the state s attorney in baltimore, marilyn mosby, says freddie gray sustained his fatal injuries during the ride in a police van lathat lasted 44 minutes. by the time he reached the booking station, he wasn t breathing. ms. mosby said the fact that mr. gray was handcuffed shackled and unrestrained by seat belts caused his severe neck injury. while she never used the word rough ride her allegations have put a spotlight on a chapter in baltimore policing. mr. gray is not the first person to be severely injured or to die after riding in a police van. we dig deeper tonight. reporter: rough rides, nickel rides, five cent rides, whatever you call it he says he went through it. they throw you in. it s dark in there and so you can t really see anything. reporter: did they put you in
the state s attorney in baltimore, marilyn mosby, says freddie gray sustained his fatal injuries during the ride in a police van that lasted 44 minutes. we know he was alive when he got in. by the time he reached the booking station, he wasn t breathing. ms. mosby said the fact that mr. gray was handcuffed, shackled and unrestrained by seat belts caused his severe neck injury. while she never used the word rough ride her allegations have put a spotlight on a chapter in baltimore policing. mr. gray is not the first person to be severely injured or to die after riding in a police van. we dig deeper tonight. reporter: rough rides, nickel rides, five cent rides, whatever you call it jake masters says he went through it. they throw you in. it s dark in there and so you can t really see anything. reporter: did they put you in seat belts? no. reporter: masters and his wife, chrissie abbott, were arrested in 2012 after baltimore police responded to a rowdy party at their home.
think of the situation with freddie gray, why we re at this point to begin with. the questions surround, even with the six officers charged, what happened in the van and how did he sustain those injuries? we know from the state s attorney he was not secure, repeatedly, they did not secure him in the van. that there were reports that he had an injury consistent with a bolt in the back of the van as well. hard not to think of that, and you know, what s been known in slang terms as these rough rides, nickel rides, cowboy rides when police officers deliberately take rough rides knowing the people in custody are in the back. this as we re watching another arrest here, a man who looks very upset also shouting there. he s being taken into custody. we re watching this. so again, by our countic from what we have seen, nothing official here, but the account we have been watching since the
transport van was charged not only with second-degree murder but manslaughter by vehicle. we assume that the prosecutor is leaning in to the idea that freddie gray got a so-called rough ride in philadelphia. they re calmed nickel rides. other sides, joyrides these jerky, violent rides that bang prisoners up. how can that be proved? you know, i think that you re right. i think when you look at the charges, because she charged not only manslaughter by vehicle, she also charged him with second-degree depraved heart murder which tells me that she believes that he is one of the worst actors here because the depraved heart means that he intentionally will fully, deliberately acted with depraved indifference to human life in his actions, and so i think that she s got to prove, certainly, there was this rough ride and the way you prove that is not
taking suspects on a so-called rodeo ride. a method she said is used as a form of punishment and for police inter allegations. here she is. reporter: yeah, rodeo rides, like you mentioned, nickel rides are something where police pick up random people on the street and bring them into the paddy wagon and take them on a wild ride. basically. they don t belt them in and take them. it is a form of interrogation. it is a way to punish unruly or you know, quote unquote, disrespectful suspects. and also to get information from witnesses. so they take them on these rides and people are jostled around and people get hurt. in one case here in baltimore, a person became paralyzed, became a quadriplegic and the city was sued for $7.4 million. that was eventually reduced in