If it won't for cameras there would be many more dead or seriously injured. Just think how this has been going on for years before mobile phones and CCTV came in the picture.
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The Justice Department plans to investigate the Baltimore Police Department, a law enforcement source says.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Wednesday asked the department "To investigate if our police department has engaged in a pattern or practice of stops, searches or arrests that violate the Fourth Amendment."
Her request came almost a week after six Baltimore police officers were charged after Freddie Gray died in police custody Ref. CNN
Thoughts, has this always been happening or is it because we have a president who shows interest in this that makes all these investigations on police brutality suddenly have a rise?
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Attorneys for the Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray have filed a motion for the recusal or dismissal of State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's office from prosecuting the case. Six officers have been charged.
The lengthy motion cites a variety of concerns, including conflicts of interest and questions about the office's independent investigation. Ref. CNN
Six police officers have been indicted in the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby has announced.
Gray's death last month after allegedly suffering a devastating injury while in police custody sparked protests and riots in Baltimore.
Attorneys for the officers have called for Mosby to be taken off the case, arguing that she has conflicts of interest -- an accusation Mosby denies. Ref. CNN
Autopsy: Freddie Gray died of 'high-energy injury' in Baltimore
Freddie Gray died a week after being arrested on April 12. [..] "I want to make it very clear that the state's attorney's office did not release the Freddie Gray autopsy report," Mosby's statement read. Ref. Source 9u
Baltimore and the family of Freddie Gray have reached a $6.4 million settlement in the police brutality case that gained national attention, the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun report. Ref. USAToday
Judge rules trials of officers in Freddie Gray case to stay in Baltimore
Judge rules that trials of six officers charged in connection with the death of Gray will be held in the city, multiple media outlets reported. The charges against the officers range from second-degree assault to second-degree murder. Attorneys for the six officers had argued that publicity in the case and a million-dollar settlement the city reached with the Gray family would sway jurors. Ref. USAToday