(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky). Officer Edward Nero, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, leaves a courthouse after being acquitted of all charges in his trial in Baltimore, Monday, May 23, 2016.
Advertisement
Harris said that the decision to prosecute all six police officers likely went too far, and there may have been pressure not to drop the charges.
On Monday, Judge Barry Williams found Officer Edward Nero not guilty of assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in Gray’s death. Miller, forced to testify by Williams under a grant of limited immunity, declared that he and not Nero detained Gray before they both helped load him into a police van. He suffered spinal injuries in the back of a police van and died April 19. He says the prosecution of the officers has destroyed their lives and demolished the relationship between the city’s police department and the state’s attorney’s office. “They usually investigate more thoroughly, and so I think that the loss of some of these cases may be in fact the fact that it was not investigated thoroughly”. His death prompted protests that gave way to looting and civil unrest.
The frame at the top of the page shows African-Americans extending middle fingers in response to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s statement blaming “thugs who only want to incite violence and destroy our city” a year ago. “That’s the difference: when you’ve got real, ethical professionals as opposed to people who are looking for the limelight”, she said. Cogen signed and filed the initial charging documents in the case, outlining the state’s probable cause.
Full analysis of the Officer Nero verdict with legal experts Sheryl Wood of The Wood Law Firm and University of Maryland law professor Doug Colbert.
“In her rush to judgment, I believe she had a totally inadequate investigation of the circumstances involving those officers, and so all she did was kick the can down the road in the sense of if she had taken more time to investigate, she might not have overcharged”. “We ask the citizens of Baltimore to remain calm as we continue to move forward to justice for everybody”.
They have previously accused Mosby of “overzealous prosecution”, saying she improperly discussed the charges when she announced them on the steps of the War Memorial, and asked her to recuse herself and her office citing conflicts of interest.
Throughout the almost 5-minute interview, Mckesson repeatedly implied that Officer Edward Nero and the five other officers involved in the ordeal are guilty, claiming the current system “guarantees officers will not be held accountable for their actions”. Jurors deliberated three days before Judge Williams declared a mistrial.
Advertisement
The other officers, two white and two black, are set to each have separate trials over the summer and into the fall.
