thursday on the same day six baltimore police officers were indicted by a grand jury in the death of freddie gray baltimore reached its 100th murder of the year. the city has seen one murder a day since gray died after sustaining injuries while in police custody. the homicide rate in the western district where gray was arrested is up 200% from the rate reported at this time last year. despite the increase in crime, police have made fewer arrests. the week before gray s death baltimore police arrested 682 people compared to the most recent data that shows baltimore police officers making 339 arrests in one week. baltimore police commissioner anthony batts says his officers are having trouble policing the community because of crowds. when officers pull up to respond to a call they have 30 to 50 people surrounding them at any given point in time. you have many citizens with handheld cameras that they re sticking in the faces of the
it s a decision that drastically diverges from a narrative of grand jury decisions in ferguson and staten island. after michael brown died prosecutor bob mccullough chose not to bring charges against darren wilson. instead he left the decision up to a grand jury. in november the grand jury chose not to indict wilson. after eric garner died they did not charge the officers who placed him in a choke hold. they left that decision in the hands of a grand jury. that grand jury did not invite. police officers rarely face criminal charges for on-duty shootings. only 41 officers were charged with murder or manslaughter for on-duty shootings over a seven year period ending in 2011. by contrast the fbi reported 2,718 justifiable homicides by law enforcement during that same seven-year span. what s different about the
misdemeanor, but it s five years prison, so a lot of legal experts have been talking that s why they put reckless endangerment in because if there is the situation where they go to trial, which i imagine they will. i don t think any of these officers is going to take a plea. they go to trial and somebody s found not guilty of a manslaughter, of a murder. reckless endangerment has that catch-all and that would get five years prison at the top. obviously, they could probably get something a lot less. so it s very different between indictment and trial, and we have to wait and see. seema iyer thank you for your legal input. we ll see you in the next hour. you re looking for a car that drives you. .and takes the wheel right from your very hands. .this isn t that car.
unlike prosecutors in ferguson or staten island she did not pass the grand jury a heap of evidence and legal documents to sift through. she d already rememberedndered her legal opinion as a prosecutor. each of the officers posted bail and have been free since. after two weeks of hearing evidence from prosecutors, the grand jury returned charges similar to those mosby brought on may 1st. one key difference was the removal of false imprisonment charge. the grand jury added a reckless endangerment charge. the driver of the police van cesar goodson jr. still faces the most serious charge. second degree hart murder. with me at the table daven love co-founders of leaders of a struggle. and publisher of color