Judge Declares Mistrial in Freddie Gray Case – Baltimore Mayor Responds

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Mistrial Declared in Freddie Gray Case: Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake held a news conference Wednesday, December 16, 2015, after a judge declared a mistrial in the first of six cases related to the April 19 death of Freddie Gray.

The trial of Officer William G. Porter, the first Baltimore police officer tried in the death of Freddie Gray, ended in a hung jury on Wednesday.  This unexpected outcome complicates the cases against five other officers facing charges in this now infamous case that sparked riots and civil unrest in April 2015.

 

 

Authorities have for weeks been preparing for the possibility of more civil unrest in the city.  However, Baltimore remained relatively calm after Judge Barry G. Williams of the Baltimore City Circuit Court declared a mistrial.

According to the New York Times, “Protests were limited and scattered; people hugged during a “prayer line” at North and Pennsylvania Avenues, the center of the spring riots, while several dozen demonstrators converged downtown near City Hall.”

 

 

Social Media Updates:

Judge declares mistrial in case of 1 of 6 cops accused in death of #FreddieGray. https://t.co/oYpRkc1sqw. https://t.co/E2NmbF5ZLf

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 16, 2015

Protestors march the streets of #Baltimore after mistrial declared in #FreddieGray case https://t.co/6lEWjcLedu https://t.co/sPmLvL0vNS

— CNN (@CNN) December 17, 2015

 

More resources:

Judge declares mistrial in case of officer charged in Freddie Gray death BALTIMORE — Jurors deliberated more than 16 hours over three days but still could not reach a verdict in the trial of the first officer to face prosecution in Freddie Gray’s death, forcing an already-weary Baltimore to continue waiting for any …

 

 

Freddie Gray’s stepfather, Billy Murphy speak after mistrial … speak Wednesday evening about the mistrial in the case of Officer William Porter. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun video). This video is featured in these articles: Freddie Gray’s stepfather: ‘We are calm. You should be calm too’ Freddie Gray Case Trials.

 

Former Baltimore police commander: Porter acted reasonably in handling Freddie … To Timothy Longo, Officer William G. Porter’s actions on the day Freddie Gray was arrested were perfectly reasonable. Porter had helped Gray off the floor of a police van, the former Baltimore police commander testified Thursday. The officer notified …

 

– According to the Washington Post, “Freddie Gray’s old neighborhood remained quiet in the cold.”

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