Bpd Wagon News Today

Not as if there is a united friend. >> and officers will try to exploit that. and when there are divisions, there can be a race to the prosecutors office to cut the first deal. because the person who comes in first gets the best deal from prosecutors. but that is getting ahead. im particularly surprised by the murder charge. >> for the driver of the wag -- wagon. >> yes. because that is intentional harm inflicted on someone and i think it is a real challenge in the absence of some sort of admiss...

Indicated he could not breathe. the officer porter asked mr. gray if he needed a medic and mr. gray indicated at least twice that he was in need of a medic. >> reporter: mosby said they did not call a medic and failed to seat belt gray. the vans driver decided to move on. at the fourth stop they picked up donte allen who was put on the other side of the metal partition. >> the only thing i heard was banging. i tho was banging his head or something. >> mosby said he was again neglected. >> porter...

It was a homicide. >> he was handcuffed and shackled by his feet and unrestrained inside of the bpd wagon. >> all six officers are facing criminal charges including assault and misconduct and the van driver is carrying a charge that could carry a sentence of up to 30 years. and some of the officers say this was a rush to judgment and will fight. >> >> and all six officers have posted bond. and there is a lot to talk about. sunny hostin and a former prosecutor and friend of the mayor, stephanie r...

As you just heard the prosecutor in charge of that case making the announcement yesterday morning. that grays death was a homicide. the medical exampler has determined he died from fatal spine injuries after he was arrested. >> mr. gray suffered a severe and critical neck injury as a result of being hand curved shackled by his feet and unrestrained underof the bpd wagon. >> mosby says freddie gray should never have been arrested in the first place. he was accused of carrying an illegal switch bl...

Did the officers not fail to get him help but they made a grave mistake of putting him into the police van. >> at no point was he secured while in the wagon, contrary to a bpd order. >> and while the exact route was unknown, it made the first stop here where officers took him out of the van to put shackles on his legs and flex cuffs on his wrists. >> the officers loaded him back into the wagon, placing him on his stomach head first on the to the floor of the wagon. once again he was not secured ...

Wagon. once again, mr. gray was not secured by a seat belt in the wagon, contrary to a b.p.d. general order. lieutenant rice then directed officer goodson to transport mr. gray to the central booking and intake facility. following transport from bakers street, mr. gray suffered a severe and critical neck injury as a result of being handcuffed shackled by his feet and unrestrained inside of the b.p.d. wagon. from bakers street officer goodson proceeded to the vicinity of fremont avenue where he s...

Cesar goodson, jr. hes been charged with two counts of manslaughter by vehicle. did goodson purposely drive erratically making fast turns and braking suddenly with the intention of harming gray. gray was in the back of the van, he was handcuffed and shackled but he was not restrained by a seat belt. if this happened heres the thing. it would be sort of business as usual. jean casarez is outfront. mr. gray suffered a severe and critical neck injury as a result of being handcuffed shackled busin...

At baker street lieutenant rice, officer nero and officer miller removed mr. gray from the wagon, placed flex cuffs on his wrist, placed leg shackles on his ankles and completed required paperwork. officer miller, officer nero and lieutenant rice loaded mr. gray back into the wagon placing him on his stomach head first on to the floor of the wagon. once again, mr. gray was not secured by a seat belt in the wagon. contrary to a bpd general order. lieutenant rice directed officer goodson to transp...

The medical examiner basically examining the body and listening to the police reports, the police investigation puts it all together and has decided that there is reason to believe it is a homicide. thats not a charge of murder because you can have a justified homicide but it just means death at the hands of another. >> now, heres what the states attorney said today about how mr. gray was transported in that wagon. he was handcuffed. his legs were put into shackles. he was put into the wagon on ...

Having probable cause to arrest mr. gray in the first place. lets play that. >> the knife was not a switchblade and is lawful under maryland law. these officers subsequently removed the knife and placed it on the sidewalk. mr. gray was then placed back down on his stomach, at which time mr. gray began to flail his legs and scream as officer miller placed mr. gray in a restraining technique known as a leg lace. while officer narrow physically held him down against his will until a b.p.d. wagon ar...