Racism
Another acquittal in the case of Freddie Gray
The accused police officer drove the car in which the African-Americans, Freddie Gray, the fatal injury suffered in April 2015 probably. Also this COP was spoken in Baltimore.
“Justice for Freddie Gray – cops behind bars”, calling the protesters in front of the court in Baltimore
Innocent of all seven charges, including manslaughter, judge Barry Williams announced in a particularly severe case: in the U.S.-the East coast city of Baltimore, in the case of Freddie Gray in the acquittal of the police officers Caesar Goodson. Already a month ago, another police officer, Edward Nero, had been spoken in the case.
The 25-year-old African American Gray had at the time of his arrest on 12. April 2015 so severe spinal cord injury suffered, that he fell into a coma and a week later died. The officials should put the hands and feet of handcuffed man in police vans prone with the head forward on the ground and not strapped in.
A total of six officers – three White and three Black, have been accused because of the case in separate proceedings. Against three of the police officers there have been processes, none of which ended with a conviction. In front of the two Acquittals was bounced in December, the first process against William Porter, because the jury could not agree on a verdict.
The defendant Caesar Goodson (m.) will be brought to court
In the now geendeten procedure, the driver of the Transporter stood in front of the court. Judge Williams concluded that there was no evidence that the also African-American officials Goodson dealt brutally with Gray or with excessive speed to be driving.
The authorities in Baltimore had appealed against the verdict to the population to remain calm. You referred to the fact that the national guard stand ready for possible use against riots. In front of the court building, it came to smaller protests.
Gray’s death had triggered in the 600.000-inhabitant city of fierce and sometimes violent rallies. Cars and buildings were set ablaze, shops were looted. Hundreds of people were arrested. Internationally, the case attracted attention.
Cases of police violence against Black people had made in recent years in the United States repeatedly for outrage and riots in the African-American population. In the summer of 2014, the killing of the 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson triggered in the state of Missouri severe unrest. The police officer responsible was not indicted, even though Brown was unarmed.
SC/sti (APE, afp, dpa)