miguel marquez with the latest on the big news coming from the state s attorney. reporter: yeah it is big. another stunner out of baltimore. another stunner from the baltimore city state s attorney marilyn mosby. just when many thought she may be on the defensive and worried about the charge she had announced earlier in the month. now she says that a grand jury has heard evidence on the six officers that are alleged to have engaged in part of the death of freddie gray and she s come back with indictments of all of them. not only indictments, but the same number the original number of indictments that she brought was 28. the grand jury also brought 28 indictments. the worst of them or the most serious indictment is one second degree murder charge against the driver of that vehicle that mr. gray was in that s cedar goodson, the officer charged there. there were additional six manslaughter charges, six assault charges, nine mus conduct charges and six reckless
custody? it appears so. good evening, brianna. absolutely. we should talk about what an indictment is all about. understand as defense lawyers love to point out, an indictment is an accusation. what it really means, there were 23 members assembled and we all should keep in mind the state s attorney is the one who delivered that evidence. in the grand jury they conduct the whole proceeding. there is no judge, no defense attorney. and there s no real cross-examination as to the witnesses, and so what the state s attorney did was present the evidence just enough evidence brianna, to establish that there s probable cause to believe that a crime was committed, and that these specific officers committed it. and so based upon that presentation the grand jury of which there are 23 a majority of which, not unanimous like a trial jury but a majority. that is 12 of the 23 we don t know the count in the grand jury but they ve concluded that there s probable cause to believe a crime committed and
to a police van. this triggered days of unrest in baltimore. there were riots, looting and violence. miguel marquez is outfront. i think this is important to emphasize, this is breaking news. we did not know this was going to happen today. she came out, gave the press conference all six officers indicted. what s the reaction there? reporter: well look we had a pretty good idea something like this was going to happen before the initial appearance on the initial charge that she brought. but this is an absolute stunner by the baltimore city state s attorney and a huge change in the trial in the course of the justice here with these 28 charges being brought. keep in mind she brought 28 charges the first time. there are 28 charges now. that word is only getting out now. we re on a corner here in west baltimore, one of the corners that have has seen some of the recent violence here from the
endangerment charges. those reckless endangerment charges are the only ones that have changed. previously officers have been charged with false imprisonment. now all of the charges have been changed to reckless endangerment. as you know there were calls for ms. mosby to stand down, to recuse herself, that she was not fit the try the officers. this basically cuts through the argument. there was a compliant filed asking the judge to remove her from this case. that was in the district court. now that a grand jury charged, it bumps everything up to the circuit charge an end run around the motion that has been filed against her and now everything moves to the circuit court. a whole different venue and a much firmer footing by the state s attorney here. now that she has a grand jury having heard evidence and charged those officers. brianna? miguel marquez in baltimore.
city council member in the ward where freddie gray lived 0or whether it s that she appeared after the riot at a concert onstage with prince, or that she has talked to vogue magazine and some critics say that this is sort of a chance for her to capitalize in a way that helps her career. what do you say to those critics who say there s a conflict of interest? well i think the state s attorney has brought forward, with the information she had, did an independent investigation. she s brought forward her best judgment as to proceedings. we will see what happens in the courts, but i think that it s not unusual for those who have been charged with crimes to take a look at how objective the person who s in the state s attorney office may be butality the end of the day the people of baltimore want justice for freddie gray. they want our police department and our community to work