Highest-Ranking Baltimore Cop In Freddie Gray Case To Be Given Verdict

Highest-Ranking Baltimore Cop In Freddie Gray Case To Be Handed Verdict Today

ABCNews is reporting that a judge will put forth a verdict on the highest ranking Baltimore police officer who is accused of Freddie Gray’s death

Rice, 42, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office for his role in Gray’s arrest and death last year.

Judge Barry Williams is deciding his fate because Rice opted for a bench trial, rather than a jury trial.

Rice is the fourth officer to stand trial. Williams previously acquitted Officers Edward Nero and Caesar Goodson Jr. of all charges. The case against Officer William Porter ended in a mistrial in December. He is scheduled to be retried in September. Officer Garrett Miller will go before a judge on July 27, and Sgt. Alicia White’s proceeding begins October 13.

Prosecutors charged that Rice showed reckless disregard for Gray when he failed to secure him with a seat belt after he helped load Gray into the police van.

To gain a conviction on the charge of involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors have to prove that Rice acted in a grossly negligent manner and was aware of the risks to Gray but disregarded them.

Sadly, we don’t expect a lick of justice to be read by Judge Barry Williams this morning because ‘Merica.

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