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Jury Deadlocks in Trial of Officer for Freddie Gray Killing

HeadlineDec 16, 2015

In Baltimore, Maryland, the jury in the case of William Porter, the first of six officers to face trial over the death of Freddie Gray, has deadlocked. After deliberating for 10 hours, jurors told the judge Tuesday they had failed to reach a unanimous decision. They are set to continue deliberations today after the judge told them to keep going. Porter, one of three African-American officers charged in the case, is accused of failing to summon medical help when Freddie Gray requested it and failing to secure Gray’s seat belt. Porter faces up to 10 years in prison. Freddie Gray’s family attorney has said his spine was 80 percent severed at the neck when he died in police custody, sparking an uprising in Baltimore over police treatment of African Americans.

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