The Baltimore Police Department arrested Mr. Gray under the allegations that he had possessed an illegal switchblade. While Mr. Gray was being transported to the police station he fell into a coma, and was taken to a trauma center where he died seven days later due to spinal cord injuries. A medical examiner concluded that due to the injuries that Freddie Gray sustained that his death was considered a homicide. The conditions of his injuries were unclear but witnesses suggested that officers had used unnecessary force on Freddie Gray causing his injuries. As a result of Freddie Gray’s death it caused an uproar in downtown Baltimore resulting in thirty-four arrests and injuries to fifteen police officers. On May 21, 2015 all six police officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray were indicted and sentenced to jail time. In the settlement of Freddie Gray’s case Baltimore officials approved a 6.4 million deal to settle all the civil claims tied to Freddie Gray’s
The Baltimore Police Department arrested Mr. Gray under the allegations that he had possessed an illegal switchblade. While Mr. Gray was being transported to the police station he fell into a coma, and was taken to a trauma center where he died seven days later due to spinal cord injuries. A medical examiner concluded that due to the injuries that Freddie Gray sustained that his death was considered a homicide. The conditions of his injuries were unclear but witnesses suggested that officers had used unnecessary force on Freddie Gray causing his injuries. As a result of Freddie Gray’s death it caused an uproar in downtown Baltimore resulting in thirty-four arrests and injuries to fifteen police officers. On May 21, 2015 all six police officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray were indicted and sentenced to jail time. In the settlement of Freddie Gray’s case Baltimore officials approved a 6.4 million deal to settle all the civil claims tied to Freddie Gray’s