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1. If they are in police custody the officer or officers are responsible for their safety

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 12:12 PM

Jul 2016

That's a no-brainer — except apparently in the Freddie Gray case.

Those officers are being found not guilty even though Gray died in their custody.

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