Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson leaves the University of Baltimore Learning Commons Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, after being found not guilty on all administrative charges related to his transportation of Freddie Gray, the black man whose death in custody sparked riots in the city. (Kevin Richardson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
November 07, 2017 - 10:10 AM
BALTIMORE - The Latest on a disciplinary hearing for Baltimore police van driver Caesar Goodson, who transported Freddie Gray when the black man suffered a fatal injury in police custody (all times local):
1:05 p.m.
A disciplinary panel has found a Baltimore police van driver not guilty on all administrative charges related to his transportation of Freddie Gray, the black man whose death in custody sparked riots in the city.
The three-member board said Tuesday that Officer Caesar Goodson did not violate any police department policies.
The panel consisted of two Baltimore police officers and an outside chair.
Department lawyer Neil Duke argued that Goodson should have been fired for failing to follow policy by not buckling Gray into a seatbelt and failing to get him medical attention.
Grey died a week after his April 2015 arrest from a spinal cord injury he suffered during the van ride.
Goodson's lawyers say the police department failed to properly distribute a change in policy making the seatbelts mandatory just days before Gray's arrest.
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9:55 a.m.
Baltimore's city solicitor says a police disciplinary panel will announce its verdict in the case of a police van driver who could be fired for his role in transporting Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man whose death in custody sparked riots in the city in 2015.
City Solicitor Andre Davis said Tuesday the three-member panel will reconvene to make public its verdict in a 21-count case against Officer Caesar Goodson.
It's unclear when the panel will announce its verdict. Attorneys gave closing arguments in the case Monday.
A new state law passed after Gray's death opened these disciplinary hearings for the first time. That has led to some confusion about the process. Davis says any punishment would be sealed, because it is considered part of personnel records.
News from © The Associated Press, 2017