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September 9, 2015

Baltimore Settles Lawsuit with Family of Freddie Gray for $6.4 Million 
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And in Baltimore, the city has reached a tentative $6.4 million
settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, an African-American man who
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. Six Baltimore police officers are currently facing
criminal prosecution over his death.

 

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