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With mr. gray and heard him banging on the walls of the van saying he was intentionally trying to injury himself. the prisoner was separateaccept separated by gray with a metal peace. theres no evidence to support that prisoner ins claims. we want to get to it for the first time. msnbc is getting a look at what freddie gray was going to be charged with. joy, you have the charging documents. what are they? >> absolutely. essentially one of the questions people have been asking fundamentally about...

Welcome back everybody. youre watching msnbc breaking news coverage in baltimore in the wake of baltimore in the city of baltimore. the curfew going into effect tonight at 10:00 p.m. were following several new developments. one, msnbc objecttaining a document saying gray was arrested for alleged possession of a switchblade. two, the "washington post" reporting gray was trying to injure himself in the back of the police van. that story is coming under fire. and we want to find out what you think ...

Knife commonly known as a switchblade with automatic spring or device for opening and closing. the question were still trying to look into is what would have been the probable cause for the stop because the narrative in this documentk thomas states that the switchblade was found once he was stopped. the actual narrative written by the police officer says that freddie gray fled unprovoked upon noticing police presence. that was according to this charging document the reason for the initial stop. ...

Intentionally trying to injure himself. baltimore nbc affiliate wbal obtained that said he heard banging but did not see gray or hear him talk. msnbc obtained the original list of charges for freddie gray following his arrest. according to police gray fled unprovoked upon noticing police presence and arrested for possession of a switchblade. the maximum penalty for that crime? one year in prison and a $500 fine. joining me on the phone, msnbcs national correspondent, joy reed. joy, whats the rea...

Cover-up, one big line we know the original police report said mr. gray was taken into custody without incidence or force. thats fiction. so again, we have to wonder what is it that these six police officers dont want us to know? >> certainly without incident right? the big debate is over force and i guess, ari, so lets combine the information that we have today. one is this new information about a second stop. another is the outstanding professor butler points out, the outstanding search warran...

Any clarification on what he was being arrested for? >> absolutely not. if you read the application of statement of charges that was written at the time, and really what that is is thats a statement of the probable cause that the police officer believes that he has at the time the application for statement of charges simply states that they made eye contact, that freddie ran, that the police officers followed him and apprehended him and then once they had apprehended him, apprehending meaning la...

They put him in handcuffs. they found a switchblade on him. however, theres nothing necessarily illegal about having a switchblade on you. it still remains unclear why he was placed under arrest. he was placed in the back of a police van wearing shackles. at some point that police van stopped twice. they say to fill out paperwork. and by the time the police van got to its destination, freddie gray was paralyzed with his spinal cord severed and within a week he was dead. that led to peaceful prot...

That theres no probable cause. thats the crux of this. why did they stop him? you just dont stop someone because they look you in the eyes and run, right? as people would call it, running while black. i dont know the circumstances surrounding -- i dont think any of us know the circumstances surrounding it, why they stopped him for sure. theyre saying they saw a weapon. they saw weapon after they stopped him. so thats going to be the thing. why did they stop him, and what was the probable cause? ...

There had been report of possibly seeing the clip of a switchblade in his pocket or of a knife. exactly what is required for probable cause? >> you dont need probable cause to make a stop u. need what is called reasonable suspicion. and the officers reasonable suspicion based on what i read is they saw a clip for the knife in his front pocket. that is their story. okay. so based on that they made a stop. he ran. and the officers engaged him. >> sonny, do you buy that? mark gehrig os last night s...