Lawyers representing Freddie Gray's family said Wednesday that they have accepted the Justice Department's decision not to charge
any officers involved in his fatal ride in a Baltimore police van, but
dangled a provocative new accusation: that members of the force
"sabotaged" local prosecutors' murder investigation.
The lawyers, William H. Murphy and his son,
Hassan Murphy, said they were skeptical when they first heard Tuesday
that the Justice Department had concluded it could not prove the
officers violated Gray's civil rights.
But the family lawyers said they met with DOJ
lawyers and left understanding the case's shortcomings: the government's
limited jurisdiction over deaths in police custody, and the relatively
high burden of proof required to convict officers in such cases.
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Source: NBC News
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