Today in the trial of William Porter. The first of Six Police Officers to be charged in connection with the death of freddie gray. The defense rested its case on friday. Reporter Andrew Spencer has the latest. Prosecutors argue officer William Porter ignored pleas for help because the he did not care about freddie grays life. doug colbert university of maryland law professor the prosecution has presented evidence that went far beyond what the public expected, and thats what makes their case very strong. Over the last two weeks, theyve also argued porter went against Department Policy by not securing gray properly in the back of a Baltimore Police transport van. Porters defense has said the opposite arguing standard protocol was to not use seat belts. Theyve tried to pin responsibility on the vans driver, caesar goodson. warren brown attorney and courtroom observer i just dont see where the state has convinced anyone that beyond a reasonable doubt that simplynot belting him in when it w
2pm when she was shot and killed. Police say she was armed with a shot gun at the time. The woman was pronouced dead at the scene. Right now no word on her identity. Or what circumstances led to the standoff. All they would say is aside from making suicidal threats, she was also threatening officers at one point. Patranya Bhoolsuwan police still has part aviation street blocked off as a number of officers remain on scene. As soon as we get more information we wil pass it on to you. For now reporting live near craig and nellis, Patranya Bhoolsuwan 8 news now. Denise Valdez aside from the woman, was anyone else injured . Patranya Bhoolsuwan police say no one else was hurt. Its not clear at this point if the woman was home alone when the standoff began. < voice over now, nevadas this is 8 news now at 5. Dave Courvoisier all eyes will be on las vegas tomorrow. As the republican candidates hit the stage for the gop president ial debate at the venetian. Denise Valdez its the first time the c
That but not to bring harm to the city. You have to get to the place where people can trust the men and. We in uniform in blue. Brad the jury will be back tomorrow morning at 9 00 to resume the deliberations. We will be here to bring you the latest. In baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. Leon stay with us at abc7. We have updates on the freddie gray case even when you are away from the television. Subscribe to breaking news text alerts by logging on to wjla. Com text. Moving on now to the weather. Dramatic change. Instead sun and 70s today we got rain for the monday evening commute. Chief meteorologist doug hill will track it all for us now. Doug the rainmaking progress from the rain is making progress from west to east. Steady rain that is. Sprinkles out the belfort furniture Weather Center in arlington. The heaviest rain good downpour to the east of baltimore. Chesapeake bay southward to annapolis. To the west or left as you look at the map from washington scattered showers remain ahead
Poll and that the other candidate and the democratic candidate. The largest in the region, criticizing for their proposal from entering the country. Today they rested their case charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in grays death. They presented evidence that porter should have called for a medic for gray. They presented witnesses that porter did his duties, notifying a supervisor and others when gray asked for help. Baltimore attorney warren brown has been observing the trial. And that is a doubt based upon reason that the jury has to acquit an individual. What they are doing is countering the states experts with their own experts. So that becomes a wash. William porter is one of six officers charged in grays death. A new police chief was introduced today. A surprise announcement. Thats right, joining us to explain these moves, scott . What has been a winning formula here. Crime is way down that they have gone way up. He was introduced, promising more of the same. Reporter that is th
Life by baseball rules. I. C. E. Agent every young person, special in South Carolina, that young people should live by our state motto. Our state motto, we have two, but the one i like best is the one that is on the seal. While a brief i hope. And so every commencement address i give, every graduation i give it can be from elementary school, it can be from high school, college, even law school. I was a speaker for tony, i think i saw tony here, as a speaker for his law school graduation, and i give them the same message. While i breathe, i hope. You should never give up on your dreams and your aspirations. So i said young people as my mother said to me stay in school study hard. And that she said and theres a part in this book that deals with that, when i thought i was going to get kicked out of high school for violating a rule she said to me she said son let me tell you something. You only have three months to graduate. Silent treatment is nothing. I believe i could live in hell for t