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September 3, 2015

Judge Upholds Charges Against 6 Officers in Freddie Gray Death 
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In Maryland, a judge has ruled six Baltimore police officers will face
separate trials for the arrest and death of African-American resident
Freddie Gray. At a hearing Wednesday, Judge Barry Williams refused
defense attempts to dismiss the charges and remove prosecutor Marilyn
Mosby from the case. Freddie Gray died in April after being arrested and
transported without a seat belt in a police van. His family said his
spine was 80 percent severed at the neck. Police said they arrested him
for making eye contact with them, then running away. Another hearing in
the case is set for next week on a motion to move the officers' trials
out of Baltimore. Attorney J. Wyndal Gordon, who observed the
proceedings, said the case should be heard in Baltimore.

J. Wyndal Gordon: "I think that the ladies and gentlemen of Baltimore
city, the citizens of Baltimore city, are intelligent enough — not
even intelligent enough, are intelligent. They are thoughtful. They are
very attentive when it comes to cases such as this, and they can handle
this case, provide each and every defendant a fair trial, provide the
State's Attorney's Office with a fair trial."

 

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