City Police Officers union pleased with the acquittal and demanded the charges be dropped against the remaining three officers facing trial. The state said that they gave orders that led to grays broken neck. The judge had discretion to act. This is the Third Straight acquittal angering the activists gathering peacefully at the courthouse. The police are crooked. They are letting everybody know they can do whatever they want to do. In a town where Nervous Police respond and calling for dialogue. We need to get together and get on the same page to restore the trust community. The president says several of the cleared officers are eager to get back on the the streets. He says they love to be Police Officers and they want to get back at them. All of them are waiting for administrative reviews that wont happen until after all of the trials are concluded. That is expected not to be until october. The next Police Officer trial Garrett Miller is scheduled to start next week. In baltimore, bra
Childhood home. Bill clinton, Billy Crystal and will smith among the guests paying their respects. Were live in louisville with the incredible celebration. And good morning, america. Happy friday. Robin on assignment today and weve got a big friday ahead in central park. Thats right. Just got a shot of it, iggy azalea taking over central park. A lot of excited people out there. You can see the crowd is very excited for her. For all that excitement we have in the park, a pretty scary moment for our friends on the west coast. We have that earthquake in Southern California overnight. Multiple aftershocks this morning from san diego to l. A. Abcs matt gutman on the scene there. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, george. Thats right. So far there have been at least seven aftershocks in the area. Varying from a 2. 6 to a 3. 5 magnitude. Now that main quake, that 5. 2 was felt by people in at least three county, home to 15 Million People. The quake hit at about 1 05 parkinsons time. 6
When he was not buckled in the van. Prosecutors say nero committed a crime when he detained him, handcuffed gray after gray ran from officers, neros defense argued that the law does allow for a stop like the one that happened. The 30yearold officer was charged with assault, two charges of misconduct in office and also Reckless Endangerment. He did plead not guilty. Again, this is a trial that was a bench trial, that is what officer nero opted for instead of a jury trial. It was a sixday trial. Judge barry g. Williams just issuing that ruling a couple minutes ago not guilty on all counts. Back to you. All right. Melissa, thank you. Again, we have that breaking news a not guilty verdict in the case of baltimore officer edward nero. It is the latest in the fredfre freddie gray trial. Lets go to chris live in baltimore the courtroom when judge Barry Williams read a very well reasoned and detailed verdict. It took almost a half an hour. He broke down every charge. He told what had to be pro
Starting to see some of that rain. If youre in woodbridge right now, youre noticing the wind picking up. Hail has been reported with this one. Watch out. A little bit of lightning associated with that too. More stormneiness out there. It is not moving anywhere fast. As we move on through the next couple of hours, well continue to see more of those storms developing, moving through very quickly, and then we forming. Watch out. Well continue to keep you posted. You saw this breaking news alert from our nbc washington app today. Baltimore officer edward nero is cleared in the death of freddie gray. The judge found him not guilty on all four charges. We heard protesters shouting as that verdict was read. Chris gordon is live in baltimore getting reaction to what happened. Reporter officer edward nero is the first of Six Baltimore Police officers charged in the death of freddie gray put on trial and found not guilty. Today in court, judge Barry Williams read the reasoning behind his verdict
And im david culver. Welcome to news4 today on this saturday. Yeah. Afternoon plans might get rained out, sorry to say. And tom kierein is tracking this. Between now and 2 00 or 3 00 this afternoon we stay dry. You can see the sun is up. A live view from our tower camera. Coming up on a clear sky on this saturday morning, rather cool. You need a light jacket if youre about to head out. We have showers and thundershowers here across ohio. A part of a front stretching back into kentucky getting closer to us. Not until later this afternoon. Leading edge of this rain in the shenandoah valley, maybe 1 00 to 2 00 p. M. Amp that, into the metro area. I have timing on that coming up in a few minutes. Temperatures now hovering in the upper 40s to mid40s. Near 50, eastern su tom, thank you. And this weekend, tributes for officers killed in the line of duty. This is all part of National Police week. Now, today the fraternal order of police will host an honor guard and pipe band competition beginn