Monday, July 18, 2016

Baltimore police lieutenant acquitted in Freddie Gray case

Lt. Brian Rice in undated booking photo provided by the Baltimore Police DepartmentA Baltimore police lieutenant was acquitted of manslaughter and two other charges in the April 2015 death of black detainee Freddie Gray, dealing prosecutors another setback in their efforts to secure a conviction in the highly charged case. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams found Lieutenant Brian Rice not guilty in a bench trial. Rice, 42, was the highest-ranking officer charged after Gray's death from a broken neck suffered in a police transport van.


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