police released street video at the scene where freddie gray was first taken into custody but it only added in a the mystery of how he ended up dead. the camera pan ss but shows nothing that looks like excessive force by police, at least up to the point that he was placed inside a police transport van. when mr. gray was placed inside that van, he was able to talk. he was upset. and when mr. gray was taken out of the van, he could not talk and he could not breathe. reporter: leaving baltimore s mayor to conclude that gray s injuries occurred not on the street but during his transport. it s clear that what happened happened inside the van. reporter: police say freddie gray was stopped on suspicion of criminal activity possibly drug related, but that doesn t explain all that happened here. cell phone video and audio on the street at the time of gray s arrest paint a disturbing picture. he s on the ground. he s screaming in apparent pape. he s being taken into custody.
as a result of an encounter we now have him in an instance where he s, you know, his spine is severed and now he s dead. how did it happen? when did it happen? why did it have to happen? in their inquiry and in the investigation they re going to have to. that is the police reconcile the police reports with regard to what they said wolf with regard to how this happened when it happened why it happened and the actual facts of how it actually did happen. and so i m anxious like everyone else to see how this person ended up dead and what, if any, justification there could be. the department of justice, the federal government have already long before gray s death, the suspect s death in this particular case working with the baltimore police on training tactics. who do you trust? the local, the police or does
knife was of legally permissible size. gray has a long criminal record including more than 20 arrests. no justice, no peace! reporter: the case has sparked a public outcry here including demonstrations. over the last week baltimore s police commissioner has been measured in his comments about the case citing the active investigation. he did speak at an unrelated event today at johns hopkins university where he talked about the community s lack of trust in the police. police are reviewing their procedures especially for getting medical care for prisoners taken into their cust custody. the police commissioner says he wants to wrap up the investigation by may 1. wolf? joe johns, thanks very much. let s get to more. joining us the naacp president, jeffrey toobin, president of the national organization of black law enforcement, and the criminal defense attorney, had hln legal analyst joey jackson. i want your reaction to what we
a woman is describing an apparent problem with his legs. his leg is broke, you re dragging him like that. reporter: he s taken to a hospital where he went into a coma and then he dies a week later. question number one is how long it took to get this man medical attention. the city s mayor pledged a full investigation. according to the time line as we know it took around 30 minutes. reporter: he question number two, what precisely caused gray s death? his family s attorney described severe trauma and he s raising the issue of excessive force. he was in good health when the police first contacted him, and he died of an 80% severed spinal cord and three broken vertebrae in his neck. reporter: court documents filed in the case say gray was arrested without incident after an officer noticed a knife clipped to his pants. he was charged with having a switch blade. the family s attorney says the
police releasing new video. many many cameras in this neighborhood where mr. gray was arrested and people who saw the arrest say he was treated horrible. looking at the video there. you can see him being dragged into the van. police sas at a press conference he was not in bad shape. many we spoke to there on the ground say he was asking for an inhaler, had asthma at the time was loaded into a police van. the police chief, police commissioner here in baltimore and the mayor speaking out very forcefully that every bit of information they have at this point says that their police officers did no wrong. none of the officers described any use of force. none of the officers described using any force against mr. gray. i ll tell you what i do know and right now there s still a lot of questions i don t know. i know that when mr. gray was placed inside that van, he was able to talk. he was upset. and when mr. gray was taken out