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Driver Charged With Freddie Gray’s Murder Claims He Pleaded, But Is Still Haunted Every Night
ijreview.com ^ | may 1, 2015 | lawrence bonk

Posted on 05/02/2015 8:24:12 AM PDT by lowbridge

The evolving narrative in Baltimore received a new wrinkle today when all 6 officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray were arrested and charged, to varying degrees, with murder.

The driver of the police van in which Gray sustained the injuries that ultimately led to his death faces the most jail-time, however.

Caesar Goodson is being charged with “second-degree ‘depraved heart murder.” He is the only officer involved in the incident to receive the charge.

However, a source close to the Goodson family has said that the officer repeatedly insisted that his fellow officers in the van restrain Gray—pleas that went unheeded.

This, ultimately, led to Gray’s death; medical examiners recently announced that he died from head injuries suffered while in transit. Prisoners are supposed to be restrained in order to protect against unnecessary rattling which, as in this case, can lead to serious injury.

The unnamed source and friend of the Goodson family spoke to Daily Mail UK:

“When he became irate Caesar called in and said ‘you have got to restrain him.’ That’s on the audio,” he said.

“They did, they restrained his legs. But when they did that they still should have put him in the seat belt.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: baltcopscharged; baltimore; blackkk; elijahcummings; goodson; maryland
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To: DJ Taylor

+1


121 posted on 05/02/2015 11:23:01 AM PDT by Ronniesque
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To: lowbridge

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This prosecution is a poorly choreographed dog-and-pony show.

The charge against the driver is ludicrous.
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122 posted on 05/02/2015 11:26:25 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: joethedrummer

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He used his head as a battering ram against the bulkhead in the van.
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123 posted on 05/02/2015 11:32:06 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: tennmountainman

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>> “He was the only officer in the van once it left.” <<

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Where did you get that idea?
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124 posted on 05/02/2015 11:35:09 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: PLMerite

I looked it up and understand it a little better. They can’t get convicted of both. I am uncomfortable with the bet hedging aspect of it. I do see the necessity sometimes, but also it leaves a lot of room for abuse by prosecutors.


125 posted on 05/02/2015 11:35:55 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: editor-surveyor

Because I was told that on TV by another officer.

Officers load inmates in transports but do not ride in the back during
transport.
They may follow or escort in their cars but do not ride in the back.


126 posted on 05/02/2015 11:44:32 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine
"However, a source close to the Goodson family has said that the officer repeatedly insisted that his fellow officers in the van restrain Gray—pleas that went unheeded."

While I'm rooting for the cops, as driver of the van, he should have been responsible to make sure Gray was properly restrained, even if he had to do it himself. When we transported inmates outside the prison, there were always two officers. One carried a S&W .38, and that was usually the second officer who sat next to the driver. Our vans had a metal cage between the officers and the inmates. The driver usually didn't carry because he was the one who put the inmate in the van, and put the seat belt on him. Any officer carrying a firearm was directed not to get within arm's reach of an inmate. Inmates were always handcuffed and shackled for outside trips. We had community work crews that consisted of inmates who were close to going home. They were escorted by an officer who supervised them, and these officers were never armed.

127 posted on 05/02/2015 11:57:27 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: tennmountainman

There was another prisoner in the back, and he said that the fool was deliberately trying to injure himself.


128 posted on 05/02/2015 12:08:03 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: lowbridge

When more than one suspect is arrested, like typical criminals they’ll often turn on each other. Finger pointing, ratting out one another. First to squeal gets the deal. CYA.

Not saying any of the cops are guilty here, but if there is wrong doing, and one or more of the suspects knows it, they’ll start singing to save their own hides.

It happens on a routine basis. No honor among thieves.


129 posted on 05/02/2015 12:08:32 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: LostInBayport

Michael Savage suggested North Dakota. LOL


130 posted on 05/02/2015 12:12:31 PM PDT by Catsrus
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To: lowbridge

Low Tech Lynching.

Dollar to a Donut that the meme will be that the Black Police Officers were just following the orders of the White Police Officers.


131 posted on 05/02/2015 12:12:34 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Hillary, because it's time for a POTUS without a SCROTUS...)
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To: Steely Tom

So True. These charges and trial will be a circus. A very bad circus.


132 posted on 05/02/2015 12:12:46 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: editor-surveyor

That may be true. Who knows.


133 posted on 05/02/2015 12:20:46 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
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To: Robert DeLong; Repeal The 17th

that’s absurd


134 posted on 05/02/2015 12:44:27 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: raybbr

Where did I say that? Where did I even take the side of the police? You need to learn to read first, think about what you want to say and then, if it makes sense, hit the post button.


135 posted on 05/02/2015 1:00:49 PM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (In an Oligarchy, the serfs don't count.)
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To: joethedrummer
We’re not being told the WHOLE truth.

Welcome to the USA, the police, the media, the courts and politicians, here in the land of the Oligarch, never ever tell the truth.

136 posted on 05/02/2015 1:04:07 PM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (In an Oligarchy, the serfs don't count.)
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine; joethedrummer
We’re not being told the WHOLE truth.

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.- George Orwell

137 posted on 05/02/2015 1:33:01 PM PDT by Canedawg (In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.- George Orwell)
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To: ansel12
"The man died two weeks later of pneumonia caused by his paralysis, and his family initially won a $7.4 million award after a jury agreed three officers were negligent. It was reduced to $219,000 by Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals because state law caps such payouts."

Then reduced again when the lawyers receive their fees.

138 posted on 05/02/2015 2:24:48 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: tennmountainman

As far as what has been shown goes, I can’t see that they have any serious charges that can be leveled at these officers.

Carelessness possibly WRT those who placed the perp in the van, but who knows how wild he was, and how difficult it may have been to truly secure him.

Arresting a drug user can produce endless complications.
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139 posted on 05/02/2015 2:37:25 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: sten

Absurd it may be, but it is a fact.


140 posted on 05/02/2015 2:39:51 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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