The Latest: Jury to look at van where Freddie Gray injured
BALTIMORE (AP) — The latest on the trial of a police officer accused in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who suffered a spinal injury in the back of a transport van (all times local):
The jury in the manslaughter trial of a Baltimore police officer charged in Freddie Gray's death is set to view the prisoner transport van in which he suffered a fatal spinal injury.
The chief of staff to the commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department is testifying that six updated policies were sent to all agency members just days before the arrest of Freddie Gray.
A Baltimore police officer who worked as an instructor at the police academy for ten years is testifying that while officers often work together to ensure the safety of a person who has been arrested, it is primarily the responsibility of the wagon driver to protect the person in the back of a transport van.
Bilheimer, the state's second witness, said the police department does have rules about buckling detainees in and administering medical care.