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If he was acquitted, the prosecutor might as well forget the others.

A Baltimore police officer who drove the van in which Freddie Gray rode before he died was acquitted of all charges
Thursday, June 23, 2016 11:01 AM EDT

The officer who drove the van in which Freddie Gray sustained a fatal spinal injury was acquitted on Thursday of second-degree murder and six lesser charges, leaving prosecutors still without a conviction after three high-profile trials in a case that has shaken this city.

“The court finds there is insufficient evidence that the defendant gave or intended to give Mr. Gray a rough ride,” said Judge Barry G. Williams, reading his ruling softly but clearly in a cavernous downtown courtroom.

“There has been no evidence presented at this trial that the defendant intended for any crime to happen.”
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