants pocket, a knife that is lawful under Maryland law, Mosby said. Previously, police have said they found a switchblade.

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At one point during the van ride, Goodson requested help checking on Gray. Porter, 25, who joined the force in 2012, responded. Both he and Goodson checked on Gray. Porter, who is black, helped Gray from the floor to a bench in the van, but neither Goodson nor Porter requested medical attention or put a seatbelt on Gray.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/look-6-officers-charged-freddie-grays-death-181336317.html

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Much more at the link, no way to fit all of it in 4 paragraphs. The article does break down the details by officer really well.

[PSPS]

1. An informative article. The Yahoo comments, of course, are predictably disgusting.

[davidpdx]

2. I didn't look at those

But I will absolutely take your word on that based on reading them in the past.

[Enthusiast]

5. We must boycott Yahoo comments and make it clear that thousands of us are boycotting them.

Fuck Yahoo.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Another simple thought experiment

Imagine this situation:

Some guys spot a guy they have had altercations with in the past

The guy sees them and runs

They chase him down and subdue him, putting him in handcuffs

They call their "boys" who show up with a van. They bind his legs together and force him into their van.

A half hour later, the guy is horribly injured, with a wound in his head, three vertebrae fractured, and his spinal cord 80% severed.

Would police and prosecutors hesitate for an instant to arrest and charge the people who forcibly took the guy, restrained him against his will, and had control of him when he was injured so severely that he died without regaining consciousness? Would we as a society want (or expect) any other outcome?

But if the guys were police with the badge of authority, this is a "rush to judgement"? Even though there is no evidence their victim broke a law or was a threat at any time to any of them?

These cops deserve to be arrested and charged. Let the courts decide which of them (if any) are culpable and let justice be done. Seems like a no brainer to me.

[Beauregard]

4. Good example.

If they weren't cops, the case would be open and shut.

Moreover, their status as cops gives them an extra responsibility that civilians don't have. Gray was in custody, which means, among other things, that they had a duty to protect him from harm.

[Trillo]

6. These are the people our leaders think are good to bring to compulsory schools.

To convince kids cops are good, moral, and honest.

[Radael]

7. Experts Caution Convictions In Freddie Gray Case Against Baltimore Police Unlikely

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/02/baltimore-police-trial-freddie-gray_n_7196984.html

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Yeah, someone posted that as its own thread yesterday.

Welcome to DU.

I don't believe an educated and informed DA such as Mosby would charge lightly. Given her background. Concern noted.

[Radael]

9. Aren't all DAs educated and informed? Nt

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