WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) by Fanny ANDRE US prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all charges against police in the death of Freddie Gray, an African American whose fatal injury in custody provoked riots in Baltimore, despite insisting he had been killed. The lead prosecutor defended efforts to convict six officers on charges ranging from second degree murder to reckless endangerment, but criticized “reluctance and obvious bias” from individual police officers who worked to undermine the case and said […]
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Night protests erupt after hung jury declared in Baltimore
A mistrial was declared on Wednesday (December 16) in the case of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man whose killing sparked riots in April, and the city’s mayor urged calm. The judge dismissed the jury in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Officer William Porter – the first of six officers to be tried in Gray’s death – after 16 hours of deliberations during which the jurors were […]
State of emergency in Baltimore after riots
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard late on Monday (April 27) as firefighters battled blazes set by looters. Baltimore erupted in violence as hundreds of rioters looted stores, burned buildings and injured at least 15 police officers following the funeral of a 25-year-old black man who died after he was injured in police custody. The riots broke out just a few blocks from the funeral of Freddie Gray […]
