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Protesters march through the streets in support of Maryland state attorney Marilyn Mosby’s announcement that charges would be filed against Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. Gray died in police custody after being arrested on 12 April: photo by Andrew Burton via The Guardian, 2 May 2015
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Marilyn Mosby: screen shot via Salon, 1 May 2015
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A group of demonstrators leave North and Pennsylvania Avenues before the 10 p.m. curfew. Hundreds of people gathered at North and Pennsylvania Avenues to celebrate that 6 Baltimore City police officers have been charged for the death of Freddie Gray: photo by Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2015
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My favorite shot of the day. protesters march up 14th St. in #Oakland toward Frank Ogawa Plaza @SFGate: image via Jessica Christian @jachristian, 1 May 2015
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Curious faces watch #mayday #oakland march at #CatTownOakland: image via Victoria B. @v_bogg, 1 May 2015
If you build it we will burn it. 20th and telegraph #mayday #Oakland #mayday image via Charmaine Chua @ravellledfleeces, 1 May 2015
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#Oakland to Baltimore We won't take it anymore! #FreddieGray: image via Occupy Oakland @OccupyOakland 1 May 2015
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Fists raised at the #Oakland #Palestine Solidarity Mural: image via Dena Takruri @Dena 1 May 2015 Oakland, CA ![Embedded image permalink]()
KFC got it tonight in Oakland. #FreddieGray: image via AJ Vicens @AJ Vicens, 1 May 2015
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At this point, we now know that #FreddieGray was illegally assaulted & arrested without cause. Critically injured.: image via Shaun King @ShaunKing, 1 May 2015
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At this point, we now know that #FreddieGray was illegally assaulted & arrested without cause. Critically injured.: image via Shaun King @ShaunKing, 1 May 2015
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At this point, we now know that #FreddieGray was illegally assaulted & arrested without cause. Critically injured.: image via Shaun King @ShaunKing, 1 May 2015
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At this point, we now know that #FreddieGray was illegally assaulted & arrested without cause. Critically injured.: image via Shaun King @ShaunKing, 1 May 2015
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New addition to #FreddieGray's memorial in Gilmor Homes #Baltimore: image via Colin Campbell @cmcampbell6, 1 May 2015
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new art at #FreddieGray's shrine where he was arrested. image via Baynard Woods @baynardwoods, 1 May 2015
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This, the latest statement from the Baltimore City Police Union (@FOP3) re: the #FreddieGray officer arrests: image via deray mackesson @deray, 1 May 2015 ![Embedded image permalink]()
And here's why GoFundMe shut down the fundraiser for the officers who killed #FreddieGray (h/t @soniamoghe) officer arrests: image via deray mackesson @deray, 1 May 2015
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Thugs. The 6 @BaltimorePolice who killed #FreddieGray: image via deray mackesson @deray, 1 May 2015
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"Absolutely vital" truth of #FreddieGray's death uncovered - Barack Obama as officers charged: image via BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking, 1 May 2015
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Yes last night was Bad it was Ugly :::: But today we Stand tall and proud WE WONT FOLD :::: #Baltimore | #DVNLLN"image via KnownNobodyBBC Breaking News @byDVNLN, 28 April 2015
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Yes last night was Bad it was Ugly :::: But today we Stand tall and proud WE WONT FOLD :::: #Baltimore | #DVNLLN: image via KnownNobodyBBC Breaking News @byDVNLN, 28 April 2015
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Yes last night was Bad it was Ugly :::: But today we Stand tall and proud WE WONT FOLD :::: #Baltimore | #DVNLLN: image via KnownNobodyBBC Breaking News @byDVNLN, 28 April 2015
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This how my city been looking :::: We are the forgotten ones ::: You wonder why we lashing out ::: #Weovebaltimoreimage via KnownNobody @byDVNLN, 29 April 2015![Embedded image permalink]()
[Time 11 May 2015 cover photo by Devin Allen]: image via KnownNobody @byDVNLN, 30 April 2015
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"To the youth of this city: Our time is now." #Baltimore's @amarilynmosbyesq / Pic @byDENLLN #BaltimoreUprising: image via MoveOn,orgVerifiedAccount @MoveOn, 1 May 2015
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#Baltimore protesters rejoice over charges in '#FreddieGray's death: image via HuffPost BlackVoices @blackvoices, 1 May 2015
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#Here's the itemized list of charges against six #Baltimore police officers for the death of #FreddieGray's death: image via Breaking News @NewsOnTheMin, 1 May 2015
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#Here's the itemized list of charges against six #Baltimore police officers for the death of #FreddieGray's death: image via Breaking News @NewsOnTheMin, 1 May 2015
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Kevin Moore, the ManWho Filmed Freddie Gray's Arrest: Colleen Moore, Vice News, 1 May 2015
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Protesters march through the streets in support of Maryland state attorney Marilyn Mosby’s announcement that charges would be filed against Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. Gray died in police custody after being arrested on 12 April: photo by Andrew Burton via The Guardian, 2 May 2015
Police ignored an unresponsive Freddie Gray on wagon's floor: prosecutor: Medic wasn’t called until police arrived at the station to find Gray was ‘no longer breathing at all’, says Baltimore state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby: Jon Swaine in New York for The Guardian, 2 May 2015
Police officers failed to obtain medical care for Freddie Gray even when they found him unresponsive on the floor of their van after he had repeatedly appealed for help,
Baltimore’s most senior prosecutor said on Friday.
In announcing criminal charges for the six officers involved in Gray’s arrest, state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby gave the most detailed account so far of the deadly 45 minutes after Gray was captured by officers on the streets of west Baltimore in an illegal arrest.
“Mr Gray suffered a severe and critical neck injury as a result of being handcuffed, shackled by his feet and unrestrained inside of the Baltimore police department wagon,” Mosby said at a press conference on Friday morning.
Gray was arrested on the morning of 12 April after catching the eye of Lieutenant Brian Rice and running away. Mosby on Friday declared the arrest by Rice, Officer Garrett Miller and Officer Edward Nero an illegal one, explaining that a knife found in Gray’s pocket, which he was charged with carrying, was in fact legal under Maryland law.
Mosby said that despite complaining he could not breathe and needed an asthma inhaler at 8.42am, three minutes into his arrest, Gray was ignored and loaded into the van. He had already been pinned down by Nero and placed in a so-called “leg lace” by Miller.
Gray was not seatbelted in the vehicle as is required by Baltimore police rules. Several prisoners in the past have been seriously injured by so-called “rough rides”.
The first stop made by Officer Caesar Goodson, the van’s driver, was four minutes later at Mount and Baker streets. Gray had his legs shackled while the arresting officers completed paperwork. He was then reloaded into the van by Rice, Miller and Nero “on his stomach, headfirst on to the floor”, again without being seatbelted, said Mosby.
About 10 minutes after this, Goodson’s van made a second stop outside a grocery shop at Fremont Avenue and Mosher Street, whose CCTV cameras captured footage of the vehicle.
The existence of this stop was not disclosed by police until Thursday 30 April.
After getting out and checking on Gray, Goodson returned to the driver’s seat and resumed his journey, according to the prosecutor. Gray’s health and responsiveness at this point is not clear, apparently because Goodson has declined to cooperate with investigators.
Goodson radioed for support from other officers to “check on the status of his prisoner”, said Mosby. He then made a third stop at Druid Hill Avenue and Dolphin Street at 8.59am.
He and Officer William Porter inspected Gray. Mosby said Porter asked the 25-year-old if he needed medical care, and Gray “indicated at least twice he was in need of a medic”.
Yet Goodson and Porter still did not request medical care, the state’s attorney said.
Despite moving Gray from the floor of the van to the bench, Porter once again failed to restrain Gray with a seatbelt. And despite Gray’s obvious distress, Goodson chose -- “in a grossly negligent manner,” said Mosby -- to respond to a separate arrest nearby.
The van made a fourth stop to collect the second prisoner, Donta Allen, near the intersection of North Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue. A CVS pharmacy at this spot was badly burned during rioting on Monday night. Protesters subsequently made the intersection their base in the following days.
At the second arrest site, Goodson and Porter again inspected Gray, this time with Sergeant Alicia White. They “observed Mr Gray unresponsive on the floor of the wagon”, yet did not act. White “spoke to the back of Mr Gray’s head” and when he did not respond “she did nothing further despite the fact that she was advised that he needed a medic,” said Mosby.
“She made no effort to look or assess or determine his condition,” said Mosby. Gray, laid out on the floor of the wagon and not answering, was ignored.
“Despite Mr Gray’s seriously deteriorating medical condition, no medical assistance was rendered or summoned for Mr Gray at that time by any officer,” said Mosby. He was once again not restrained with a seatbelt in the back of the van as Goodson made the last leg of his journey to the police department’s western district headquarters.
When the van finally arrived at the police station at 9.24am, White and officer Zachary Novak attempted to remove Gray only to find he was “no longer breathing at all”, Mosby said on Friday. Medics were finally called –- more than 40 minutes after Gray first complained of problems. He was found to be in cardiac arrest and severely injured.
Gray was taken to the University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma hospital and was operated on. However, he lapsed into a coma and never recovered. He was pronounced dead on the morning of 19 April, exactly a week after he caught the eye of Rice and fled. His family said his spine was “80% severed” at the neck and his voice box almost crushed.
The state medical examiner declared Gray’s death to be a homicide. “We have probable cause to file criminal charges,” said Mosby.
Marilyn Mosby: screen shot via Salon, 1 May 2015
A group of demonstrators leave North and Pennsylvania Avenues before the 10 p.m. curfew. Hundreds of people gathered at North and Pennsylvania Avenues to celebrate that 6 Baltimore City police officers have been charged for the death of Freddie Gray: photo by Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2015
My favorite shot of the day. protesters march up 14th St. in #Oakland toward Frank Ogawa Plaza @SFGate: image via Jessica Christian @jachristian, 1 May 2015
Curious faces watch #mayday #oakland march at #CatTownOakland: image via Victoria B. @v_bogg, 1 May 2015
If you build it we will burn it. 20th and telegraph #mayday #Oakland #mayday image via Charmaine Chua @ravellledfleeces, 1 May 2015
#Oakland to Baltimore We won't take it anymore! #FreddieGray: image via Occupy Oakland @OccupyOakland 1 May 2015
Fists raised at the #Oakland #Palestine Solidarity Mural: image via Dena Takruri @Dena 1 May 2015 Oakland, CA
KFC got it tonight in Oakland. #FreddieGray: image via AJ Vicens @AJ Vicens, 1 May 2015
At this point, we now know that #FreddieGray was illegally assaulted & arrested without cause. Critically injured.: image via Shaun King @ShaunKing, 1 May 2015
At this point, we now know that #FreddieGray was illegally assaulted & arrested without cause. Critically injured.: image via Shaun King @ShaunKing, 1 May 2015
At this point, we now know that #FreddieGray was illegally assaulted & arrested without cause. Critically injured.: image via Shaun King @ShaunKing, 1 May 2015
At this point, we now know that #FreddieGray was illegally assaulted & arrested without cause. Critically injured.: image via Shaun King @ShaunKing, 1 May 2015
New addition to #FreddieGray's memorial in Gilmor Homes #Baltimore: image via Colin Campbell @cmcampbell6, 1 May 2015
new art at #FreddieGray's shrine where he was arrested. image via Baynard Woods @baynardwoods, 1 May 2015
This, the latest statement from the Baltimore City Police Union (@FOP3) re: the #FreddieGray officer arrests: image via deray mackesson @deray, 1 May 2015
And here's why GoFundMe shut down the fundraiser for the officers who killed #FreddieGray (h/t @soniamoghe) officer arrests: image via deray mackesson @deray, 1 May 2015
Thugs. The 6 @BaltimorePolice who killed #FreddieGray: image via deray mackesson @deray, 1 May 2015
"Absolutely vital" truth of #FreddieGray's death uncovered - Barack Obama as officers charged: image via BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking, 1 May 2015
Yes last night was Bad it was Ugly :::: But today we Stand tall and proud WE WONT FOLD :::: #Baltimore | #DVNLLN"image via KnownNobodyBBC Breaking News @byDVNLN, 28 April 2015
Yes last night was Bad it was Ugly :::: But today we Stand tall and proud WE WONT FOLD :::: #Baltimore | #DVNLLN: image via KnownNobodyBBC Breaking News @byDVNLN, 28 April 2015
Yes last night was Bad it was Ugly :::: But today we Stand tall and proud WE WONT FOLD :::: #Baltimore | #DVNLLN: image via KnownNobodyBBC Breaking News @byDVNLN, 28 April 2015
This how my city been looking :::: We are the forgotten ones ::: You wonder why we lashing out ::: #Weovebaltimoreimage via KnownNobody @byDVNLN, 29 April 2015
[Time 11 May 2015 cover photo by Devin Allen]: image via KnownNobody @byDVNLN, 30 April 2015
"To the youth of this city: Our time is now." #Baltimore's @amarilynmosbyesq / Pic @byDENLLN #BaltimoreUprising: image via MoveOn,orgVerifiedAccount @MoveOn, 1 May 2015
#Baltimore protesters rejoice over charges in '#FreddieGray's death: image via HuffPost BlackVoices @blackvoices, 1 May 2015
#Here's the itemized list of charges against six #Baltimore police officers for the death of #FreddieGray's death: image via Breaking News @NewsOnTheMin, 1 May 2015
#Here's the itemized list of charges against six #Baltimore police officers for the death of #FreddieGray's death: image via Breaking News @NewsOnTheMin, 1 May 2015
"This is your best weapon against police"#KevinMoore, filmer of #FreddieGray explains need 4 CopWatch: image via Chuck_MODI@POPSspotSports, 1 May 2015
Kevin Moore, the ManWho Filmed Freddie Gray's Arrest: Colleen Moore, Vice News, 1 May 2015
The man who used his cellphone to record video of Freddie Gray's arrest by Baltimore police officers was himself arrested by officers after he left a protest on Thursday, in what he describes as a clear case of witness intimidation.
Baltimore police arrested Kevin Moore along with two friends of his from Ferguson, Missouri, who work with the group Copwatch, an activist organization that advocates for the filming of interactions with police. Police released Moore on Friday morning without charges being filed against him. His two companions, Chad Jackson and Tony White, remain in custody.
Moore told VICE News that, prior to his arrest, the police department's internal affairs division had already interviewed him for several hours about what he witnessed when Gray was arrested. His video showed the arresting officers lifting Gray from the ground where they had handcuffed him and carrying him limply to the back of a police van. Gray was later determined to have a severed spine and died a week after his arrest.
The Baltimore State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday that it had filed criminal charges against the six officers involved in Gray's arrest and subsequent death.
Moore described the circumstances of his arrest on Thursday to VICE News on video and in an off-camera interview.
"They waited until I got away from the protest and my people to protect me," he said.
Police arrested Moore, Jackson, and White after the three of them walked to Bruce Court, an area where Moore lives that is located not far from the site of the protest. The pretext for the arrest was not clear.
"They had assault weapons, rifles, they had everything -- their tank, two choppers," he recalled. "They took me to the Western District [police station], never gave me charging papers or anything."
"It's called witness intimidation," he added. "But if they hadn't let me go it would have been a whole lot of BS that they didn't want to deal with, so they decided it was in their best interest to let me go. But they still have my friends."
Chuck Modiano, a member of Copwatch, told VICE News that jail support informed the group that Jackson and White will probably be released sometime in the afternoon on Friday. To his knowledge, no formal charges are being filed. Modiano said that Copwatch did not know on what grounds police were holding the two activists.
The Baltimore Police Department did not answer inquiries from VICE News about their arrests.
"I have a feeling there's some foul play going on," Moore said, noting that the police did not give him even a citation.
Moore said he felt intimidated by the police when they earlier sought to question him about Gray's death, and particularly after they subsequently circulated his photo and personal information online, saying that he was wanted for questioning.
"They plastered my picture all over the internet hoping people would come forward and tell on me," Moore said. "I gave them that video... They asked me, like, 'You seem like you are a positive leader in your community.' And [I was like], 'Oh, so you know who I am?' I'm not hiding, I've never been hiding."
Moore praised the decision this morning by Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby to press criminal charges on the officers involved in Gray's death, and said that he is determined to seek "justice for my man Freddie."
"It's called witness intimidation" We spoke to the man who filmed #FreddieGray's arrest: image via VICE News @vicenews, 1 May 2015
#BaltimoreUprising: Why everyone in #Baltimore hates the media: image via Anonymous @AnonyOps, 1 May 2015
Yes last night was Bad it was Ugly :::: But today we Stand tall and proud WE WONT FOLD :::: #Baltimore | #DVNLLN: image via KnownNobodyBBC Breaking News @byDVNLN, 28 April 2015