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| Freddie Gray death: Officer acquitted of four charges | Freddie Gray death: Officer acquitted of four charges |
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| A police officer has been acquitted of charges related to the death of a black man in police custody in Baltimore. | |
| Police officer Edward Nero was cleared of second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in office. | |
| Freddie Gray, who was 25, died after sustaining a severe spinal injury in the back of a police van during his arrest in April 2015. | Freddie Gray, who was 25, died after sustaining a severe spinal injury in the back of a police van during his arrest in April 2015. |
| His death caused days of massive protests and unrest in Baltimore. | His death caused days of massive protests and unrest in Baltimore. |
| Last year, a jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of another officer connected to Gray's death, William Porter. | |
| Officer Porter was the first of six officers charged in Gray's death to be tried. | |
| In Officer Nero's trial, a judge said he "acted as any reasonable officer would" and did not touch Gray until he was in handcuffs. | |
| Officer Nero helped load Gray back into the police van after police said he was kicking, screaming and shaking inside of it. | |
| "The state's theory has been one of recklessness and negligence," said Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams. "There has been no evidence that the defendant intended for a crime to occur." | |
| The prosecution had been hoping to use Officer Porter as a witness in the other officer's trials. He will face another trial in June. | |
| Gray's death helped spur a national debate over police use of force, especially against black men. | |
| In Baltimore, protests raged for days and even turned violent, prompting officials to declare a state of emergency and deploy national guard troops. | |
| Freddie Gray's death - in depth | |
| Duel identities - how a divided city came to riot | |
| Ferguson v Baltimore - two cities rocked by protest compared | |
| Returning to normal - normality means violence, tension, poverty and drug addiction for much of Baltimore | |
| Baltimore through the lens - an amateur photographer looks at a city on edge | |
| A post-mortem report found that Gray sustained a neck injury slamming into a van wall during the ride. | |
| He was not restrained with a seatbelt. | |
| During Officer Porter's trial, prosecutors said he ignored Mr Gray's pleas for medical help, describing the van as a "coffin on wheels". |