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punishment were shaped while she was young. >> i come from a long line of police officers. >> her mother, father, grandfather and four uncles all wore a badge. despite what we all might want to think, the police officers in our city are doing their jobs. >> it actually hit really close to home. >> mosby says she decided to become part of the justice system after crime hit home. >> my cousin, who was extremely close to me, was like my best friends, was killed on my front door steps. >> as protests spread across baltimore and the nation, there is enormous pressure on mosby to prosecute the officers who arrested freddie gray and to get the public answers about how he died. some of that pressure may come from her own husband, the father of her two young daughters, who happens to be a city councilman. >> she's a strong woman. you know, she was built for this.
the group that organized it, guys, is philadelphia is baltimore. i'll send it back to you. >> and in a stunning revelation, baltimore police say during their investigation, they learned that the van carrying gray made an undocumented stop. >> yes. and other new reports are raising troubling questions about what happened to gray inside that van. pamela brown has details on that from baltimore. >> the medical examiner found gray's deadly injured were caused when he slammed into the back of the van, apparently breaking his neck according to cnn affiliate wjla. the source is telling wjla the head injury marched a bolt in the back of the van. when that injury happened is not clear. the fatal -- after freddie gray's arrest included another stop, a stop that police not only did not disclose but did not know happened until recently, raising new questions
armed himself in the back of that van is something that freddie gray's family strongly disagrees with. in this case, common sense dictates that freddie gray did not receiver his own spinal cord. whether it was outside the van or inside the van mr. gray did not receiver his own spinal cord. >> they're citing another prisoner who was in the back of the police van. and a prisoner that said he could hear fredy gray, but not see him. he's the one saying that gray was trying to hurt himself. so he just completely dismiss that? >> i think what we have to do is place this in context. when you place it in contest, we have to keep in mind just a few days ago, the baltimore police department released information saying this prisoner didn't hear very much of anything and now a few days later, oh, no, this very same prisoner did hear mr.
police-provided individual crow. another prisoner is placed inside. then the van continues to the western division police station. the new prisoner reportedly tells investigators he could hear gray banging against the walls. according to "the washington post," that prisoner believes gray was intentionally trying to injure himself. at 9:26 a.m., paramedics are called to the police station for an unconscious male. it is clear something is now terribly wrong with gray. paramedics work on gray for around 20 minutes and transport him to the hospital where he will remain until his death one week later. martin savage, cnn. >> now, an attorney for freddie gray's family disputes that gray injured himself in the police van. >> jason downs spoke with cnn earlier saying it simply doesn't make sense. >> any suggestion that mr. gray
police right at the entrance of sinter state 95 where police lined up on their bicycles and there is a clash there for about 20 minutes. then it opened up and the protesters were on the streets. what i'm hearing from heem here, from people of really all ages, white citizens, black citizens of philadelphia, saying they want answers, b but in the case of freddie gray, it is about economic disparity and about a lack of opportunity for african-american youth, especially in this country. so clearly, one young african-american attorney telling me she wants to see change in the system, more opportunity, more room for economic growth for many people that she feels are not getting a fair shot. is so they are protesting on the streets here in philadelphia. you see a lot of signs where they're aligning with baltimore and the name of this protest by
>> now, among marilyn mosby's fans is elijah couplinges. >> earlier, he spoke with our brian todd in baltimore and says she has what it takes to handle this controversial case. >> we must allow the process to go forward. and all i can ashoor them and senator pugh and others is that we will stick with this case until the end. but the fact is, is that now we have a state's attorney who we are very impressed with and very proud of. we trust her, we believe in her. and i know that she will -- and i just want her to get the facts right. she will apply the law and come to her own conclusions. that's her job, okay? that's her job and i believe in her. >> we are covering all angings of this story here on cnn. next, freddie gray's family's attorney lashing out about a report on how gray may have been injured. plus, we break down the timeline of events leading up to his death and the biggest question, what did hatch on that 40-minute police ride?
the police findings of what they believe led to freddie gray's death are now in her hants. >> she will ultimately decide if anyone should be charged in his death. don lemon has more on this prosecutor, this new prosecutor that has been thrust into the spotlight. >> she's the youngest chief prosecutor of a major american city and she's been on the job less than four months. but now, 35-year-old marilyn mosby has a huge decisions to make that could calm the anger in the city she loves -- >> that is definitely a police car they're vandalizing right there -- >> or possibly re-ignite riots. >> i know the state's attorney is committed to seeing justice. >> mosby says she'll review the police findings of freddie gray's death as well as an independent investigation by her office as she considers any criminal charges against the six snrs involved in his arrest. >> we have much more confidence in her than we have in the police. >> mosby's views on crime and
match a bolt inside that van. when you talk with residents of some baltimore neighbors, those where many poor and minorities live, they'll tell you what happens to freddie gray is all too familiar. earlier, don lemon visited the neighborhood where d. watkins grew up to get a better sense of the mind-set. >> so this is your mind-set? >> yeah. >> down the hill? >> yeah. this is east baltimore. just like west baltimore, oppressed, high unemployment rates, high team pregnancy rates, low life expectancy. this seems like a working class neighborhood. >> robbing peter to pay paul, just trying to make it. a lot of working class people and some amazing people around here. they work three jobs just to survive, to live a simple life. >> how are you doing, officer? your experience with police officers, many of them, those
of the city and how will they confront them? it's a deal concern and we're altogether as one. no justice, no peace. that's been the motion. we found out new pieces of information that the city hats given us. it doesn't sit well with anyone. our stomachs are still turning. our fists are still clenching with passion because we want justice. we believe in the justice system and we want the justice system to do right with us. >> now according to police, freddie gray was arrested on april 12th without force, but as we know, he then slipped into a coma and died one week later. >> so what exactly what happened while he was in police custody? martin savage looked into the timeline of eaches surrounding his getting. >> the timeline of freddie gray's death starts at the
d.c. about his injury. what more would you say about that information that was apparently leaked? >> well, first of all, b the information leaked is irresponsible because it suggests that. >> reporter: it reaches a farfetched conclusion based on no facts, george. it suggests freddie was trying to harm himself. there's absolutely no evidence of that and that's why i said a couple of days ago either you release all the information, release 2 entire investigative report now for the people to assimilate and filter or don't release anything. but what this is telling me is that somebody is trying to orchestrate a theory that might support the proposition that freddie harmed himself. and that is what is triggering even more outrage, not only there in baltimore, but philadelphia and, by the way,