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
in my 20 years career as a law enforcement officer and 16 years as an attorney i have never seen such a hurdried rush to file criminal charges i believe are driven by forces separate and apart from the application of law and the facts of this case as we know them. no one condones police misconduct. this is especially true of the entire fop membership including my client who was a 17-year veteran of this department, who is has dedicated his life to serving the public. let me state in no uncertain terms that lieutenant rice and all of the officers involved at all times acted reasonably and in accordance with their training as baltimore police officers. no officer injured mr. gray caused harm to mr. gray and they are truly saddened by his death. these officers did nothing wrong. as all of the facts surrounding this case come out in the
in prison. also facing six charges is the most senior officer, lieutenant brian rice. he brooke is 41 years old. he s been with the baltimore pd since 1997. in his recent past we have found he s been involved in a nasty domestic situation with another baltimore police officer. in 2012 these two people were fighting over custody of their child. the mother of that child called police fearing rice might harm himself. police responded and actually removed seven weapons from lieutenant rice s home including his service weapon. but the case seems to end there. obviously rice was still on duty when he was involved with the arrest of freddie gray. he faces voluntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, possible sentence of 30 years behind bars. the other officers involved brooke much younger. edward nero is 29 with the force since 2012 facing five charges.
with mr. gray. having made eye contact with mr. gray mr. gray subsequently ran from lieutenant rice. lieutenant rice then dispatched over departmental radio that he was involved in a foot pursuit at which time bike patrol officers and nero officers miller and nero also began to pursue mr. gray. officers miller and nero then placed mr. gray in a seated position and subsequently found a knife clipped to the inside of his pants pocket. the blade of the knife was folded into the handle. 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 leg lace. while officer nero physically held him down against his will nlg a bpd wagon arrived to