HOW BALTIMORE CITY POLICE OFFICER FOUND NOT GUILTY OF 2ND DEGREE MURDER OF FREDDIE GRAY (926 hits)
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BALTIMORE, June 23 (Reuters) - Baltimore police officer Caesar Goodson Jr was found not guilty on Thursday of second-degree depraved heart murder in the death of black detainee FreddieGray, the most serious criminal charge he faced.
Judge Barry Williams handed down the verdict in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Goodson, 46, was the driver of a police transport van in which Gray broke his neck in April 2015. His death triggered rioting and protests in the majority black city.
The judge has not yet ruled on the less serious counts Goodson faced, including three counts of manslaughter, reckless endangerment, second-degree assault and misconduct in office.
