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Autopsy of Freddie Gray shows 'high-energy' blow - Baltimore Sun
june 23 2015
Freddie Gray suffered a single "high-energy injury" to his neck and spine — most likely caused when the police van in which he was riding suddenly decelerated, according to a copy of the autopsy report obtained by The Baltimore Sun.
The state medical examiner's office concluded that Gray's death could not be ruled an accident, and was instead a homicide, because officers failed to follow safety procedures "through acts of omission."
Though Gray was loaded into the van on his belly, the medical examiner surmised that he may have gotten to his feet and was thrown into the wall during an abrupt change in direction. He was not belted in, but his wrists and ankles were shackled, making him "at risk for an unsupported fall during acceleration or deceleration of the van." The medical examiner compared Gray's injury to those seen in shallow-water diving incidents.
Gray is not the first person to come out of a Baltimore police wagon with serious injuries.
Relatives of Dondi Johnson Sr., who was left a paraplegic after a 2005 police van ride, won a $7.4 million verdict against police officers. A year earlier, Jeffrey Alston was awarded $39 million by a jury after he became paralyzed from the neck down as the result of a van ride. Others have also received payouts after filing lawsuits.
For some, such injuries have been inflicted by what is known as a "rough ride" — an "unsanctioned technique" in which police vans are driven to cause "injury or pain" to unbuckled, handcuffed detainees, former city police officer Charles J. Key testified as an expert five years ago in a lawsuit over Johnson's subsequent death.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064748291 said:So this is what happened? Looks like Freddy's family is going to be rich and some police officers are going to jail.
Freddie Gray not the first to come out of Baltimore police van with serious injuries - Baltimore Sun
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064748291 said:So this is what happened? Looks like Freddy's family is going to be rich and some police officers are going to jail.
Freddie Gray not the first to come out of Baltimore police van with serious injuries - Baltimore Sun
The other prisoner in the back of the van claimed that it was not a " rough ride ".
The other prisoner, Donta Allen, said the police report did not accurately portray his comments. He said he heard a few seconds of soft banging and that was it.
I am sure the police got him to word things just the way they wanted while they had him there at the station. OR upon hearing what happened, Mr. Allen reinterpreted what he heard. I don't think the defense is going to want to use Mr. Allen as the story he has been telling the media doesn't paint the best picture for the accused.
He also said the ride was not violent which will make it hard to convict the driver of deliberately driving hard to hurt mister gray. The case against the other 5 defendants is now very weak too. They may all skate.
Freddie Gray suffered a single "high-energy injury" to his neck and spine — most likely caused when the police van in which he was riding suddenly decelerated
The medical examiner compared Gray's injury to those seen in shallow-water diving incidents.
He also said the ride was not violent which will make it hard to convict the driver of deliberately driving hard to hurt mister gray. The case against the other 5 defendants is now very weak too. They may all skate.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064748476 said:If the ride was not rough then how did Freddy get an 80% severed neck while in police custody?
To me suddenly decelerated means slamming on the brakes.
The driver will say a kid ran in my path. It the van has dash cam, he'll have to modify that to something like "I heard a real loud noise and hit the brakes". Who's to say otherwise?
I find it to be impossible for a medical examiner to determine what the vehicle driver did based upon injuries to a person. Sounds like someone is filling in the gaps with "desired" information.Μολὼν λαβέ;1064748476 said:If the ride was not rough then how did Freddy get an 80% severed neck while in police custody?
To me suddenly decelerated means slamming on the brakes.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064748692 said:Even so if the driver slams on the brakes it means he was driving too fast for conditions, and with an unsecured prisoner in the back who was arrested illegally. I would say the police are f***ed.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064748476 said:If the ride was not rough then how did Freddy get an 80% severed neck while in police custody?
To me suddenly decelerated means slamming on the brakes.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1064748692 said:Even so if the driver slams on the brakes it means he was driving too fast for conditions, and with an unsecured prisoner in the back who was arrested illegally. I would say the police are f***ed.
The other prisoner, Donta Allen, said the police report did not accurately portray his comments. He said he heard a few seconds of soft banging and that was it.
I am sure the police got him to word things just the way they wanted while they had him there at the station. OR upon hearing what happened, Mr. Allen reinterpreted what he heard. I don't think the defense is going to want to use Mr. Allen as the story he has been telling the media doesn't paint the best picture for the accused.
"most likely caused" and "surmised" make it sound like speculation. If he was injured inside the van, why were his feet dragging on the way to the van?
Arrested illegally?
How so?
Baltimore Prosecutors Say Freddie Gray Arrest Was Illegal Before Finding Knife
I drive for a living, that statement is certainly not true.....
the legality of the arrest, (and i believe the arrest to violate several of Grays rights, especially the 2nd, 4th, and 5th amendments) is not the concern of the van driver, once Gray is in the van the decision to arrest has already been made
Lol !
The Police made him do it
Now you know why the state wanted this censored. Still, he probably should have been buckled in.
Cause he was acting. Freddie saw a big "police brutality" payday down the road. That's how it is baltimore.
Relatives of Dondi Johnson Sr., who was left a paraplegic after a 2005 police van ride, won a $7.4 million verdict against police officers. A year earlier, Jeffrey Alston was awarded $39 million by a jury after he became paralyzed from the neck down as the result of a van ride. Others have also received payouts after filing lawsuits.
Christine Abbott, a 27-year-old assistant librarian at the Johns Hopkins University, is suing city officers in federal court, alleging that she got such a ride in 2012. According to the suit, officers cuffed Abbott's hands behind her back, threw her into a police van, left her unbuckled and "maniacally drove" her to the Northern District police station, "tossing [her] around the interior of the police van."
"They were braking really short so that I would slam against the wall, and they were taking really wide, fast turns," Abbott said in an interview that mirrored allegations in her lawsuit. "I couldn't brace myself. I was terrified."
The lawsuit states she suffered unspecified injuries from the arrest and the ride.
"You feel like a piece of cargo," she added. "You don't feel human."
The van's driver stated in a deposition that Abbott was not buckled into her seat belt, but the officers have denied driving recklessly.
"From my work in the criminal defense arena over the past 40 years, I'm aware of this term 'rough ride' and that it happens," said Byron L. Warnken, a University of Baltimore law school professor who trains police officers in proper techniques for dealing with people they stop.
But, he added, if a prisoner dies of a broken neck while in custody, the city has a problem. "The force it takes to break a neck means wrongdoing, in my judgment."
Now you know why the state wanted this censored. Still, he probably should have been buckled in.
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