BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge has scheduled a new trial date following the mistrial of one of six officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray.
William Porter’s first trial ended in a hung jury last week.
His new trial is scheduled to begin June 13. The other five officers will be tried before that, beginning next month.
Porter faces manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office. Gray died April 19, a week after he suffered a broken neck in the back of a police transport wagon. Prosecutors say Porter is partially responsible because he didn’t buckle Gray into a seat belt or immediately call for an ambulance when Gray indicated he needed medical attention.
Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/05/baltimore_police_arrested.html
Wonder if there was any agenda trying one of the black cops first?
This later date will be used to attempt to coerce Officer Porter into testifying against the other officers. The prosecutor will off to drop charges and grant immunity.
Hopefully he will have the iron in his spine to refuse, as none of the charges against the other officers have any grounding except possible non-felony negligence against the driver.
These charges were all filed by an inexperienced and incompetent State’s Attorney in the heat of the moment with an eye to her husband’s political ambitions.