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2 Baltimore officers accept disciplinary action in Gray case

By JULIET LINDERMAN their careers, said Michael among six officers charged Gilmor Homes in Sandtown- unresponsive for a week
BALTIMORE (AP) — Two Davey, an attorney for the in Gray’s arrest and death Winchester, after Gray ran until he died from injuries
Baltimore police officers Baltimore police union. in 2015. They are the only from the officers. Miller and he suffered inside the van.
agreed to be disciplined Davey wouldn’t say how two officers who have so Nero handcuffed Gray and Nero and Miller faced the
for their roles in the arrest the officers would be disci- far been punished for their put him into a police trans- least serious charges of all
of Freddie Gray, a young plined and police spokes- involvement, more than a port wagon. The van made six officers: assault, reck-
black man who died in cus- man T.J. Smith said he year after the criminal cas- a trip that lasted about 45 less endangerment and
tody, an attorney for the of- could not comment on it. es collapsed.The 25-year- minutes and included sev- misconduct in office. Rice,
ficers said Tuesday. Smith did say the two of- old man died after his neck eral stops, in which officers the highest-ranking officer
Garrett Miller and Edward ficers are on active duty was broken in the back of periodically checked on charged; Officer William
Nero “do not believe they and are currently assigned a transport wagon while Gray, who at least once Porter, who was present for
violated any policies, pro- to the special operations he was handcuffed and indicated that he wanted five of the van’s six stops,
cedures or practices of the section, which includes the shackled but left unre- to go to a hospital.Gray and Sgt. Alicia White, who
Baltimore Police Depart- aviation, marine, moun- strained by a seat belt.On was ultimately taken to checked on Gray toward
ment” but they accepted tain, K-9, SWAT, traffic and April 12, 2015, Nero, Miller the Western District station the end of his journey,
the disciplinary action to special events units. and Lt. Brian Rice chased house, and then to a hos- each faced an additional
move on and continue Nero and Miller were and arrested Gray near the pital where he remained manslaughter charge.q
Jury clears 1 officer, deadlocks on other in shooting trial

returning from a three-day for no reason, mistook me
weekend. The 10-member for someone else and shot
jury of two men and eight me. Before they shot me,
women had told the judge they cursed at me, threat-
Friday they were dead- ened and tortured me as if
locked in the lawsuit filed I was less than human. They
by 24-year-old Leon Ford, claimed they saw a gun on
who is black, against white me that did not exist.”
officers David Derbish and Fred Rabner, one of Ford’s
Andrew Miller. attorneys, said Ford will be
The judge instructed the “better off” at the retrial
jury, which had no black the judge hopes to sched-
members, to continue de- ule for early next year be-
liberating in the civil rights cause, “the focus will be
trial held amid concerns laser sharp on Derbish.”
about black men nation- Derbish and Miller walked
wide being shot by officers briskly from the courtroom
in recent years. after the verdict, and their
The split verdict means defense team declined to
Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge comment.
Maureen must schedule The November 2012 shoot-
another trial focused solely ing left Ford a paraplegic
on Ford’s claim that Der- who must use a catheter six
bish used excessive force. times a day and clear his
In this Sept. 26, 2017 photo, Leon Ford arrives in front of the Federal Courthouse in downtown The jury cleared Miller of bowels manually, Rabner
Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh police officer Andrew Miller was cleared of assault and battery allegations Ford’s assault and battery had told the jury. For also
but a jury deadlocked on whether a second officer, David Derbish, violated a driver’s civil rights claims. was left without any sexual
when he shot Ford as his car sped away from a traffic stop with the officer still inside, a jury ruled “I am confident that the function, he said.
Tuesday, Oct. 10. (Darrell Sapp/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP) truth will come out again Rabner had argued Ford
By JOE MANDAK allegations Tuesday but sped away from a traffic the next time a jury hears was the victim of three
Associated Press deadlocked on whether stop with the officer still in- my case,” Ford said in a “rogue cops” — Derbish,
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A jury another officer violated a side. statement issued by his at- Miller, and Miller’s partner,
cleared one Pittsburgh man’s civil rights when he Jurors returned the partial torneys after the verdict. Michael Kosko, who initi-
police officer of assault shot him as the man’s car verdict a couple hours after “The police pulled me over ated the traffic stop. q
Woman accused of threatening FBI mole in train-guns case

By MICHAEL TARM she was arrested carrying a arrest in October 2016 of ing last week in that 2015 court papers said.
AP Legal Affairs Writer bag containing one of the Brian Stafford, who alleg- case, Judge John Tharp “Snitches get stitches and
CHICAGO (AP) — A sub- brand new AR 15-type as- edly told the informant he said criminals prize new found in ditches,” one post-
urban Chicago mother of sault rifles stolen from the had the rifles just two days guns because they’re ing allegedly said, followed
seven is accused of urging Chicago train that had after the train theft. hard to trace and he said by 11 handgun emojis.
Facebook followers to kill a stopped overnight at a That 2016 theft angered their theft contributed to Agents say that was an in-
gang member-turned-FBI Norfolk Southern yard on residents near the South “an epidemic of violence” vitation to kill the informant.
mole for his role in a sting Sept. 18, 2016, according Side rail yard because it in Chicago. A prosecu- Another emoji-laden mes-
that put an associate of to a federal complaint ex- came a year after the theft tor told the court there’s a sage included the infor-
hers behind bars on charg- amined by The Associated of 104 Sturm, Ruger & Co. little-known “subculture” of mant’s photo and asked
es he tried to sell semi-au- Press this week. guns, which quickly fell into thieves who regularly rob if anyone ever sees him,
tomatic rifles stolen from a Authorities have never pub- the hands of gangs. After trains in the nation’s busiest then adds: “If so (shoot)
freight train, court docu- licly announced any arrests the 2015 heist, aldermen rail hub. his head....”The postings
ments show. related to the theft of the six sought assurances from It was Stafford’s arrest that were fantasies, not serious
Iesha Stanciel, 38, fac- new Smith & Wesson-made Norfolk Southern that such led Stanciel, just days later, threats, Stanciel said in a
es federal cyberstalking M&P assault rifles and 27 thefts wouldn’t happen to start posting the Face- July letter to a federal judge
charges for the threats, as pistols despite Stanciel’s again. book threats that includ- asking to be released from
well as a gun charge after indictment in May and the At a sentencing hear- ed the informant’s name, jail pending trial. q