Last of 6 Baltimore cops in Freddie Gray case won't face disciplinary hearing
By Kasey Jones
Associated Press
November 24, 2017
BALTIMORE — The last of six Baltimore police officers involved in the 2015 arrest of a young black man who died from a spinal cord injury he sustained in a police van won't face a disciplinary hearing after the police commissioner decided not to proceed.
Sgt. Alicia White was scheduled to face a trial board and possible termination on Dec. 5 related to Freddie Gray's arrest and van transport.
But Wednesday night, Commissioner Kevin Davis dismissed the scheduled administrative hearing. White will face no further administrative actions, police spokesman T.J. Smith said in an email.
White's attorney told The Baltimore Sun that White was "grateful" for the decision.
"She has always maintained her innocence from the very beginning," Tony Garcia said.
Davis' decision came less than a week after a police disciplinary board cleared Lt. Brian Rice, the highest-ranking officer involved in the Gray arrest. The same three-member panel, made up of law enforcers, recently found the police van's driver not guilty.
The evidence and allegations against White are the same as the previous two hearings, and Davis did not feel another hearing would be in good faith, Smith said.
"We look forward to continuing the many reform efforts underway that will ensure the BPD is serving our city in a manner consistent with the expectations of our residents," Smith said.
The death of the 25-year-old Gray set off Baltimore's worst riots in decades and led to a federal investigation into allegations of police abuse. Baltimore and the Justice Department entered into a reform agreement after a scathing report by the federal agency outlined widespread misconduct and abuse within the city's police department.
Rice and other officers also were acquitted of criminal charges in Gray's arrest and death.
2 comments:
The low roar of police officers becoming a protected class such as race and gender is picking up momentum. The Freddie Gray case is just one of the reasons. A lot of people thought the cases brought upon police during the Obama administration were about race. Not so. It was about a hatred of police officers.
It should, but it won't. Enough politicians, talking heads and other assholes gave it credence in the beginning it has a certain amount of traction and will continue to do so for a LONG time. How many people still believe Trayvon Martin was an angel and Michael Brown was shot in the back, with his hands up, while walking AWAY from the cop? Actually I am not sure they BELIEVE IT, but they say they do because it gives them political power.
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