but almost dead when he was taken off of that police van. and in a case as unusual and unique as this, why not seek out pathologists. other medical examiners for insighted as to what the defense will try to show and who to charge? were freddie gray s injuries the result of the bicycle cops putting him in a position? were they due to his being put in a seated position? or when they put him stomach down on the ground? or when he was put in a leg lace? or when he was placed in the police van without a seat belt? or when he was removed from the van and flex cuffs placed on his wrists and leg shackles on his legs? now, mosby believes the critical neck injury occurred during the ride to central booking. how does she know that? maybe we all need to step back and let the justice system take its course.
simulate that and then also apply pressure different points of pressure and had this orthopedic doctor look and see if that could cause some of the injuries that freddie gray sustained and the program s prognosis what he said it was impossible for him to sustain the injuries from that leg lace even if they were standing on him or slamming him or sticking their knees here his buttocks or his back. so that was just part of the investigation in order to see whether they should include that as a possibility of how freddie gray got injured or if they should rule it out. at the same time any pointed discussions between city officials and that orthopedic doctor to talk about the posities of larynx being crushed or the spinal cord being snapped, especially since even before the prosecutor came out in a press conference it had already been expressed by the family attorneys that doctor
spoke with baltimore sun reporter justin george who got really rare access into this police investigation. listen to what he said. even though the task force was pretty confident that the injuries to freddie gray took place in the van, they wanted to exhaust every sort of possibility that it may have happened at another time. may have happened during the arrest or at some other point during the wagon route. and in that case they actually were demonstrating the leg lace maneuver that freddie gray was put in right when he was arrested. and what they did was tried to simulate that and then also apply pressure different points of pressure and had this orthopedic doctor look and see if that could cause some of the injuries that freddie gray sustained, and the doctor s prognosis, essentially what he said it was impossible for him to sustain the injuries from that leg lace even if they were standing on him or slamming him or sticking their knees near his
legs and scream as officer miller placed mr. gray in a restraining technique known as a leg lace. while another officer physically held him down against his will until a bpd wagon arrived to transport mr. gray. the officers failed to establish probable cause for mr. gray s arrest as no crime had been committed by mr. gray. accordingly, lieutenant rice, officer miller, and officer nero illegally arrested mr. gray. upon arrival of the transport wagon driven by officer cesar goodson, the officers loaded mr. gray into the wagon and at in point was he secured by a seat belt while in the wagon contrary to a bpd general order. lieutenant rice then directed bpd wagon to stop at baker street. at baker street, lieutenant rice, officer nero, and officer miller removed mr. gray from the wagon, placed flex cuffs on his
having probable cause to arrest mr. gray in the first place. let s play that. the knife was not a switchblade and is lawful under maryland law. these officers subsequently removed the knife and placed it on the sidewalk. mr. gray was then placed back down on his stomach, at which time mr. gray began to flail his legs and scream as officer miller placed mr. gray in a restraining technique known as a leg lace. while officer narrow physically held him down against his will until a b.p.d. wagon arrived to transport mr. gray. lieutenant rice, officer miller and officer narrow failed to establish probable cause for mr. gray s arrest as no crime had been committed by mr. gray. accordingly, lieutenants rice officer miller and officer narrow illegally arrested mr. gray. she went on to say that upon arrival the medic determined