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Officers In Freddie Gray Case Criticized for Appearance at Conservative Group

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BALTIMORE (AP) - Baltimore's police commissioner is criticizing an appearance at a conservative group's gala by three officers charged but not convicted in the death of Freddie Gray who was injured in a police van.
 
WBAL-TV reports Commissioner Kevin Davis said Wednesday he doesn't condone their appearance. He wants to examine whether department policy is stringent enough to bar that kind of off-duty activity.
 
Lt. Brian Rice and officers Edward Nero and Garrett Miller were honored at the Media Research Center's annual gala last week. Officers Caesar Goodson and William Porter, and Sgt. Alicia White don't appear in the video.
 
Prosecutors dropped all charges after three officers were acquitted and another's trial ended in a hung jury.
 
Gray died a week after his neck was broken as he rode in the back of the police transport van, handcuffed and shackled but not seat-belted in.
 
 

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.