officials have said they are investigating gray s death and they will turn over findings to the state s attorney s office on may 1. cnn learned ten years ago a man died from a spinal injury after riding in a baltimore police van. could these two cases be more than just coincidence? cnn s joe johns has more on that and as well reaction from the police union on gray s death. freddy gray under arrest at least partly mobile as he enters a baltimore police van. the lawyer says the answer to what killed gray lies in what happened next. something happened in that van. we just don t know what. if gray wasn t struck by officers then the likely explanation for his severed spine a fall against the van s met ool interior possibly cause bade rough ride. police union says it may have been an issue in the past. it is something that people on the street tell us a lot. that that happens. do i in my 16 years of
just coincidence? joe johns has more on that as well as reaction from the police union on gray s death. . freddie gray, under arrest at least partly mobile as he enters a baltimore police van. a police union lawyer says the answer to what killed gray lies in what happens next. something happened in that van. we just don t know what. if gray wasn t struck by officers, then the likely explanation for his severed spine, a fall against the van s metal interior, possibly caused by a rough ride. the police union says it may have been an issue in the past. something police tell us on the street a lot that that happens. and by 16 years of representing police officers, have i had anyone disciplined for that? no. but it s more than urban myth. november 2005, dondi johnson, walking home from a bar, stopped here to relieve himself. that offense is usually punished with a ticket, but johnson was arrested and transported to a
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least partly mobile as he enters a baltimore police van. a police union lawyer says the answer to what killed gray lies in what happened next. something happened in that van. we just don t know what. if gray wasn t struck by officers then the likely explanation for his severed spine, a fall against the van s metal interior. the police union say it may have been an issue in the past. something that people on the street tell us a lot that that happens. my 16 years of representing police officers have i had anyone disciplined for that? no. november 2005 don day johnson walking home from a bar stopped here to relieve himself. that offense is usually punished with a ticket but he was arrested and transported to a police station unbelted in a van. at the station johnson complained that the officer was