officers on bike patrol who made eye contact with him. gray was found carrying a knife, but mosely said there was no probable cause for his arrest and no crime had been committed. the knife was nos a switch played and a lawful. reporter: the prosecutor says police ignored repeated requests by freddie gray for medical help. by the time officer zachary novak, sergeant white and an unknown officer attempted to remove mr. grape from the wagon, mr. grape was no longer breathing at all. reporter: the baltimore police officers union says the officers charged aren t responsible for gray s death. i have never seen such a hurried rush to file criminal charges, which i believe are driven by forces which are separate and apart from the application of law, and the facts of this case as we know them. no one condones police misconduct. these officers did nothing wrong. as all of the facts surrounding this case come out in the appropriate forum, the officers lack of wrongdoing will be made