The first of the six long-awaited trials in the Freddie Gray case began in Baltimore on Wednesday morning, with opening statements made by both the prosecution and the defense by the afternoon.
The jurors, selected from a pool of 150, are five Black women, three Black men, three white women and one white man, and the alternates are three Black men and one white man,The Baltimore Sun reported.
Gray, 25, was arrested in April and suffered from a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody. He succumbed to his injury several days after his arrest. His untimely death sparked outrage and riots throughout Baltimore. Baltimore City’s State Attorney Marilyn Mosby charged all six officers involved in Gray’s arrest and death with charges ranging from false imprisonment to involuntary manslaughter.
