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Officer Charged With Death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore Found Not Guilty

© AP Photo / Steve RuarkLt. Brian Rice, left, one of the six members of the Baltimore Police Department charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, arrives with attorney Mike Davey, right, at a courthouse to hear a judge's ruling in his trial in Baltimore, Monday, July 18, 2016.
Lt. Brian Rice, left, one of the six members of the Baltimore Police Department charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, arrives with attorney Mike Davey, right, at a courthouse to hear a judge's ruling in his trial in Baltimore, Monday, July 18, 2016. - Sputnik International
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The highest ranking officer facing charges in the death of African-American man Freddie Gray while in police custody in Baltimore, Maryland has been found not guilty of all charges, local media reported.

Police in riot gear line up near the scene of Monday's riots ahead of a 10 p.m. curfew Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Baltimore. The curfew was imposed after unrest in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. - Sputnik International
Highest-Ranking US Officer in Freddie Gray’s Case Opts for Bench Trial
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The judge found Lieutenant Brian Rice not guilty of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in officer, WJZ news reported.

Rice is the fourth of six officers to face a trial in the death of Gray. The judge acquitted two of them, and the third is facing a retrial after the jury deadlocked.

Gray was arrested by Baltimore police on April 12, 2015. He died one week later after suffering a spinal cord injury while in police custody.

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