This is al jazeera live in new york city. Im del walters. An Appeals Court has delayed the officer the trial of officer goodison who is facing seconddegree murder charges in connection with the death of freddie gray. Jury selection was to begin this morning but the Court Proceedings have been put on hold. Instead the court is focusing on whether officer William Porter will instead of against goodison. He was driving the fan when gray suffered his injuries. He was aware from officer porter that freddie gray asked for medical help, and he didnt get it for him, and he was in control of the van. Were live in baltimore, john, what more can you tell us about the courts decision in this case . Well, del, an absolute legal bombshell has just exploded here in the court system in baltimore. Nobody i think was expecting what did happen, and that is that the trial that was due to get under way today with jury selection of officer goodison, who was the driver of the police wagon that freddie gray w
This is al jazeera america, live from new york city im randall pinkston. A stunning turn of events in baltimore, where the states attorney Just Announced that criminal charges are being filed against six officers in the death of freddie gray. Charges include murder. John terrett is live in baltimore. Im sure it is fair too say that almost no one was expecting these charges this quickly. Oh randall, it came as a complete shock to everybody here outside of city hall when the litany of what happened to freddy gray allegedly on that day in the back of that police wagon was read out by the state attorney Marilyn Mosbey and then she read the charges. There are many people here who have moist eyes this morning. History turned a page on friday the first of may 2015 and this day will go down in history. And there will be two names attached to it freddie gray and Marilyn Mosbey. She said that there were warrened issues early this morn for the arrest of all Six Police Officers involved in the arr
Quickly. I spoke a state senator a few moments ago, and i said how did the state attorney get this done so quickly . And she said she didnt get it done so quickly. Freddie gray was arrested back on april 12th and she has been working diligently behind the scenes. We have been focusing on the interim Police Report and Marilyn Mosby all the time was working with her own team so she only had to receive the Police Report yesterday at 9 00 am in the morning eastern to read it to make sure that it fit with all of her report details, and she has got a big team behind her, for her to be able to come out this morning and say that there will be arrest warrants issued and charges brought against all six of the Police Officers involved in the arrest of freddie gray and the transportation of freddie gray back on april 12th and listen to the rap sheet, murder manslaughter assault, assault in the Second Degree negligence and misconduct and the misconduct alone stems from deliberately refusing or the
Rubble after an air strike hits the capitol. And the expo already overshadowed by corruption scandals and delays. And as statutes of recent whistleblowers are unveiled in berlin airbus says it is suing germany for helping the u. S. Hello thank you for joining us. Six Police Officers in the u. S. City of baltimore will Face Criminal Charges over the deaths of a black man who suffered fatal injuries while in police custody. State prosecutor marilyn mossby said freddie grays death was a homicide. The charges range from assault to Second Degree murder. He suffered spinal injuries after his arrest and died a week later sparking days of protests that have sometimes turned violent. The findings of our comprehensive, thorough and independent investigation, coupled with the medical exam exam examiners finding that the death was a homicide has lead us to file criminal charges. It is absolutely vital that the truth comes out on what happened to mr. Freddy gray. It is my practice not to comment on