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Officer in Gray case testifies against colleague at trial
Source: Associated Press
Officer in Gray case testifies against colleague at trial
By JULIET LINDERMAN
May. 16, 2016 2:22 PM EDT
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police officer on Monday testified that a colleague who faces criminal charges in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray wasn't involved in the detention and only touched Gray after he'd been placed in handcuffs.
Officer Garrett Miller took the stand in the nonjury trial of Officer Edward Nero, who faces assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges stemming from Gray's arrest, which prosecutors say was unlawful. Miller faces identical charges.
Prosecutors also say Nero was negligent when he failed to buckle Gray into a seat belt after he, Miller and another officer slid Gray head-first onto the floor of a police transport van, handcuffed and shackled.
Miller told Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams that he alone arrested and detained Gray, and that Nero didn't touch Gray until after the man was in custody. Gray died April 19 of last year, a week after his neck was broken in the van.
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By JULIET LINDERMAN
May. 16, 2016 2:22 PM EDT
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police officer on Monday testified that a colleague who faces criminal charges in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray wasn't involved in the detention and only touched Gray after he'd been placed in handcuffs.
Officer Garrett Miller took the stand in the nonjury trial of Officer Edward Nero, who faces assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges stemming from Gray's arrest, which prosecutors say was unlawful. Miller faces identical charges.
Prosecutors also say Nero was negligent when he failed to buckle Gray into a seat belt after he, Miller and another officer slid Gray head-first onto the floor of a police transport van, handcuffed and shackled.
Miller told Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams that he alone arrested and detained Gray, and that Nero didn't touch Gray until after the man was in custody. Gray died April 19 of last year, a week after his neck was broken in the van.
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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/70aaf035281d4d29aba688caced2a905/officer-could-take-stand-testify-colleagues-trial
