By Goldie Taylor
We were told to trust the system.
It has been 15 months since Freddie Gray suffered a devastating spinal injury in the back of a Baltimore city police metal-lined van when he was taken on a “rough ride” without a seat belt. Gray lingered in a coma for nearly a week before dying in a local hospital.
There is little question about what happened to the 25-year-old. We know where he was injured and how. We know that he was in police custody. And we know that the officers responsible for his well-being took actions they knew would result in bodily harm and then ignored injuries and his pleas for help.
We were told that there would be a price to pay for that.
In the days following the incident, tensions in Baltimore boiled over as city officials offered their assurances in an effort to quell the uprisings with a seven-figure payout announced and prosecutor Marilyn Mosby taking
to the courthouse steps to promise the justice system would hold those responsible to account.
“I will seek justice on your behalf,” she said from the courthouse steps.
We were told to expect truth and transparency and last summer, six Baltimore city officers were indicted—three black, three white—including the driver who pulled away, knowing Gray had not been strapped in with a seat belt.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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