1st LD: Maryland State prosecutor charges all 6 officers involved in Freddie Gray's death
Xinhua, May 2, 2015 Adjust font size:
Maryland state prosecutor on Friday announced criminal charges against the six Baltimore police officers involved in the death of the 25-year-old black man Freddie Gray.
The state's attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby said that the arrest of Gray, who died on April 19 of a deadly spinal cord injury, was "illegally" and that the state medical examiner ruled Gray's death a homicide.
The spinal injury that led to his death was caused while he was riding in a police van, during which he was not buckled, Mosby said in a press conference.
The six police officers ignored Gray's pleading for medical care at least on two occasions during transportation, Mosby said.
The city of Baltimore has witnessed a widespread of protests, sometimes uncontrolled ones, in the past 10 days due to the death of Gray, who died a week after his April 12 arrest. Endite