Cop Faces Murder Charge Over Freddie Gray Death

A Baltimore police officer faces a second-degree murder charge for the death of a black man who was injured while in police custody.
State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced on Friday that Freddie Gray's death had been ruled a homicide and that six officers involved in his arrest will be charged.
Ms Mosby said an independent investigation found a pattern of negligence by the officers after Mr Gray was arrested and placed into a police van on 12 April, as she insisted "no one is above the law".
She announced a charge of second-degree "depraved heart" murder had been filed against the driver of the police van, Officer Caesar Goodson. He also faces charges of involuntary manslaughter, second degree negligent assault, misconduct in office and failure to render aid.
The other officers - officers William Porter, Edward Nero and Garrett Miller, Sergeant Alicia White and Lieutenant Brian Rice - face charges of involuntary manslaughter, assault, misconduct in office and false imprisonment.

Ms Mosby said a switchblade knife officers accused Mr Gray of illegally carrying clipped inside a trouser pocket was in fact legal, and not a justification for his arrest.
She added that Mr Gray asked for medical attention twice while being driven from the site of his arrest to a police booking centre and had suffered a critical neck injury as a result of being handcuffed inside the van.
He was also no longer breathing when he was finally removed from the van. The state medical examiner's officer has said it sent Mr Gary's autopsy report to prosecutors on Friday.
Gene Ryan, local president of the Fraternal Order of Police, told Ms Mosby in a letter before the charges were announced that none of the six officers - who are all currently on suspension - were responsible for Mr Gray's death.
Officer Goodson faces up to 30 years if found guilty of the murder charge.
The 25-year-old's death from a spinal cord injury on 19 April set off a string of protests that have spilled over into violence.
The city is braced for further protests on Friday and Saturday over the case.
Demonstrations have spread to other major cities after the police killing of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York last year. Grand juries decided against charging officers who were involved in the deaths of the two black men.