Baltimore cop failed to follow protocol: Freddie Gray prosecutor

Source: Reuters

Baltimore cop failed to follow protocol: Freddie Gray prosecutor

By Donna Owens

May 12, 2016

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A white Baltimore police officer failed to follow procedures in the arrest that led to the death of Freddie Gray from a broken neck, a prosecutor said on Thursday at the start of the officer's trial.

A lawyer for the officer, Edward Nero, said, however, that he had little to do with Gray's arrest and transport in a police van. Gray, a 25-year-old black man, died in April 2015 from a spinal injury suffered in the vehicle.

Nero, 30, is the second officer to face trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court for Gray's death.

The death sparked rioting and protests across the majority-black city of 620,000 people. The incident is one of those highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement.


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