bill: we have more breaking news now. thanks, good to see you. here is martha with that. martha: the judge delayed a trial of a police officer charged in the death of freddie grey. the trial was supposed to begin today for the driver of the police van. depraved heart murder ways they call it. the judge delayed that trial and an appeals court is deciding whether the first officer who stood trial, they are saying whether william porter can testify against ceasar goodman. his own trial ended in a mistrial. we ll keep you posted on developments as we get them. bill: last night golden globe awards. the equal opportunity offender going off. he went after almost everyone.
tomorrow the trial is set to begin for the first of six officers charged in the april death of freddie grey. grey died from a critical neck injury that he sustained in police custody after arresting officers placed him handcuffed and shackled but unsecured in to the back of a police van. officer william g. porter is accused of failing to seek medical attention for grey s injuries and faces charges of manslaughter, second degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless eng dangdangerment. a baltimore judge expects 75 to 80 jurors to appear tomorrow for the task of picking 12 jurors to give a fair consideration to the evidence and testimony amid a local and national climate of heightened attention to cases involving police use of force. with me now, dorian warren, msnbc contributor and host of
as we close the hour, i d like to thank our panel for being here this morning. we continue to watch what s happening in paris throughout the morning here on msnbc. melissa harris-perry has a preview of the case for the first baltimore police officers to go on trial connected to the death of freddie grey. whatever you re doing, plan well and enjoy life. or, as we say at unitedhealthcare insurance company, go long. how you plan is up to you. take healthcare. make sure you re covered for more than what just medicare pays. consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan
undoubtedly emotional for the city. right. there s also two other factors that make this case very unusual. one is that because you have police officers on trial. think about it. normally, for example, if you re on the prosecution side, you want people who self-identify as law and order type people. you want people who tend to support the police. you want people who can t imagine themselfves in the shoe of the defendant. there s already been a civil settlement with the freddie gray family. usually that comes afterwards, so some could say that could possibly bias jurors and say it is some type of admission of guilt but it could also play the other way. because if they re on the fence, they could say the family s already gotten this in the form of justice so let s just go not guilty. so these two factors also play in to this and i think it s going to be as we go through
trial that could be used against officer gordon and white, for instance. so i think that lends itself to fairness on a purely evidentiary level. . number two, i do think the judge judge billy, he may have more experience with judge barry williams so he would be able to tell us about him but i think we are in a position to have a fair judge. it is so important, melissa, i think to have a fair judge because that s where you get your rulings. if i am trying to put in evidence my prior relationship with freddie gray and the defense wants it in the prosecution doesn t, that s up to the judge to say, wait a minute, this is irrelevant, or it is relevant to the officer s state of mind when dealing with freddie gray. what do you think, mr. mur y murphy? is this a judge likely to make fair decisions? oh, absolutely. i ve known him since he was a baby prosecutor years ago and i followed his career all through