“Initially the state alleged that Goodson gave Gray a “rough ride” with the intention of bouncing the man around and injuring him. But prosecutors made no mention of a rough ride in their closing arguments, and Goodson’s defense accused them of changing their story.”
No rough ride = defense verdict.
Pathetic, they wrote an article while the defense is still presenting closing arguments.
Gray threw himself around the van trying to create enough bruising to claim police brutality. He killed himself.
Wtf is an arrestee
wasn’t there another person in the truck who said he heard Gray banging around (on his own) in an attempt to injure himself?
Also, wasn’t Gray previously involved in ANOTHER incident where he purposely injured himself?
What I think happened is that FG tried to get himself a $million lawsuit payoff and killed his stupid self in the process. AND THE DEFENSE SHOULD SAY SO.
Don’t want a rough ride, don’t get arrested.
Incidentally, ‘rough rides’ are one of the most useful tools for cops in beleagured inner cities to get information out of punks who otherwise have a lethally-enforced code of silence aka “stop snitching”. Such information, need I remind people, is usually where the latest rape/murder/robbery suspect is hiding out or where their gang keeps their gun stash or who’s moving the big shipment of coke base. In other words, really serious $hit where lives are at stake.
They don’t give ‘rough rides’ to 14 year old brats caught stealing a beer from the corner store, folks.
I’m willing to bet that all the rioters in Boston, will put back everything they stole, and fix everything they broke after this guy’s found not guilty.
The state didn't make that argument?
Dumb question:
If rough ride is off the table...and I’d bet officers would testify that rides without seatbelts had occurred hundreds of time prior, with no broken necks...how can he be convicted of second degree murder?
Video of Freddie Gray being escorted to police van. I’d seen this, edited, on TV news. It appeared to me that Gray was in distress before he ever got to the van. The whole clip is worth seeing, but actual escorting to van begins at around 1:40. A bystander who was recording the transfer shouted at police, you tase him like that, no wonder he can’t use his legs.
I’ve never heard why Gray was tased.
The Easter Bunny causes egg prices to rise at Easter too. Makes about as much sense as charging this officer who I am confident will be acquitted completely.
Yep. They are trying to imply that a white cop deliberately killed an “innocent” black man. How convenient not to mention that the cop was black. Or that the dead guy was a criminal.