A US judge has delivered a not guilty verdict in the trial of a Baltimore, Maryland, police officer for crimes related to the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American man.
In June last year, prosecutors charged a total of six police officers, including a lieutenant and a sergeant, with multiple counts including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in connection with the killing of Gray, who died of severe spinal injuries on April 19, a week after he was arrested and detained by police.
White Officer Edward Nero was found not guilty by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams on Monday morning on all counts over the arrest and subsequent death of Gray, whose death triggered massive demonstrations and riots in the majority-black city last year.
Prosecutors had charged the 30-year-old officer with second-degree intentional assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of officer misconduct over the April 2015…