WASHINGTON POST: Six police officers were charged Friday in the death of Freddie Gray as Baltimore’s top prosecutor acted with surprising swiftness in a case that ignited protests and rioting here. She described how Gray allegedly was arrested illegally, treated callously by the officers, and suffered a severe spine injury in the back of a police van while his pleas for medical help were ignored…
One officer is accused of ¬second-degree murder, and three others were charged with manslaughter.
An attorney for Baltimore’s police union reacted angrily to the charges, calling them “an egregious rush to judgment” and saying that “these officers did nothing wrong.”… (more)
EDITOR: The so called “rush” may save lives; the “justice” will be up to a jury. The charges seem consistent with the evidence.
