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   Charges Dropped

Case Abandoned Against Police in Gray’s Death

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, at podium, holds a news conference near the site where Freddie Gray, depicted in mural in background, was arrested after
her office dropped the remaining charges against three Baltimore police officers awaiting trial in Gray’s death, in Baltimore, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. The decision
by prosecutors comes after a judge had already acquitted three of the six officers charged in the case. At left is Gray’s father, Richard Shipley.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Associated Press             criminally responsible for his  tween the police, prosecu-  blaming police for a biased   he was handcuffed and
BALTIMORE (AP) — More        death collapsed Wednes-         tors and the people.        investigation that failed to  shackled but left otherwise
than a year after a black    day when the city dropped       A day before another trial  produce a single convic-      unrestrained in the back of
man suffered a broken        all charges in the case that    was to begin, prosecutors   tion in the death of Freddie  the van.
neck in a police van, the    tore Baltimore apart and        dismissed charges against   Gray.Gray, 25, was fatally
effort to hold six officers  exposed deep fissures be-       three remaining officers,   injured in April 2015 while         Continued on Page 5