Mr. Gray was in police custody. There is a chain of custody along the way. What seems to be the problem? Everyone in remanding Mr. Gray to custody is involved in the death.
When police cause heinous death they are handled with kit gloves, but, when a minority runs from the police they are brutalized. I don't think so.
I am assuming the police involved with Mr. Gray are ALL on suspension by now. I would think they are at risk in any violent events during demonstrations.
Mr. Gray was already in police custody. He should have been safe and not in danger. The poor handling of a person causing his death was evident all along Mr. Gray's route of custody. There is no unexplained anything. This is the police acting in very negligent and chaotic manner. There is no professionalism at all. Not one police officer stopped to call an ambulance. Not one. A police officer doesn't have to be an MD, but, they do have to conduct a level of concern for the prisoner.
The idea suspects and prisoners are less than human seems to be a common thread in all these cases. It is culture problem. It is also a matter of training. For God sakes, police are directly involved with the public, there is no understanding about false arrests and innocent people? If a person is found to be physically injured in any police activity that is a problem, not simply a matter of fact.
April 26, 2015
By Shannon Stapleton
(Reuters) - Baltimore's mayor and police(click here) on Sunday again blamed outside agitators for violence and vandalism that flared during a mostly peaceful protest over last week's death of a young black man who sustained an unexplained spinal injury while under arrest.
A day after thousands of demonstrators marched through the city demanding justice in the investigation into the April 19 death of Freddie Gray, 25, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake condemned the lawlessness that erupted on Saturday.
On Saturday evening, scores of protesters splintered off from the main rally to hurl bottles, metal barricades and various objects at police and their patrol cars, and to vandalize storefronts and other properties downtown, authorities said.
There were 35 arrests, and six officers suffered minor injuries, according to police and the mayor.
