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Showing Original Post only (View all)Officer Driving Van HAS YET TO GIVE STATEMENT To Authorities [View all]
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The sources spoke to ABC7 News after being briefed on the findings of a police report turned over to prosecutors on Thursday.
Sources said the medical examiner found Gray's catastrophic injury was caused when he slammed into the back of the police transport van, apparently breaking his neck; a head injury he sustained matches a bolt in the back of the van.
Details surrounding exactly what caused Gray to slam into the back of the van were unclear. The officer driving the van has yet to give a statement to authorities. Its also unclear whether Grays head injury was voluntary or was a result of some other action.
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/04/breaking-news-no-evidence-found-that-freddie-gray-s-death-was-result-of-police-who-arrested-him-prob.html
The sources spoke to ABC7 News after being briefed on the findings of a police report turned over to prosecutors on Thursday.
Sources said the medical examiner found Gray's catastrophic injury was caused when he slammed into the back of the police transport van, apparently breaking his neck; a head injury he sustained matches a bolt in the back of the van.
Details surrounding exactly what caused Gray to slam into the back of the van were unclear. The officer driving the van has yet to give a statement to authorities. Its also unclear whether Grays head injury was voluntary or was a result of some other action.
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/04/breaking-news-no-evidence-found-that-freddie-gray-s-death-was-result-of-police-who-arrested-him-prob.html
The WJLA report claims that the person driving the police van has yet to give an official statement to authorities, which certainly makes it seems like he or she is lawyering up or, at the very least, hiding something.
http://gawker.com/report-freddie-gray-suffered-fatal-head-wound-in-back-1701341911
http://gawker.com/report-freddie-gray-suffered-fatal-head-wound-in-back-1701341911
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Good christ. At the heart of this is a MASSIVE disregard for the lives of black people.
Bonobo
Apr 2015
#2
Two and a half weeks after the arrest that killed him and no statement yet??
riderinthestorm
Apr 2015
#4
They probably cannot just automatically fire the driver if there is a union involved
cstanleytech
May 2015
#17
Police, fire, autoworker, a union is a union and their job is protect their members.
cstanleytech
May 2015
#27
Yes and those unions will probably pay the price eventually because when you weaken
cstanleytech
May 2015
#33
Yes its the police but not the unions the unions are doing their freaking jobs like all unions do.
cstanleytech
May 2015
#32
The Albuquerque Police Union paid a $500 bounty to Officers who shot people
951-Riverside
May 2015
#34