funeral first. and she s very much grieving. i do want to forgive me for looking down at this. i want to get it right. police say freddie gray suffered spinal cord injuries. the family say he was treated for three broken vertebrae and a crushing of his voicebox. where do they get that information? right now, we know for sure that he passed away because of injuries that he suffered while in police custody. the extent of those injuries we don t know because we don t yet have the medical records. but we know the injuries he sustained occurred while he was in police custody. when we heard information about his neck being severed from his spine or the three crushed vertebrae and the larynx being crushed, that s based on impressions? not on impressions. it s based on a source. we don t have the records but
is how and when he got that spinal injury. the justice department now conducting its own investigation separate from the one the baltimore police is conducting to see whether gray s civil rights were violated. the gap in information has only made room for a growing demand for justice spurred by gray s family members and people here in the baltimore community. but during yesterday s march, we were reminded of the raw emotion at the heart of that movement. gray s mother so overcome she collapsed in tears at the very spot where her son was originally taken into custody. let s bring in cnn s suzanne malveaux who s been covering this story. what s the latest? what s going on? reporter: the police say, we are learning about the individuals who have been suspended.
presbury street just down the street here where officers arrested freddie gray on that sunday morning. brian, is that where the protest is beginning? are folks starting to gather there? reporter: this is where the protests are expected to begin, jake, within the hour. no one gathered here yet. but this is where they ve been gathering over the last few days. this is the exact spot where freddie gray was arrested. they set up a poster here where people have come to write messages. they ve set up a candlelight vigil site here for evening gatherings. you can see a balloon memorial over here to freddie gray posted at the spot where freddie gray was arrested and dragged into that van. within the hour the protesters are expected to gather here. and we re also told they may be gathering at local churches to converge on the west baltimore police precinct. and that s going to proceed down this way. the protests are going to proceed down here, we believe.
mistakenly thinks somebody has a gun and they don t. but in a situation like this, how could that have happened? i don t know. that s why i ll wait for an investigation to be completed and then we can all make a decision then. and once the information is complete all the facts are obtained the evidence it goes to a state s attorney. and state s attorney mosby is very intelligent and will make the right decision. how soon before there s information for the family about what happened to freddie gray? it s been ten days. i understand. sometimes these investigations take some time. if there is anything wrong with what the officers did, we certainly don t want the investigation messed up by rushing through it. this is a city that has been plagued by drugs, plagued by crime. what is baltimore like these
florence new jersey, is where that is happening. i m brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me here today. we ll take you straight to baltimore. jake tapper is there. the lead starts right now. we are live in baltimore where protesters say they will not stop until they get answers. i m jake tapper. this is the lead. the national lead as people begin to fill the streets of baltimore, again, new video emerges of freddie gray s arrest. and a witness comes forward saying police had him meant like a pretzel. does it explain why his spinal cord was severed while in police custody? ten days without answers or facts for freddie gray s family. what do they think is holding up the truth? we ll ask their attorney plus we ll hear for the first time from the lawyer for the police