But the violence that has been carried out in protests over and over again has been by the police. Reporter officer goodson stood trial on seven charges, including seconddegree depraved heart murder, manslaughter, and reckless endangerment. Judge Barry Williams found goodsons failure to seat belt gray was not a criminal act. Goodson didnt seek medical treatment for gray, but prosecutors failed to prove goodson knew gray was in distress. The judge determined there was insufficient evidence that goodson gave gray a rough ride. The judge said he couldnt determine that the wagon ran a stop sign from this video presented by prosecutors. The National President of the naacp says the trial shows the need for Police Reform in baltimore. We have a Police Department with a long tortured history of distrust with the community, so the fact that you a conviction, this is not an exoneration of the Police Department. Reporter after three Police Trials here in baltimore, there has yet to be a convictio
Warrant, was able to go and recover an ak47 from the individual involved and over 180 rounds of ammunition. Reporter the chief says the Police Departments gun Recovery Unit puts itself in harms way every day to get these Deadly Weapons off the street. For them to have to put their life on the line against these guns every single day and sometimes the same people with new guns over and over again, thats unacceptable. Reporter now in the case of the 17yearold there are also charges of child pornography. Ill have more on that coming up at 6 00. Unbelievable story, pat. Were waiting now to see what effect todays not guilty ruling will have on the three remaining officers charged in the death of freddie gray. The Police Van Driver Caesar Goodson faced the most serious charge in this case. It was seconddegree murder. With the means two officers have been acquitted and the third ended in a mistrial. Todays decision is a major setback for those future cases. Chris gordon is live with reaction
Over again has been by the police. Reporter officer goodson stood trial on seven charges, including seconddegree depraved heart murder, manslaughter, and reckless endangerment. Judge Barry Williams found goodsons failure to seat belt gray was not a criminal act. Goodson didnt seek medical treatment for gray, but prosecutors failed to prove that goodson knew gray was in distress. There was insufficient evidence that goodson gave gray a rough ride. He couldnt determine if the wagon ran a stop sign by this video presented by prosecutors. We have a Police Department with a long, tortured history of distrust with the community, so the fact that you didnt secure a conviction, this is not an exoneration of the Police Department. Reporter legal experts disagree. If they could not get a conviction on anything in this case, yes, there needs to be reassessment whether to go forward on others since theyre weaker cases. Reporter you can read the entire verdict by going to our nbc washington app and
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This is fox5 local news at 10. Right now at 10, symbols of hate, words meant to do harm. M. Spread around a neighborhood in arlington. Tonight the search for the vandals. Developing tonight two firefighters rushed to shock trauma of a an ambulance collided with a tractortrailer what weve learned about their condition. And not guilty of all counts. The Police Officer facing the most serious charges in the death of fred did i gray is a freeman tonight. An unaddressed Police Brutality problem. Were life in baltimore. And we thank you for joining us, im tony peukins and im shawn yancy. Police found an assault rival in a d. C. Teenagers home. Hes accused much threatening to kill her girlfriend and shoot uo her high the police chief is crediting her department for stoppingstop could have been another massmass shooting in our area. A. Sarah simmons is life with theth details. Tony and shawn, this 17 year old facing some serious charges and when you look at these courtthes documents you will u