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Freddie Gray died in agony, and many police officers are responsible.
"Every black male or every African-American in this city are not criminals and shouldn’t be treated as such,” Young said. “I was stopped myself a couple times, and I am the president of City Council.”
"They violate your civil rights and tell you you can’t talk,” Young said.
He added: “[Residents] fear the police more than they fear the drug dealers on the corner.”
May 9, 2016
After a five-month pause, the Freddie Gray trials get under way again this week, with one of the arresting officers facing charges of assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office.
This case could have weighty implications for the trials to come.
"The stakes are high," said attorney Warren Alperstein, who is not involved in the case. "If Nero is acquitted, it would make successful prosecutions of Miller and Rice virtually impossible, because those officers are being tried under the same theory of prosecution as Nero."
http://www.usnews.com/news/us/artic...ials-in-freddie-gray-case-resume-after-delays
A Baltimore judge on Wednesday ordered Officer Garrett E. Miller to testify at the trials of two fellow police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray
In a brief hearing, Circuit Judge Barry G. Williams granted prosecutors' motion to compel Miller to testify at the trials of Officer Edward M. Nero, which is scheduled to begin May 10, and Lt. Brian W. Rice, scheduled for July 5.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/ma...-pretrial-motions-hearing-20160420-story.html
"Every black male or every African-American in this city are not criminals and shouldn’t be treated as such,” Young said. “I was stopped myself a couple times, and I am the president of City Council.”
"They violate your civil rights and tell you you can’t talk,” Young said.
He added: “[Residents] fear the police more than they fear the drug dealers on the corner.”
May 9, 2016
After a five-month pause, the Freddie Gray trials get under way again this week, with one of the arresting officers facing charges of assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office.
This case could have weighty implications for the trials to come.
"The stakes are high," said attorney Warren Alperstein, who is not involved in the case. "If Nero is acquitted, it would make successful prosecutions of Miller and Rice virtually impossible, because those officers are being tried under the same theory of prosecution as Nero."
http://www.usnews.com/news/us/artic...ials-in-freddie-gray-case-resume-after-delays
A Baltimore judge on Wednesday ordered Officer Garrett E. Miller to testify at the trials of two fellow police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray
In a brief hearing, Circuit Judge Barry G. Williams granted prosecutors' motion to compel Miller to testify at the trials of Officer Edward M. Nero, which is scheduled to begin May 10, and Lt. Brian W. Rice, scheduled for July 5.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/ma...-pretrial-motions-hearing-20160420-story.html
