Historic change in leadership. Nightline starts right now with byron pitts. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Tonight worldwide plea for justice for george floyd partially answered today. Three more former Minneapolis Police officers now charged in floyds death. After more than a week of rage and unrest, a nation pained over the death of george floyd, a knee to one mans neck, heartbreaking metaphor. No justice, no peace hands up, dont shoot today was the day many who are marching had been waiting for. We want change were here today because george floyd is not here. He should be here. He should be alive, but hes not. Minnesotas attorney general increasing charges against the man who kept his knee on floyds neck for nearly nine minutes. I file add amended complaint that fires Derek Chauvin with mau murder in the Second Degree. All of them seen in this online video restraining floyd. I filed a complaint, that charges the officers with aiding and abetting murder in the Second Degree,
Quickly. I spoke a state senator a few moments ago, and i said how did the state attorney get this done so quickly . And she said she didnt get it done so quickly. Freddie gray was arrested back on april 12th and she has been working diligently behind the scenes. We have been focusing on the interim Police Report and Marilyn Mosby all the time was working with her own team so she only had to receive the Police Report yesterday at 9 00 am in the morning eastern to read it to make sure that it fit with all of her report details, and she has got a big team behind her, for her to be able to come out this morning and say that there will be arrest warrants issued and charges brought against all six of the Police Officers involved in the arrest of freddie gray and the transportation of freddie gray back on april 12th and listen to the rap sheet, murder manslaughter assault, assault in the Second Degree negligence and misconduct and the misconduct alone stems from deliberately refusing or the
Steps from where i am now just in front of the war memorial here across the way from city hall she announced that her office filed 28 criminal charges against the officers who mosby stressed wrongfully arrested freddie gray back on april 12th. Minutes ago, baltimores mayor responded to that latebreaking development. As mayor, i have said from the beginning that no one is above the law in our city. I was sickened and heartbroken by the statement of charges that we heard today. Because no one in our city is above the law. Justice must apply to all of us equally. With todays official indictment i have ordered Police Commissioner batts to utilize the full extent of his Legal Authority and immediately suspend all officers facing felony charges. In fact warrants have been executed and five officers are in custody. We know that the vast majority of the men and the women in the Baltimore City Police Department serve our city with pride, with courage, with honor, and with distinction. But to th
And watching this so its about a balance. City of baltimore. Im Brooke Baldwin. Carol costello has the day off. Thank you so much for being with me here on this friday. A lot happening right now. In a matter of 30 minutes, for the very first time we learned well hear from the 35yearold states attorney here in the city of baltimore. She is the one who has been handed this Police Investigation a day early. We reported on that yesterday. We will be hearing from her just across the street where where im standing at the war memorial. Well bring that News Conference for you as soon as it happens. Also breaking at this moment the medical examiners investigation is officially complete. This is a big deal. This is the autopsy report that has now officially been handed over to the States Attorneys Office this morning according to an official in the office of the chief medical examiner. So a lot to talk about here this friday morning. Let me bring in our cnn legal analyst and former federal prose
Now, just across from city hall at the war memorial she stood on those steps flanked by some of her staff and investigators. She announced that her office filed 28 criminal charges against those six officers who she stressed wrongfully arrested freddie gray back on april 12th. Mosby detailed today how these officers repeatedly failed to help this 25yearold as he was in that prison transport vehicle, as he suffered a fatal spinal injury in Police Custody. She detailed it all. The statement of probable cause is as follows. On april 12th, 2015, between 8 45 and 9 15 a. M. Near the corner of north avenue and mount street, lieutenant brian rice of the Baltimore Police department while on bike patrol with officers Garret Miller and edward nero made eye contact with mr. Freddie carlos gray jr. Having made eye contact with mr. Gray, mr. Gray subsequently ran from lieutenant rice. Officers miller and nero then handcuffed mr. Gray and moved him to a location a few feet away from his surrendering