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A SEA
CHANGE IN THE WAY THEY ARREST
PEOPLE.
FREDDIE GRAY AS A TYPICAL
EXAMPLE OF POLICE BEHAVIOR.
OCCUPIED TERRITORY.
RELATIONSHIP.
DAVID: PROSECUTORS CONSIDER THE
ARREST OF FREDDIE GRAY ILLEGAL.
THEY CHARGE HIM WITH SECONDARY
ASSAULT.
IF CONVICTED ON THAT ACCOUNT
LEAD TO A CHANGE OF POLICE
CONDUCT.
>> THE PROSECUTION IS DONE
HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE BEFORE YOU
MAKE AN ARREST.
DAVID: THE PROSECUTION CONTENDS
NERO DID NOT HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE
TO ARREST GRAY AFTER HE MADE EYE
CONTACT WITH THEM AND TOOK OFF
RUNNING.
A U.S. SURPREME COURT DECISION
BASED ON A SIMILAR SCENARIO ONLY
GIVES POLICE THE AUTHORITY TO
STOP SOMEONE BASED ON REASONABLE
SUSPICION.
ANOTHER HIGH COURT RULING ALLOWS
POLICE TO PERFORM AN EXTERNAL
PAT DOWN OF AN INDIVIDUAL.
>> IT WOULD NOT GIVE THE OFFICER
JUSTIFICATION TO ARREST.
DAVID: PROSECUTORS ALLEGE SINCE
ARREST, NERO ASSAULTED GRAY
USING EXCESSIVE FORCE IN
DETAINING AND CUFFING HIM.
POCKET BUT ONLY AFTER THEY
ARRESTED AND PLACED HIM IN A
POLICE VAN.
>> AN ASSAULT IS JUST AN
UNLAWFUL OFFENSIVE TOUCHING AND
SO IF POLICE LACK PROBABLE
CAUSE, THE STATE'S THEORY IS,
THEN THE FORCE-- THE TOUCHING
THAT THEY USED TO ARREST FREDDIE
GRAY WOULD BE UNLAWFUL AND
THEREFORE BE A MISDEMEANOR
ASSAULT.
DAVID: COMMUNITY LEADERS HOPE
CULTURE.
>> WHENEVER THEY GO TO
IF THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY
THE PROCESS, THE TRANSPARENCY.
DAVID: BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF
THE 13 MOTIONS, ONE LEGAL EXPERT
SAYS IT WAS LIKE THE ASSAULT
CHARGE COMES DOWN TO THE MURKY
DISTINCTION BETWEEN DETENTION
NOT AN EASY ISSUE.