Officer William Porter said he helped freddie gray up to the bench. He did not seat belt freddie gray. His trial last december ended in a hung jury. He testified against officer goodson saying freddie gray told him he wanted to go to the hospital, but the judge said he couldnt conclude that that off goodson would have known that freddie gray was in medical distress because there was no blood, there were no lacerations. So even though the medical examiner said the cause of death was a broken neck, a severe neck injury and the manner of death a homicide, officer goodson wouldnt have known if that happened after stop two or three or four or five. He said there are different scenarios as to when freddie gray suffered his injuries that would prove fatal a week later and, therefore, because he did not know of the medical experts differed, he had no training in medicine and as a van driver, he did not know he would not have known he had a duty at that point to call a hospital or get medical h
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Learning it, like that. Reporter this photo of shannon by a lake in guatemala was taken sunday night. It would be the last portrait of her alive. She had a lot more to offer. She had so much potential. Reporter that potential came to a tragic and sudden end on monday when the bus in which she was a passenger hit a median and rolled over. Shannon was killed instantly. Right before she left to go to guatemala to stayed behind in class and said im off and threw her arms around me and gave me a big hug. Reporter at the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault center at Prince Georges Hospital center shannon was about to complete a six week training program. She was so passionate, so driven to do everything just right. Reporter shannons family had organized a party for her 25th birthday on saturday. Now they are planning her funeral. In cheverly, andrea mccarren, wusa9. Shannon was one of Three Sisters born and is prince georges county, a graduate of miramonte university university. Right now a
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