Oppenheim writes: "The court has given extraordinary treatment to the six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, from their arrests up to their impending trials. But thousands of other defendants in Baltimore receive an inferior brand of justice."
Freddie Gray mural in Baltimore (photo: Jay McMichael/CNN)
Another Baltimore Injustice
30 November 15
he trials of the six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man who died after suffering a spinal injury in police custody, begin tomorrow. As a public defender here, I have watched the cases of the officers move through the Baltimore City Circuit Court.
These cases are remarkable in that police officers were actually charged in Mr. Gray’s killing, unlike in other recent cases of police violence. But they are also notable in another, less laudable, way.
The court has given extraordinary treatment to the accused officers, from their arrests up to their impending trials. But thousands of other defendants in Baltimore receive an inferior brand of justice.
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