situation for baltimore at the moment if the venue changes and the people in that neighborhood and across many neighborhoods in baltimore will be livid and upset that the venue has been changed. if it stays in baltimore, it will be difficult to see how police officers get the motivation to get back to work in a fully productive way. which of course is terrifying in its own given a record month for murders. i want to bring in now mark la month hill. so the baltimore sun has this video. and i want to start with this breaking video. it s pretty incredible. the officers three of them are being brought into the booking. they re not handcuffed. right there this is the hug. ceasar goodson who s being charged with murder the only one being charged with full murder here actually getting a hug from an officer as he s being booked. you see this video, what do you think? i m stunned by it. i wish i could say i was surprised by it, but i m nonetheless sickened by this.
let me be clear, i don t want those police officers to be treated like animals i don t want them to be mistreated. if law enforcement feels they are not a threat and don t need to be handcuffed i m not particularly upset about that. the problem is that doesn t happen for everyday people. there was a young man caught on videotape during the riots he turned himself in and they gave him a higher bail on the police officers. and to your point, there s discretion but there s also the hug. right. and you take it up a notch, you re not just saying these people aren t a threat you are sending a signal to those officers and to the world that we do not respect the code of law, the code of conduct of law enforcement, and as a result we are going to thumb our nose at the people who demanded justice. the police union late today came out with a statement. they say the police union, they say there s a problem. they say there s no respect. police are under siege in every
he s charged with man slaughter. that s considered a lesser included charge. man slaughter by vehicle. he was the driver of the vehicle, and misconduct in office. ceasar goodson s grandfather was a police officer. a neighborhood told t the baltimore sun , goodson spends a lot of time with his family and kids. he s helped me with my car a few times. i could never say anything negative about him. a police officer who did not want to be named told the baltimore sun he s not confrontational. he s not known as being a heavy handed guy. one of the officers facing the least amount of charges is 25-year-old william porter. he grew up on the other side of town as freddie gray. he still lives with his parents. near loyola university in maryland. porter met the police van and helped cesar goodson check on freddie gray. that s all he did.
faces involuntary manslaughter and assault of the second degree and misconduct in office. officer garrett miller 26 years old joined in 2012 second degree assault, intentional and neglect and misconduct in office and false imprisonment and edward nero joined in 2012 faces second degree assault intentional neglect and misconduct in office and false imprisonment. the officer goodson, the driver there makes the most of all of the officer charges, $105,000 in gross pay and other salaries range from 51,000 to $84,000 according to the baltimore sun. if these officers are convicted of all charges, officer goodson would face 63 years in prison but other officers facing from 20 to 30 years. with those charges we re asking our viewers if you think charges against the police officers will lead to convictions. this is what you re responding so far. with those results take a look.
charges you get more information about one side of the case the prosecutor side of the case. the police union put out a broad statement of question to prosecutor but not getting into what the officers may say in their defense. that will necessarily come later an they may have information to offer about a different set of events or different view of events. but yes, with regard to whether it was a smoking gun or not, not the kind of evidence that is sealing the deal but a clear narrative that the driver of this car willfully, that would be the legal standard for second degree murder in maryland willfully sought out to injure and harm and kill freddie gray. that s the accusation. one thing we re getting now is more background information on police officers and about their pay. ceasar goodson with the most charges leveled against him, his gross pay is over $105,000. as he was the driver of this