Baltimore and the Freddie Gray case

Baltimore Police mounted officers stand at the ready during a protest against police brutality and the death of Freddie Gray outside the Baltimore Police Western District station in the Sandtown neighborhood April 22, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Hundreds of demonstrators march toward the Baltimore Police Western District station during a protest against police brutality and the death of Freddie Gray in the Sandtown neighborhood April 22, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A Baltimore Police officer secures metal barricades in front of City Hall in anticipation of protests against police brutality and the death of Freddie Gray April 22, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, was arrested by Baltimore Police for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A member of the Baltimore Police Department stands guard outside of the department’s Western District police station as men hold their hands up in protest during a march for Freddie Gray, Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

A woman holds a sign during a protest for Freddie Gray outside the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station, Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

A child watches a protest march for Freddie Gray as it passes by, Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

A Baltimore Police detective watches from behind the expanded barrier of the Western District police station as marchers take to the streets for another day of protests over the death of local resident Freddie Gray, while in police custody. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

The sun casts long shadows as people walk on Pennsylvania Avenue toward Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, as marchers take to the streets for another day of protests over the death of local resident Freddie Gray, while in police custody. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Draped in an African America flag, Abdul Salaam (who has a pending lawsuit alleging police brutality against the Baltimore city police) shouts through his bull horn as he leads protesters away from the Western District police station as marchers take to the streets for another day of protests over the death of local resident Freddie Gray, while in police custody. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Balloons are tied to a Baltimore stop sign in memory of Freddie Gray. (Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford)

A marcher embraces Baltimore Police Lt. Col. Melvin T. Russell, in front of the department’s Western District police station during a march for Freddie Gray, Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

About 600 protestors, including the families of Freddie Gray, protested Gray’s death while in the custody of Baltimore police by marching from the site of the arrest to the Western District police station, about six blocks away, on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/TNS)

Priscilla Jackson holds a sign at the intersection where Freddie Gray was arrested before a march and vigil in his honor, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Family members raise their hands together at the front steps of the Western District of the Baltimore Police following the death of local resident Freddie Gray. Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun

Protestors march to the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station during a march and vigil for Freddie Gray, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Protestors march outside of the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station during a march and vigil for Freddie Gray, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

A protestor raises his fist outside of the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station during a march and vigil for Freddie Gray, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Members of the Baltimore Police Department stand behind barriers outside of the Western District police station during a march for Freddie Gray, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)Members of the Baltimore Police Department stand behind barriers outside of the Western District police station during a march for Freddie Gray, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The Rev. Jamal Bryant leads a rally outside of the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station during a march and vigil for Freddie Gray, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Protesters sit outside the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station at the end of a march for Freddie Gray, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Protestors participate in a vigil for Freddie Gray down the street from the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Protestors rally after a march for Freddie Gray that ended in front of the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

A protestor gestures toward police during a rally after a march for Freddie Gray that ended in front of the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Protestors shout at the police after a march for Freddie Gray that ended in front of the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Baltimore Police officers look on during a rally for Freddie Gray in front of the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Neighborhood children light candles at a memorial after a march and vigil for Freddie Gray, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Children on bikes look on as protesters march march for Freddie Gray on Laurens Street, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Protestors participate in a vigil for Freddie Gray down the street from the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Maryland State Delegate Keith E. Haynes talks to protestors during a vigil for Freddie Gray down the street from the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Protestors walk toward Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station during a march and vigil over the death of Freddie Gray, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Protestors participate in a vigil for Freddie Gray down the street from the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Protestors participate in a vigil for Freddie Gray down the street from the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Tully White IV holds his son Tully White V, 2 years old, during a vigil for Freddie Gray down the street from the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Baltimore Police Department officers stand behind a barrier while protestors gather near the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station during a march and vigil over the death of Freddie Gray, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Baltimore Police Department officers stand behind a barrier while protestors gather near the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station during a march and vigil over the death of Freddie Gray, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Baltimore resident Priscilla Jackson signs a memorial following a demonstration over the death of Freddie Gray, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Baltimore resident Priscilla Jackson signs a memorial following a demonstration over the death of Freddie Gray, April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, died from spinal injuries on April 19, one week after being taken into police custody. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Earl Williams, a 40-year resident of Baltimore’s Sandtown neighborhood, sits on the steps outside his home, around the corner from where Freddie Gray was arrested last week April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, a 25-year-old black man who lived in the neighborhood, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside this building on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. ‘There’s a lot of us huring abou this death,’ Williams said. ‘Because it’s so close to us.’ (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A black plastic shopping bag floats on the wind outside the Gilmor Homes housing project building where Freddie Gray was arrested last week in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, a 25-year-old black man who lived in the neighborhood, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside this building on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A get-well card for Freddie Gray is taped outside the Gilmor Homes housing project building where Gray was arrested last week in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, a 25-year-old black man who lived in the neighborhood, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside this building on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

According to a police report Freddie Gray was arrested on the 1700 block of Presbury Street, outside the Gilmore Homes housing project in the Sandtown neighborhood, where this sign hangs April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, a 25-year-old black man who lived in the neighborhood, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside this building on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The Baltimore Police Western District station where Freddie Gray was taken after being arrested in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, whose nickname was Pepper, was a 25-year-old black man who lived in this neighborhood and was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A young man who gave his name only as ‘Mike’ shows how police officers push young men in his Sandtown neighborhood against the wall before searching and questioning them April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who lived in this neighborhood, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Video surveillance cameras are mounted to the outside of every Gilmor Homes housing project building near the place where Freddie Gray was arrested in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, a 25-year-old black man who lived in the neighborhood, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside this building on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A Christian cross and dove mark the entrance to a small church near the place where Freddie Gray was arrested in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, whose nickname was Pepper, was a 25-year-old black man who lived in this neighborhood and was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A young man wears a shirt with the message ‘Justice For Freddie’ in the Sandtown neighborhood where he lives April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray was a 25-year-old black man who lived in this neighborhood and was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Travis Robertson of Baltimore has a few words with Lt. Col. Melvin Russell outside of the Western District Police Station. Protest outside of the Western District Police Station after Freddie Gray died while in police custody. Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun

This sidewalk adjacent to Gilmor Homes is where Freddie Gray was taken into custody by Baltimore Police. Gray was injured at some point during the confrontation and died a week later. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Edward Brown speaks at a protest outside City Hall about Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Monday, April 20, 2015. Baltimore’s top police officials, mayor and prosecutor sought to calm a “community on edge” Monday while investigating how Gray suffered a fatal spine injury while under arrest. Six officers have been suspended, but investigators say they still don’t know how it happened. (Amy Davis/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

The Rev. Cortly “C.D.” Witherspoon, front left, president of the Baltimore City chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks at a protest outside City Hall about Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Monday, April 20, 2015. Baltimore’s top police officials, mayor and prosecutor sought to calm a “community on edge” Monday while investigating how Gray suffered a fatal spine injury while under arrest. Six officers have been suspended, but investigators say they still don’t know how it happened. (Amy Davis/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

William Stewart, a friend of Freddie Gray, protests outside City Hall in Baltimore, Monday, April 20, 2015. Baltimore’s top police officials, mayor and prosecutor sought to calm a “community on edge” Monday while investigating how Gray suffered a fatal spine injury while under arrest. Six officers have been suspended, but investigators say they still don’t know how it happened. (Amy Davis/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

A girl tries to pull her grandmother back inside their home as she shouts at police officers outside the Gilmor Homes housing project building where Freddie Gray was arrested last week in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, a 25-year-old black man who lived in the neighborhood, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside this building on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

An anti-crime light tower stands on a corner near the Baltimore Police Western District station, where Freddie Gray was taken after being arrested last week in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, whose nickname was Pepper, was a 25-year-old black man who lived in this neighborhood and was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A man trims the grass near the spot where Freddie Gray was arrested outside the Gilmore Homes housing project in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, a 25-year-old black man who lived in the neighborhood, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside this building on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A young man stands outside the Gilmor Homes housing project building where Freddie Gray was arrested in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, a 25-year-old black man who lived in the neighborhood, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside this building on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A young man who game his name only as Raheem shows support for Freddie Gray by wearing a black ribbon pinned to his shirt in the Sandtown neighborhood where he lives April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, whose nickname was Pepper, was a 25-year-old black man who lived in this neighborhood and was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Young men show their support for Freddie Gray by wearing clothes printed with ‘#Pray4Pepper’ and ‘#JusticeForFreddie’ in the Sandtown neighborhood where April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, whose nickname was Pepper, was a 25-year-old black man who lived in this neighborhood and was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A young man who game his name only as Raheem video chats with a friend near the place where Freddie Gray was arrested in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, whose nickname was Pepper, was a 25-year-old black man who lived in this neighborhood and was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A pile of empty and smashed liquor, beer and champagne bottles form an informal memorial around the corner from the Baltimore Police Western District station where Freddie Gray was taken after being arrested in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, whose nickname was Pepper, was a 25-year-old black man who lived in this neighborhood and was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

This video surveillance cameras is mounted to the outside of the Gilmor Homes housing project building above the place where Freddie Gray was arrested in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, a 25-year-old black man who lived in the neighborhood, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside this building on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A young man taunts police officers and calls for revenge for the death of Freddie Gray as they respond to an emergency call in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, a 25-year-old black man who lived in this neighborhood, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A young man who game his name only as ‘Mike’ shows support for Freddie Gray by wearing a hat embroidered with ‘#Pray4Pepper’ in the Sandtown neighborhood where he lives April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, whose nickname was Pepper, was a 25-year-old black man who lived in this neighborhood and was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A police officer returns to his vehicle after responding to an emergency call at the Gilmor Homes in the Sandtown neighborhood April 21, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who lived in this neighborhood, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside this housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

About 600 protestors, including the families of Freddie Gray, protested Gray’s death while in the custody of Baltimore police by marching from the site of the arrest to the Western District police station, about six blocks away, on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/TNS)

Baltimore and the Freddie Gray case

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