The strange death of Freddie Gray

[somerfrost]

Well, add Baltimore to the rapidly growing list of cities with a police/citizen issue. Watching the video, one has to conclude that Gray was in distress before being placed in the police van, his legs seemingly dangling underneath him while he could be heard crying in pain. A later clip shows him being removed from the van to have his legs shackled before being placed back in the van. By the time he arrived at the station, his spine was almost completely severed and he was to die from his injuries. the police say whatever happened occurred in the van but the video seems to dispute that, even so... obviously the injuries had to occur while he was in police custody. The preliminary autopsy, according to police spokesmen showed no signs of force being used. These results however still remain unavailable to the public a week later. Protests are growing daily and the streets are tense as marchers grow in numbers and to make tensions greater, police have characterized the protestors as a 'lynch mob".