Comment on Protesters plan to 'shut down' Baltimore as questions remain

By AMANDA LEE MYERS and TOM FOREMAN Jr., Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Sat, 04/25/2015 - 12:01am

Protesters plan to 'shut down' Baltimore as questions remain

BALTIMORE (AP) — Protesters who've been holding near-daily demonstrations this week over the death of Freddie Gray are promising their biggest march yet a day after the Baltimore Police Department acknowledged that it failed to get him the medical attention he needed after his arrest. Late Friday, Deputy Commissioner Kevin Davis said Gray, 25, should have received medical attention at the spot where he was arrested — before he was put inside a police transport van handcuffed and without a seat belt, a violation of the Police Department's policy. Commissioner Anthony Batts said it was possible Gray was hurt before the van ride or during a "rough ride" — where officers hit the brakes and take sharp turns to injure suspects in the back of vans. Rawlings-Blake expects the results of the Police Department's investigation to be turned over to prosecutors in a week, and they will decide whether any criminal charges will be filed or whether to put the case before a grand jury. The mayor appeared to back the police commissioner at her own news conference, and Batts defended his record, saying he was brought on in 2012 to reform the department. [...] he said he has fired 50 employees and reduced the number of officer-involved shootings and excessive force complaints.

 

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