NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY WANT TO
SEE WHAT THEY FEEL IS JUST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND OF COURSE THE PROTESTORS
CAME HERE
TO THE WESTERN
DISTRICT PRECINCT BECAUSE THIS
IS
WHERE THEY FIRST CALLED FOR
MEDICAL HELP AFTER HE WAS
ARRESTED JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM
HERE ON
APRIL 12TH,.
THERE WERE CELL PHONE VIDEOS OF
THE ARREST AND
IMMEDIATELY WENT
VIRAL AND THE I-TEAM STARTED TO
INVESTIGATE.
BUT THE QUESTION
IS, WHAT
HAPPENED BETWEEN THE TIME THAT
POLICE ARRESTED GRAY AND THE
TIME HE
ARRIVED HERE AT THE
WESTERN DISTRICT
SEVERELY
INJURED IT HIM IN A
COMA AND HE
DIED.
POLICE COMMISSIONER AND THE
MAYOR LED
THE MEDIA -- THEY
ADDRESSED THE MEDIA TO DELIVER
THE LATEST
ON THE
INVESTIGATION.
POLICE COMMISSIONER SAID THE
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION WOULD BE
COMPLETED IN TWO WEEKS.
HE PROMISED BY MAY FIRST.
INVESTIGATORS SAID AFTER THAT
THAOEL TURN EVERYTHING OVER
TO
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY OFFICE
WHICH WILL THEN DECIDE WHETHER
OR NOT TO FILE THIS
CASE.
COMMISSIONER BATS ALSO PROMISED
THAT THERE WOULD BE AN
INDEPENDENT REVIEW
BOARD TO
THOROUGHLY EXAMINE HOW THE
INVESTIGATION WAS DONE AND IF IT
WAS DONE
FAIRLY.
HE ALSO URGED CALM IN THE
COMMUNITY AS THIS PROCESS
PLAYS
OUT.
WE ARE COMMUNITY THAT'S ON
THE
EDGE RIGHT NOW.
OUR VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD.
AND COMMUNITY'S VOICES NEED TO
BE
HEARD AND WE NEED TO LISTEN.
WE TOO ARE PART OF THIS
COMMUNITY AND WE HEAR, I HEAR
THE OUTRAGE.
I HEAR THE CONCERN AND I ALSO
HEAR THE FEAR.
AT THE CENTER OF
ALL THIS IS
THE INVESTIGATION THAT'S WHAT
PROTESTORS
ARE
WONDERING ABOUT.
WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE
OFFICERS, THE SIX OFFICERS WHO
HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED IN
CONNECTION
WITH THIS CASE.
I-TEAM LEAD INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER HAS THAT PART OF THE
STORY FROM CITY POLICE
HEADQUARTERS.
YES, KATE.
THEY HAVE
TRIED TO BE SOMEWHAT
TRANSPARENT IN THIS
INVESTIGATION.
THIS IS THE LATEST INFORMATION
THAT WAS
PUBLICLY RELEASED
TODAY.
THE OFFICERS SUSPENDED HAVE NOW
BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THEY INCLUDE
NEWLY PRO MOST
SERGEANT ALICIA WHITE, AGE 30.
OFFICER WILLIAM
PORTER AGE 25,
OFFICER GARRET MILLER, ARRESTING
OFFICER OF FREDDIE GRAY HE'S
26
YEARS OLD AND AND GOODSON
45
YEARS OLD AND 16 YEAR VETERAN OF
THE DEPARTMENT AND THE MAN IN
CHARGE THAT DAY BRIAN
RICE, THE
SUPERVISOR HAS BEEN ON THE FORCE
SINCE
1997.
BACK IN 1998 WHEN BRIAN RICE WAS
JUST A ROOKIE WE INTERVIEWED
HIM
WHEN HE AND ANOTHER OFFICER
RECOGNIZED AS HEROS FOR SAFING
THE LIFE OF
A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN
A FIRE.
HE WAS A ROOKIE AT THAT
TIME IN
1998.
TO ONE OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL
QUESTIONS AND KEY
FOCUS OF ANY
INVESTIGATION THAT THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DOES, WHY
WERE
POLICE ON TO FREDDIE GRAY
TO BEGIN WITH?
FOOTAGE FROM THE
CITY'S CRIME
CAMERA SYSTEM FROM THE MORNING
OF APRIL 12TH SHOW A MAN RUNNING
DOWN THE
STREET.
IT'S THE REASON FREDDIE GRAY WAS
PURSUED BY
POLICE.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT GRAY
FLED UNPROVOKED UPON NOTICING
POLICE
PRESENCE.
POLICE CAUGHT UP TO GRAY AND
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS COMPLIANT
POLICE PUT HIM ON THE
SIDEWALK
AND HANDCUFFED HIM AND SEARCHED
HIM FINDING THE SMALL KNIFE THAT
LED TO HIS
ARREST AND THAT FATAL
TRIP IN A POLICE
WAGON.
LONG TIME COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
SEES
THE FREDDIE GRAY CASE AS A
REASON TO CHANGE THE PRACTICES
THAT
HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR
YEARS.
THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR MORE
INFORMATION FROM WITNESSES AND
CELL PHONE VIDEO IN THE
INTERVIEW
INTERVIEWING WITNESSES
MUCH MORE
QUIETLY.
THIS GROUP OF
DEMONSTRATORS
BEGINS TO MOBILIZE ONCE
AGAIN.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MARCH THROUGH
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
WHERE THIS
WHOLE THING HAPPENED WHERE
FREDDIE GRAY WAS ARRESTED ON
APRIL 12TH, AN ARREST
THAT
ULTIMATELY LED TO HIS DEATH.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS
ANTICIPATING IT IT AND WILL STAY
ON TOP THIS HAVE AS LONG AS
THEY'RE MARCHING THROUGH THE
STREETS.
YOU CAN READ A LETTER FROM THE
D.O. J.AND
ALL OF THAT IS ON