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Mayor has not done that. >> martin salve vague. thank you. a lot more happening tonight. randi kaye has the news and business bulletin. anderson, one of the six baltimore officers charged in the april death of freddie gray took the stand. william porter testified he didnt realize gray was injured until the final stop of the van ride. mr. gray suffered a broken neck during that ride. porter is the first officer to stand trial. in a colorado courtroom prosecutors filed 179 felony charges again...

The defendant, william porter, he is charged with very serious offenses, involuntary manslaughter, second degree assault are the two most serious. they both are ten years maximum in prison and so he could serve at least 20 years if convicted of those two alone. william porter was not there at the beginning of that van ride when freddie gray was arrested and put into the van and began to be transported. he came halfway through when the driver officer goodson radioed in he needed another officer t...

Based on the fact they thought they had probable cause and didnt. theres an issue about whether that knife was legal. if you do that, what will happen, you can sue the police department but if you do that what happens is police officers will stop making arrests. >> shes criminalizing bad decisions. in her opinion, bad decisions by the cops. >> judge alex and yourself there. that was a mistake. >> lets end it on a happy note of agreement. none of the lawyers believe she should be disqualified. ...

You dont charge police officers with false arrest or assault based on the fact they thought they had probable cause and didnt. theres an issue about whether that knife was legal. if you do that what will happen you can sue the police department but if you do that what happens is police officers will stop making arrests. >> shes criminalizing bad decisions. in her opinion, bad decisions by the cops. >> judge alex and yourself there. that was a mistake. >> lets end it on a happy note after of agre...

>> theres no evidence of that. they dont have the evidence to prove rough ride but a negligence. you saw him. asking for a medic. their argument is as the ride went on, he was more distress and eventual stops, there were five of them altogether between the arrest and the time of the police hq sayinging get me help get me help and blown off. that leads me to the other two defendants. sergeant white and officer porter. porter checked on gray and allegedly told that gray would not breathe and neede...

Because this seems to have played a role in the catastrophic injury up from jumping around in the van or rough ride or whatever the evidence will show. not getting him a medic, just because he says i cant breathe, isnt going to cut it. the reality of policing and there will be testimony 0 this effect is defendants placed under arrest after they just lead the police on a foot chase will say all sorts of things to try to get out of the instant situation to say i need help go to a hospital instead ...

So-called rough ride. and so far, it looks like thats admitted by the state. that officer goodsons charges relate to the fact of someone in%ñ the back who thier going to argue he knew was in distress and that he didnt get him help, mark 37. >> if you believe everything, certainly i question a lot of the evidence, give them the benefit of the doubt, at worst you have negligence. you dont have recklessness. there is a difference between the two. one requires a willful and wanton disregard of huma...

Either. we dont think gray was bouncing his head against the wall. we think the police officers said lets take him for a rough ride and the driver ernlly hit the brakes. >> right. but he he is the defenses best evidence that freddie gray did this to himself. that he was on drugs. which the autopsy report shows. that he was acting erratically. he got up in the back of the van to hurt himself. thats their theory. >> unless you have an expert like you had and said somebody could not cause this inju...

Hes the driver of the van. second-degree murder. now -- >> listen. >> there is no evidence of a so-called rough ride. and so far, it looks like thats admitted by the state. that officer goodsons charges relate to the fact of someone in the back they argue he knew was in distress and didnt get him help mark. >> if you believe everything certainly i requestquestion a lot of the evidence give them the benefit of the doubt, at worst you have negligence. you dont have recklessness. there is a differe...

We think the police officers .é said lets take him for a rough ride and the driver ernlly hit the brakes. >> right. but he, he is the defenses best evidence that freddie gray did this to himself. that he was on drugs. which the autopsy report shows. that he was acting erratically. he got up in the back of the van to hurt himself. thats their theory. >> unless you have an expert like you had and said somebody could not cause this injury by themselves. >> correct. >> hold on. >> go ahead, mark. >...