Freddy Carlos Gray Case

On April 12, 2015, Freddie Carlos Gray Jr., a 25 year old man, was arrested by the Baltimore Police Department possessing what the police alleged was an illegal switchblade. While being transported in a police van. Gray fell into a coma and was taken to a hospital. Gray died on April 19, 2015, his death was because of a spinal cord injury. On April 21, 2015, pending an investigation of the incident. Six Baltimore police officers were suspended with pay.

The circumstances of the injuries were initially unclear; eyewitness suggested that the officers involved used unnecessary force against Gray during the arrest, a claim denied by all officers involved. The officers did not secure him inside the van while driving to the police station; this

Here are the remaining five Baltimore City police officers involved with Gray’s case and the allegations they face from Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby. OFFICER CAESER GOODSON JR. was the driver of the police wagon where Gray suffered critical injuries. Mosby alleges Goodson did not take proper safety precautions on Gray's behalf, and did not seek medical attention when Gray needed it. Trial Date: June 9, 2016. Charged with, Second-degree depraved-heart murder, involuntary manslaughter, Second-degree assault, Manslaughter by vehicle (gross negligence), Manslaughter by vehicle (criminal negligence), Misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. LT. BRIAN RICE was one of the bike patrol officers, along with Nero and Miller, who first chased Gray, Mosby said. Trial Date: July 5, 2016. Charged with, involuntary manslaughter, Second-degree assault, Misconduct in office (double charges) and reckless endangerment. OFFICER GARRETT E. MILLER was one of the three patrol officers who pursued, arrested and handcuffed Gray, according to Mosby. Trial Date: July 27, 2016. Charged with, Second-degree assault, Misconduct in office (double charges) and reckless endangerment. OFFICER WILLIAM PORTER assisted Gray onto a bench in the wagon, but didn't restrain him or get medical assistance, according to Mosby. Trial Date: Sept. 6, 2016 (retrial) charged with involuntary

In today’s society there’s many race arose “Black Lives Matter.” There is many cases where there has been “Police Brutality.” There has been more effect on the black community and I believe people focus too much on race and not enough on how to better the police enforcement. Police officers should be trained and displaced. We can’t label all police officers as bad ones and all black men as criminals. Unfortunately that is today’s society and how it plays a role on people’s lives. Gray’s death exposed the long-simmering mistrust between the city’s cops and the African-American communities they’re sworn to protect. The resulting protests and the national attention they attracted laid bare the systemic inequalities between poor, majority-black neighborhoods like Sandown-Winchester, where Gray lived his entire brief life, and the city’s growing, majority-white neighborhoods surrounding the Inner Harbor. PD now partners with federal agencies to focus on hundreds of suspects it believes are responsible for most of the city’s crime. He’s increased arrests overall, which plummeted last summer as violence spiraled out of control. And he’s tried to repair relationships with minority communities, something residents and community leaders say remains far from