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       Trial Begins for 1st of 6 Baltimore Officers in Freddie Gray Death

   by VOA News

   Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of the first of six Baltimore
   officers facing charges in the death of a black man injured in police
   custody. The incident in Maryland sparked weeks of protests earlier
   this year.

   William Porter is accused of manslaughter, assault, reckless
   endangerment, and misconduct as one of the officers who dealt with
   Freddie Gray after his arrest on a city street on April 12.

   The 25-year-old Gray suffered a severe spinal injury as he was
   transported in a police van for 45 minutes. He died a week later in a
   Baltimore hospital. Allegations of racial discrimination and systemic
   police misconduct triggered weeks of demonstrations in Baltimore and
   around the country.

   The six police officers facing charges will be tried separately. Porter
   and two of the other officers are black; the other three are white.

   "We just want fairness and justice for Freddie Gray in a legal, calm
   way, and the courtroom is where it's happening," Tessa Hill-Alston,
   president of the city's NAACP chapter, told The Baltimore Sun
   newspaper.
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