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'Enjoy your ride': Baltimore police check vans after photos show sign inside [View all]
Source: The Guardian
'Enjoy your ride': Baltimore police check vans after photos show sign inside
Jana Kasperkevic in New York
Friday 3 July 2015 18.31 BST
The Baltimore police department is inspecting all of its vehicles, after photographs posted on Facebook showed the door of a police van emblazoned with a message that read: “Enjoy your ride, cuz we sure will!”
The sign, on the inside of the van door, would be visible to anyone detained by the police and placed inside the van.
The photographs surfaced less than two weeks after an autopsy report revealed that Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American man whose death in April sparked protests across the nation and serious rioting in the city, suffered a “high-energy injury” while riding in a Baltimore police van.
Gray, 25, died a week after he was arrested. His death was ruled a homicide and was found to be the result of officers’ failure to follow procedures.
The photos of the sign in the police van were taken on Tuesday near the Central District Police Station on Baltimore Street, where the van was parked with its doors left open, according to WBAL-TV 11 News.
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Jana Kasperkevic in New York
Friday 3 July 2015 18.31 BST
The Baltimore police department is inspecting all of its vehicles, after photographs posted on Facebook showed the door of a police van emblazoned with a message that read: “Enjoy your ride, cuz we sure will!”
The sign, on the inside of the van door, would be visible to anyone detained by the police and placed inside the van.
The photographs surfaced less than two weeks after an autopsy report revealed that Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American man whose death in April sparked protests across the nation and serious rioting in the city, suffered a “high-energy injury” while riding in a Baltimore police van.
Gray, 25, died a week after he was arrested. His death was ruled a homicide and was found to be the result of officers’ failure to follow procedures.
The photos of the sign in the police van were taken on Tuesday near the Central District Police Station on Baltimore Street, where the van was parked with its doors left open, according to WBAL-TV 11 News.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/03/baltimore-police-vans-sign-freddie-gray
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