caused his own death. joining me now, msnbc contributor and host of "the docket" and civil rights attorney. professor of public affairs, attorney for the family of freddie gray and former circuit court judge for the city of baltimore, and amy meredith cox, assistant professor of african-american studies at fordham university and the author of "shape shifters: black girls" which are officially on my reading list. on these claims by officers about freddie gray and the supposed history of crash for cash schemes, is there any evidence of that? >> absolutely not, and nobody has heard of any such evidence, and it's a classic example of the defense reacting to a rumor by putting it on the prosecution and accusing them of not giving evidence to substantiate the rumor. it's a crazy tactic but it