Prosecutors dropped the remaining charges Wednesday against three
Baltimore police officers awaiting trial in the death of Freddie Gray,
ending the case without any convictions.
Gray was a 25-year-old black man whose neck was
broken while he was handcuffed and shackled but left unrestrained in the
back of a police van in April 2015. His death added fuel to the growing
Black Lives Matter movement, set off massive protests in the city and
led to the worst riots the city had seen in decades.
The day started with a pretrial hearing for Officer
Garrett Miller -- who had faced assault, misconduct in office and
reckless endangerment charges. But instead of pretrial motions, Chief
Deputy State's Attorney Michael Schatzow told the judge that prosecutors
were dropping the charges against Miller and the rest of the officers.
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