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this is "nightline." reaction spilling on the the streets with the bombshell announcement out of baltimore. >> probable cause to file criminal charges. >> all six arresting officers now charged in connection with the death of freddie gray. what the city's police union is saying tonight. plus a loving tribute from the american wife behind the american sniper. taya kyle opens up to our own robin roberts about finding the strength. and jump starting your day by skipping milk and going straight for butter in your coffee? tonight the man who brought us bulletproof coffee has opened up his first shop and it's unlike any we have seen before.
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good evening. thank you for joining us. an egregious rush to judgment is what the baltimore police union is calling the bold announcement that all six arresting officers in the freddie gray case are now
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facing criminal charges. from assault to murder. ruling his death a homicide reaction to the officer's arrest has been passionate and take on the the streets of cities across the country after six days of fiery protests following the death of freddie gray the 25-year-old who died after suffering a severe injuriry while in police custody. today a bombshell announcement by baltimore state attorney marilyn mosby. >> the findings of our comprehensive, thorough investigation, coupled with the medical examiner's determination that mr. gray's death was a homicide which we received today has led us to believe we have probable cause to file criminal charges. >> reporter: all six police officers who are alleged to have been involved in what the prosecutors are now saying was an illegal arrest now facing criminal charges related to the death of freddie gray. >> lieutenant rice officer
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miller and officer near row failed to establish probable cause for mr. gray's arrest as no crime had been committed from mr. gray. >> reporter: it was a show of resolve, a city signaling readiness to act quickly after decades of accusations that officials failed to change a culture of police use of excessive force. at the forefront, marilyn mosby, the daughter and grand daughter of police officers. >> my recent di departed and bewill haved grandfather was one of the founding members of one of the first black police organizations in massachusetts. >> reporter: hundreds of demonstrators outside of the city jail where the six officers were held earlier today. reports say after making eye contact with police, gray ran as seen on this surveillance video. officers then arrested him. >> mr. gray indicated he could not breathe and requested an inhaler to no avail. >> reporter: gray pleaded for help appearing in pain. struggling to walk. but he allegedly received no
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help from officers, who dragged him in to the transport vehicle. >> no medical assistance was rendered or summoned for mr. gray at that time by any officer. >> reporter: when he arrived at thet police station a half hour later, he was reportedly unable to breathe. medics rushed him to the hospital. a few days later, he slipped in to a coma and later died from a severe spinal injury, now ruled a homicide. >> the manner of death is believed to be the result of a fatal injury that occurred while mr. gray was unrestrained bay seat belt in the custody of the baltimore police department wagon. >> reporter: the charges for the six officers range from official misconduct to manslaughter to second-degree murder. >> the prosecutors basically laid out three phases of criminality. number one, arresting a guy who had done nothing wrong. number two, putting him in a van in shackles in a way he should have never been put in there. and number three, not doing anything to help him. >> reporter: it's the driver of
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the van, officer goodson who will face second-degree murder charges them police union calling the criminal charges an egregious rush to judgment. >> these officers did nothing wrong. >> our client is innocent. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: the news tonight providing some comfort to the gray family. >> these charges are an important step in getting justice for freddie. >> reporter: and two an embattled community. >> we need to celebrate that baltimore stood up and did what they needed to do. >> reporter: in light of today's announcement the state attorney mosby made a plea to the protesters of baltimore. >> i heard your call for no justice, no peace. your peace is inserely need as our work to deliver justice on behalf of this young man. to those that are angry, hurt or have their own experiences of injustice at the hands of police officers i urge you to channel the energy peacefully as we prosecute this case. >> reporter: this isn't the first time a black man has pleaded for help and died in
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police custody. >> i can't breathe, sir. >> reporter: derek williams arrested and cuffed in the back of a squad car, diagnose under the watch of milwaukee police. eric garner and the i can't breathe outrage in new york city that swept the nation. in both cases those officers never faced criminal charges. the city of baltimore has had a troubled relationship with its police force for decades. the depiction of a black versus blue dichotomy became a center of the hit show "the wire." >> grab the wall. >> reporter: many protesters speculate gray's death is the result of a so-called rough ride. the phenomenon where police are alleged to take those arrested on a manic drive. though mosby did not refer to that possibility. >> the officer would drive in an erratic manner slamming on the brakes, causing the individual under arrest to strike their head against the screen or
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partition separating the officer and suspect or along the side of the van transport. >> reporter: this is the type of police van freddie gray was riding in on the day he sustained the injuries. it is divide in half by a floor-to-ceiling barrier, creating two narrow cells with seat belts along the wall. it is in a van like this where so-called rough rides are said to occurred. christy abbott said she barely survived one of those rides. >> it was horrifying. i couldn't hold on to anything. it was really scary. >> reporter: the national guard was in full force today but except for a few arrests the night is relatively calm. baltimore's mayor using the charges to send a message today to police officers in the city. >> to those of you who wish to engage in brutality, misconduct racism and corruption, let me be
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clear -- there's no place in the baltimore city police department for you. >> reporter: for many the hero of the day with only four months on the job was marilyn mosby with her powerful announcement reassuring the people of baltimore that justice will be served. >> this is a movement. this is a moment. you know so many people feel as if they have been voiceless for so long. let's start to focus on the real systemic issues in our country. that aren't just happening in baltimore but across the country. up next the american wife showing our robin roberts a new side of her american sniper husband. her own words and her own book. and later, why so many people these days are putting butter in their coffee. excellent looking below the surface, researching a hunch... and making a decision
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heart wrenching three years for taya kyle. the devoted wife behind the real life american sniper. her husband's kidnapping the murder trial and the hollywood limelight tinged with controversy. she is sharing a side of 0 her husband few have ever seen telling her own story in her new book "american wife." and sitting down with our own robin roberts. >> reporter: he was a real-life american hero. depicted in the oscar nominated hit "american sniper." chris kyle the loving father and husband gone much too soon. >> wow. the sniper's wife taya kyle is finally ready to return with us to the place where chris was
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taken from her. >> i don't know. it's something -- it's confusing and almost unthinkable that somebody would do that right here. >> reporter: on that tragic february morning in 2013 chris was setting out to counsel a marine suffering from ptsd who served in iraq eddie ray rout. >> chris was going to do something charitable and kind and something he didn't really have time for -- he is one of those guys who made time. >> reporter: he asked his best friend chad littlefield to come with him and rout to the range southwest of dallas. >> chris was in the front and chad was behind. >> reporter: rout waits until chris has fired his shots down range and guns down chad. then before chris knows what's happening, routh shoots him six times all in the back. >> i know they didn't either
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one of them saw it coming. >> reporter: routh takes his gun and truck and heads to hi sister's house telling her he just killed two men. the second he leaves she called 911. >> my brother said he commit a murder. >> reporter: meanwhile, taya was at home with her children. how were you able to tell your children about what happened to chris? >> it was one of the hardest things i ever had to do. i told them something really bad happened and daddy got hurt and my daughter looked at me and she said, is he dead and then i just shook my head. >> reporter: police tracked down chris' truck within hours. he is arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of chris kyle and chad littlefield. in the dusty west texas town of stephenville, taya kyle comes to bear witness as the man who killed her husband is brought to justice. >> who were you married to prior
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to february 2nd 2013. >> chris kyle. >> reporter:er what was it like being in the courtroom with him? >> some of the pictures and he'd be staring at them. i wanted to come out of my seat. don't you dare look at them in that vulnerable state. you don't have a right. >> reporter: eddie ray rout's defense, not guilty by reason of insanity. >> you consistently put the full blame on him. >> absolutely. ptsd doesn't cause you to murder people. >> mr. routh, if you will please stand. we the jury find the defendant eddie ray routh guilty. >> reporter: the sentence is automatic, life without parole. now taya is sharing a part of chris that few ever saw. beyond the soldier and hero he was a family man of faith. it is scenes like these that inspired her to write her new book "american wife," where she
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tells her story of love and loss with chris. >> there is so much more to him. it was my chance to share that side. i think he's earned it. >> reporter: for taya chris was her unlikely soul mate her cowboy in shining armor. >> he just had this softness and this tenderness. i continue to look back and be in awe of how he managed it so well honestly. >> reporter: the chaenc meeting between taya and chris started off on a rocky note as seen in the film "american sniper" how true was the first meeting? >> so true. i drank a little too much. >> reporter: not exactly love at first sight, or was it? >> we're in a bar, you know. he was so genuine and had a depth to him. in this really hot body with a cute face. >> reporter: they married on march 16th 2002. had two children a son named bubba and a daughter nicknamed angel. as taya holds her infant chris
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is preparing to ship out for the fourth time. >> how are you supposed to be mad at somebody who is serving their country and putting their life on the line every day. >> reporter: the struggle between family and military service would continue to test their marriage. >> in the moments where you hold your kid and think ott not being there with him is when the pain comes in. >> reporter: in in the fog of war a sniper must make split-second decisions who is friend and foe. clint eastwood signed on to direct a movie about his life and bradley cooper played chris. >> everything you could possibly want a job to be. something that scares the hell out of you something that brings you to a different place but in the end changed my life quite frankly. >> reporter: "american sniper" hits a bulls eye at the box office. >> did you think that she portrayed you the way you wanted to be portrayed? >> when she was crying on film
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it made me hurt. >> reporter: when we saw the american sniper playing judge, jury and executioner. >> you prepare for war to fight other men. when you look at his experience women and children women putting their children in harm's way, no. i can't imagine having to deal with that. >> reporter: finally after 1,000 days in iraq chris is home for good. ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> super daddy. putting together your rip rider and you just got it. ♪ how sweet the sound ♪ >> the pain will always be there for taya, the hero gone much too dpoon soon. although forgiveness is still out of reach, the hate well, taya says that is behind her. it is a struggle at times. he took something. >> there is a consequence for everything. that goes back to the bible for me, too. you can forgive somebody and
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still believe they need a consequence. >> reporter: taya writes in her book about a big decision. she says she took off her wedding ring and moved it to her right hand in you talk about switching hands with the ring. so why is it back on the left? >> i just couldn't do it. i kept it on the right for quite a while. >> reporter: you even said taya you heard chris saying to be able to allow yourself to find another love. >> i do believe it and i can allow for that possibility that the love i have for chris doesn't have to change. it's just not what i wanted you know. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm robin roberts. >> our thanks to robin roberts. up next kick starting your mornings with a nice buttered cup of coffee. as a growing number of americans heed the dietary gospel the man behind it is taking his bulletproof coffee to a new level.
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i don't know about you, but i can't get started without a cup of coffee. which is why i'm wide eyed about one of the hottest new trends of downing the cup of joe with a healthy slab of butter. not just any butter or coffee. the man who created bulletproof coffee is bringing us a new way to enjoy it. here's abc's nick watt. ♪ >> reporter: butter and coffee? it seems like a sleepy early morning mistake. it's not. >> i like it.
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>> reporter: when you put grass fed butter in coffee instead of milk it lets you use the naturally occurring antioxidants in the coffee. >> reporter: grass and not corn fed. >> yes. >> the reason for that is the fatty acids and the vitamins don't work when you feed the animal the wrong stuff. >> reporter: sounds like crazy talk and beans and coconut oil. >> it makes you feel amazing and turns off food and sugar cravings for hours and hours. >> reporter: dave asprey opened his first store hocking this con koch. >> i almost wish you hadn't opened in los angeles because people will look at this and go l.a. they will go for everything hamster milk hamster underpants, whatever. . >> they need their brains to work when they are under hot lights and gravitate toward this. >> he has a diet heavy on fats. today i'm mostly interested in
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the coffee are you trained in this stuff? >> i'm a professional bio hacker. i spent $300,000 in 15 years hacking my own body. i lost 100 pounds. >> reporter: lost 100 pounds. >> i used to weigh 300 pounds. >> reporter: it all began -- >> i went to tibet and it was 100 degrees and this lady handed me butter tea and i felt like myself. and i arrived at the recipe for bulletproof coffee. >> reporter: scientifically independently as yet unproven it is a placebo. >> reporter: pretty good. $4.25 for a small cup. not terrible. i enjoyed that. i'm not going to lie. i'm usually in bed by 10:00, not tonight. i'm nick watt still awake in santa monica. >> would you really put butter in your coffee tell us why on our "nightline" facebook page. thank you for watching abc news.
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