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March 9, 2016

Court Orders Baltimore Officer to Testify Against Peers in Freddie Gray Case
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Maryland's highest court has ordered Baltimore police officer William
Porter to testify against five fellow officers at their trials over the
fatal arrest of African American Freddie Gray. Gray's family attorney
said his spine was "80 percent severed at his neck." Officer Porter's
trial ended in a hung jury in December; he faces a retrial. Tuesday's
decision allows the officers' trials to resume. The next one is set to
begin April 13, one year and one day after Gray's fatal arrest.
Topics:Police Police Brutality Freddie Gray

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