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Read all the charges against the police officers involved in Freddie Gray’s death

Baltimore City State Attorney Marilyn Mosby on Thursday, May 21, announced a grand jury had indicted all six police officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died of a spinal cord injury while under police custody.

Here’s the full list of the criminal charges, taken from a release handed out by Mosby’s office:

Officer Caesar Goodson Jr.

  1. Second-degree depraved-heart murder, 30 years
  2. Involuntary manslaughter, 10 years
  3. Second-degree assault, 10 years
  4. Manslaughter by vehicle (gross negligence), 10 years
  5. Manslaughter by vehicle (criminal negligence), 3 years
  6. Misconduct in office
  7. Reckless endangerment, 5 years

Officer William Porter

  1. Involuntary manslaughter, 10 years
  2. Second-degree assault, 10 years
  3. Misconduct in office
  4. Reckless endangerment, 5 years

Lieutenant Brian Rice

  1. Involuntary manslaughter, 10 years
  2. Second-degree assault, 10 years
  3. Misconduct in office
  4. Misconduct in office
  5. Reckless endangerment, 5 years

Officer Edward Nero

  1. Second-degree assault, 10 years
  2. Misconduct in office
  3. Misconduct in office
  4. Reckless endangerment, 5 years

Officer Garrett Miller

  1. Second-degree assault, 10 years
  2. Misconduct in office
  3. Misconduct in office
  4. Reckless endangerment, 5 years

Sergeant Alicia White

  1. Involuntary manslaughter, 10 years
  2. Second-degree assault, 10 years
  3. Misconduct in office
  4. Reckless endangerment, 5 years


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