Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors made it clear they were hopelessly deadlocked over whether Officer William Porter had committed any crimes due to actions he didn’t take prior to Gray’s death.
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The prosecutors have said they plan on retrying Officer William G. Porter, and given that there are five more officers to be tried after Porter, this saga is far from over.
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Prosecutors put Porter on trial first because they were hoping he would be a key witness in the trials of Sgt. Alicia White and Officer Caesar Goodson, whose case is up next and who is facing the most serious charges of the six officers. The legal standard is higher in a criminal trial such as this, as opposed to a civil trial, and it is also plausible that the prosecution over-charged Porter, as is common in cases involving defendants who are not police officers. She says people understand the right to protest, but they also respect “the sanctity of our communities and the value of our communities”. We are out here to voice our opinion on the verdict ” she said.
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“Hung juries are not unusual”. That could create the notion that there is something wrong with the prosecutors’ case. “Each of us will continue to struggle with the very raw, very real emotions the death of Mr. Freddie Gray invokes”, he said.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake issued a statement calling for calm after the mistrial was declared.
Gray’s stepfather, Richard Shipley said: “We ask the public to remain calm and patient”.
A man poses for a photograph with members of the Baltimore Police Department near the intersection of North and Pennsylvania Avenues, the site of unrest following the funeral of Freddie Gray, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Baltimore.
Gray sustained a spinal cord injury while riding in the police van in April. He said he felt confident that Porter will be convicted in a future trial.
“We call on state’s attorney Mosby to move quickly to retry Porter”, said Michaela Brown, communications coordinator of Baltimore Bloc, as reported by The Guardian.
During her closing argument, state prosecutor Janice Bledsoe alleged that Officer Porter had “abused his power” and “failed in his responsibility” to protect Gray from harm. He was shackled and placed in a van, but officers did not restrain him with a seat belt.
Meanwhile, other juries will soon consider whether the department’s dysfunctions justify saving Porter’s fellow officers from jail.
The mistrial “leaves the state in a hard position”, Jaros said. There is no statutory maximum sentence for the fourth charge, misconduct.
“I think there’s going to be a lot of give and take in that backroom in terms of what’s going to happen next”, said Colbert. On Friday, Commissioner Kevin Davis canceled leave for officers “as part of preparations and out of an abundance of caution”, said police spokesman T.J. Smith. Porter is the first of six officers to stand trial in connection with Gray’s death. “The process is ongoing”.
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Prisoners were never secured with seat belts during field training, and though cadets were instructed to secure prisoners with seat belts, they were not shown how, Porter said.
