Baltimore Blames ‘White People’ After Cop Found Not Guilty In Freddie Gray Case
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Connor D. Wolf
Reporter
10:41 PM 05/23/2016
Protestors march down the middle of West North Avenue as they demonstrate against police brutality and celebrate the charges against the arresting officers in the death of neighborhood resident Freddie Gray in West Baltimore, Maryland May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
BALTIMORE, M.D. — Baltimore city residents expressed disappointment in response to the city circuit court Monday finding a police officer not guilty in connection to the death of Freddie Gray.
Officer Edward Nero was charged with several misdemeanor offenses after Gray died April, 2015, in his custody. Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams found Nero not guilty of all charges just over a year later. Residents were not surprised given what they saw as racial bias in the criminal justice system.
“White people are turning a blind eye,” resident Mumin Soweto told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “We’re not the ones stirring up the racism.”
Mumin adds the black community is fearful 1960s style racism is on the rise. Nero was charged with second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in office. The prosecution argued Nero and the five other officers involved were wrong in detaining Gray without a good reason and for not buckling him into a van he was transported in.
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