Baltimore Officer Found Not Guilty on All Counts in Freddie Gray Case

October 4, 2020December 25, 2024 MITRANANDNews

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Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero was found not guilty of all charges by a judge Monday morning for his role in the arrest and subsequent death of 25-year-old black man Freddie Gray.

Nero, who is white, had faced charges of second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and two counts of misconduct in office, all related to his role in Gray’s initial detention and arrest on April 12, 2015. Gray died one week after being taken into custody, having suffered a broken neck and severe spinal cord injury in the back of a police transport van.

According to the Baltimore Sun:

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Nero was the second of six city police officers charged in the case to stand trial; he chose a bench trial instead of a jury. The William G. Porter trial ended in a hung jury in December.

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The outcry was swift on social media.

“In spite of today’s verdict,” the NAACP said in a statement, “we await justice for Freddie Gray.”

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