Baltimore Reaches Settlement in Death of Freddie Gray
- 9 years ago
The family of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man whose death from a spinal cord injury while in police custody set off riots in Baltimore in April, has reached a $6.4 million settlement with the city, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Tuesday.
The proposed settlement, which will be taken up by the Board of Estimates - the panel that approves contracts and purchases for the city - at its meeting on Wednesday, does not "constitute an admission of liability on the part of the city, the Baltimore Police Department, individual Baltimore Police officers," or anyone else who might be responsible for Mr. Gray's death, Ms. Rawlings-Blake said in a statement.
The settlement comes as judicial hearings are just beginning in the cases of six officers facing criminal charges in Mr. Gray's death.
The proposed settlement, which will be taken up by the Board of Estimates - the panel that approves contracts and purchases for the city - at its meeting on Wednesday, does not "constitute an admission of liability on the part of the city, the Baltimore Police Department, individual Baltimore Police officers," or anyone else who might be responsible for Mr. Gray's death, Ms. Rawlings-Blake said in a statement.
The settlement comes as judicial hearings are just beginning in the cases of six officers facing criminal charges in Mr. Gray's death.