amy: billy murphy, you're the attorney for the gray family. what was their reaction? >> theirs was the same as it was to the hung jury and the run-up to these trials, and that is that justice did not have award "tilting" or not guilty, justice is the result of a fair price worth both sides present all of the evidence and the judge makes as here ruling as capable of doing by applying the law and finding the facts. as long as that was done, the family is satisfied because they did not put their fingers on the scale here. they did not think in advance "i want that officer to be found guilty." rather, they let the system do its job. and they had confidence in the system because that a black judge who was exceptionally qualified because he was a former prosecutor of police misconduct for the federal government for six years. and they believed both sides are capable of presenting their case, and they left it up to that designated representative of our community, judge williams , to make the decision. now, it would be different if there was a lack of confidence in him as the

>> reporter: this is billy murphy, the freddie gray family attorney. you were in the room for that verdict. what did you make of the judge's reasoning? >> i found no problem with the judge's reasoning, and, of course, the outcome about how he weighs the evidence is strictly up to him and not to us. i commend judge williams because he's one of those rare judges that disregarded public opinion. there was enormous pressure from the african-american community to get a conviction -- >> reporter: an african-american judge we should say. >> yes. and he did not bend to that pressure. >> reporter: but mr. gray's family cannot be happy with this result. they say that the damage to mr. gray's spine occurred at the point of arrest and subsequently. >> on the other hand, they also respect the process, and you couldn't have asked for a more fair-minded judge than barry williams. you could not ask for a judge with a background that was absolutely suited to handle this kind of case. you can't argue that he left out any of the relevant evidence, and you can't argue tha

billy murphy is the attorney for freddie gray's family. >> prosecuting, had the courage to go against public that nor should we ask for more than that. >> the whole darn system. >> reporter: and your message to the city then? >> reporter: so that is billy murphy, the attorney for the freddie gray family appealing for calm tonight and saying that family will respect this judge's decision. the president of baltimore's naacp says that the prosecutor here should continue forward with the other six prosecutions despite the inability so far to achieve a conviction. in west baltimore at the memorial where freddie gray was arrested, scott broom, wusa9. >> thank you. >>> baltimore's mayor says it is not over for nero. he faces an internal disciplinary investigation from the baltimore city police. the police union called the trial of nero a, quote, horror no person should ever have to endure. >>> virginia governor terry mcauliffe is the subject of an investigation. and is at least partly focused on donations to his gubernatorial campaign. as part of the probe, cnn reports investigators are look

interestingly enough, erica, the attorney for freddie gray's family, billy murphy, was giving credito judge williams. take a listen. >> you can't knowledge judge williams after he's done essentially a public service in not only ruling, but explaining in great detail every basis for his ruling. how can anybody dispute that this officer did not have -- and that the public did not have a well-illuminated absolutely fair process that led to this result. >> reporter: so right there, the attorney saying the process was well-illuminated and fair. also giving credit to the judge for ruling fairly in this case, not trying to pass any judgment on the other charges that will be thrown. those trials get under way throughout the course of the year. >> and you sort of set the scene, when we first began speaking, you talked about, of course, the riots that we saw last year this is a much different situation today, and in many ways, this, in fact, is a finding that was expected. so it has been pretty calm throughout the day, correct? >> reporter: yes, and it's similar to what happened with officer p

if you want to talk about billie murphy's comment fair judgment. she didn't give officer nero fair process nor did she allow for judging on her part. he was properly acquitted by judge williams. judge williams during oral pronouncement of the verdict today there was no credible fact that would support the four charges brought against officer nero. if i were nero, i would go after her office for malicious conduct. >> people don't realize how painful it's been for this officer. i'm sure he is a proud officer. and to be put through this process and to be accused of the most unthinkable things by the prosecutor. gronel she is jv or what her problem is, if that's her best evidence it's appalling that she subjected him to that. i don't know what the evidence will be for the other officers and i do know that someone died in custody i'm very interested in hearing the evidence. to too this to this officer, ted, make me crazy. your thoughts? >> absolutely. a prosecutor is there to seek justice this was injustice to charge this man when there was no evidence.

gray family attorney billy murphy saying his clients only want justice and are urging calm as the cases play out. >> the public should bear no ill will to either side about the outcome of this case. you can't win them all. all you can say is that the prosecution tried valiantly. the defense tried valiantly. today was the defendant's day. brad: live in baltimore. to five additional trials. if all goes as scheduled now the next police officer to go on trial is expected to be caesar goodson, the driver of the police van in which freddie gray died. that is scheduled to begin next month. but at this point, much of this is up in the air. for instance, whether or not judge barry williams to stay on the cases. now tonight in baltimore, as we said, in this driving rain, all in this area and across the city remain quiet. and calm. in baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: all right. thank you, brad. now while the criminal case for officer edward nero is over his future is uncertain. moments after the verdict, the baltimore police department released a statement saying their interim investigation

and joining me now is the attorney for freddie gray's family, billie murphy. will you tell me your reaction to this complete acquittal? >> you could not have asked for a better judge for this circumstance because barry williams is a prosecutor in baltimore city, and then for a long time he was a prosecutor of police who had been accused of misconduct. so it is though he was born for this day. the second thing i want to commend judge williams for is not bending to the tremendous pressure in the black community to find these officers guilty. that pressure because guilt or innocence should be determined based solely on the evidence presented and on the law that applies to the case. and unless you were in that courtroom everyday and heard that evidence, you can't complain that his ruling was either right or wrong. now, from my vantage point as a lawyer you want judges who are going to be faithful to listening to all of the relevant evidence and applying the law correctly. and in that regard i don't believe judge williams can or should be criticized because he did

lawyer billy murphy calling for calm. >> five more trials, five more results, let's let the process play out. >> reporter: police stood watch at the intersection of north and penn today after the verdict which was the epicenter of rioting in the wake of freddie gray's death. in 2015. >> are you anxious people may tear it up again? >> i'm praying they don't. i'm praying that they don't. you don't destroy your own. >> reporter: officer nero was acquitted on all charges, judge barry williams finding that on officers played a larger role in taking gray into custody. prosecutors argued nero participated in gray's arrest without asking colleagues for probable cause. prosecutors accused him of failing to seat belt gray into received fatal injuries during the ride. in the highly charged moments after the verdict, sheriff's deputies escorted nero's brother out of the courthouse. so not guilty for police officer edward nero. that is after a hung jury in the first trial in this case. it happened against officer william porter back in december. 0-2 for the prosecution in this case so far. reporting

billy murphy represents the gray family, who says they respect the decision. >> to the black citizens in baltimore, you ought to be proud that such an accomplished jurist with a background in prosecuting corrupt cops had the courage to go against public opinion. >> reporter: officer nero teared up after the verdict was read, while outside the courthouse emotions were also running high. >> no justice! >> people want justice, but i think we still have to let the process work. i think that some things were said to make me feel that some next cases might be done differently. >> reporter: six baltimore police officers have been charged in the arrest and death of gray. the officer who was driving the van faces the most serious charges, second-degree murder. craig boswell, cbs news, baltimore. >>> the supreme court threw out the death sentence imposed on a georgia inmate because prosecutors improperly kept african-americans off the jury. timothy foster, a black man, was convicted in 1987 of murdering a white woman. he was convicted by an all-white jury in a 7-1 decision the court ruled that

so, billy murphy's an incredible lawyer in the city and we agree that freddie gray should be alive today the judge's decision and i know that if this officer hadn't intervened freddie would be here and we're looking forward to the next five trials to see the outcomes there and somebody who's held responsible for his death. >> deray, do you think had this decision involved a jury instead of just a judge, do you think there would have been a different outcome? >> i do think that public has a different way of understanding the facts, especially when it involves a police and could have been powerful alternative. we look at the first your that led to a hung jury so we don't know. i'm hopeful about the rest of the cases. the one with the driver should be different. we know that all six officers played very different roles with regard to the death and see how it plays out but again we are in this for the long haul and one setback does not mean we're not focused on the end results. >> the final point the next trial. i think the date is june 6th. i believe that's officer goodson driving the van.

. >> billy murphy represented the family of freddie gray following his death, and one of more than 6 million-dollar settle. >> also proved convince inningsly that he's not susceptible to being swayed by anybody's opinion, except his own. and that's a commendable role for a judge and sets high bar for other judges to follow. >> officer nero chose to have a bench trial over a jury trial. unlike officer william porter, whose trial ended when the jury couldn't reach averred last december. attorney ted williams has been following this case from t start. and was in the courtroom this morning for the verdicts. >> you know, you got to wonder why edward nero was on trial at all in regard to this. >> officer miller testified that he arrested freddie gray, that he handcuffed freddie gray. and the only thing nero did was to help put him in the van. >> prosecutors believe gray was critically injured after being put in the police van, handcuffed and shackled, but not placed in a seatbelt. in his ruling today, judge william suggested it was the van driver's job to do so. the medical examiner says g

mosby's office, which is under a gag order, did not respond to our request for a comment, but billy murphy, attorney for freddie gray's family, said the case against the other officers, especially those charged drctdly in gray's death, is far from over. >> in this case, it does not define the other cases in no way. and judge williams was very careful to distinguish this officer's lack of culpability from any of the other officers. >> reporter: the entire baltimore police department was ordered to report to work today and dozens of other officers were brought in from neighboring jurisdictions just in case there was violence, but, norah, there were only a few dozen protesters and they were peaceful. >> o'donnell: chip reid, thank you. the supreme court today overturned the murder conviction and death sentence of a black man in georgia. in a 7-1 decision, the court ruled prosecutors had unconstitutionally excluded african americans from the all-white jury. the sole dissenter was the only black justice, clarence thomas. here's jan crawford. >> reporter: the opinion by chief justice john robert

. >> we know about billy murphy. >> billy got paid. i can tell you, unfortunately, even if nero did this and i would hope that he could prevail, but the way the law is as of now he would not be able to prevail on a malicious prosecution. >> it's a very tough sell. i'm telling you if i were his lawyer i would hit the law library tonight. >> i don't think you could with the judge. >> katie and i would try it. >> we're together. >> officer nero don't call ted. is he not even interested. katy and ted, thank you both. developing right now the head of the dnc is on very thin ice. the hill is reporting that some democrats on capitol hill are talking about booting debbie wasserman schultz. there is fear within some democratic circles that she has become too divisive and cannot unify the already very splintered democratic party. supporters of senator bernie sanders say wasserman schultz has tilted the scales in favor of secretary clinton. democratic strategist joe trippi goes "on the record." good evening, joe. >> good evening. >> okay okay, jo

gray family attorney billy murphy actually praising the judge. >> i'm not saying i agree with his decision or disagree with the decision. i commented him for conducting a fair trial. brad: statement from the mayor and the chief of police urging the city to respect the system and the verdict of this judge. in baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: all right. thank you. officer nero is just the second of six officers slated to be tried in the freddie gray death case. lisa fletcher has live team coverage from the "live desk" in the newsroom. what is up next? lisa: next up is office caesar goodson jr. he faces the most serious charges. second-degree murder. his trial was set to begin in january but it got postponed at the last minute until an appeal filed by the first officer tried william porter was resolved. you will remember porter trial ended with a hung jury. legal observers closely following the proceedings say today's verdict in the nero case will likely have implications moving forward. they anticipate renewed pleas to move remaining cases outside the city and they suspect judge willia

i spoke to the family's ordinary reason billy murphy. what he had soto say abt what they want >> this family wants justice. and justice does not have the word guilty or the word not guilty attached to it. justice is based on the evidence alone and it is based on the law and the law alone. so, that's all they want. they wanted a fair process. >> there is a lot of calls today. the mayor of baltimore and many others expect people to behave themselves. this is the weakest of the cases o f the six they have to prosecute in relations to freddie gray's death. five cases to come now including officer porter is going to be retried after his case was dismissed in september. >> thank you. i think what a lot of people would agree seems to be a bold choice letting a judge deciding a verdict rather than a jury. give me a sense of what would be behind that strategy. >> criminal defense lawyers of any situation would say go for the jury, they give you twelve people and you only need one or two hold outs and you may get out of what ever your predicament

billy murphy represents great family who said they respect the deis. >> the citizens of baltimore, you know, you ought to be proud that an accomplished jurist with a background in prosecuting corrupt cops, had the courage to go against public opinion. >> reporter: officer nero teared up after the verdict was read while outside courthouse emotions were also running high. >> no justice, no peace. >> people want justice but i think we still to have let the process work. i think that some things were said, to make me feel that the next cases might be judged differently. >> reporter: six baltimore police officer have been charged in the arrest and death of gray, the officer who was driving the van faces the most serious charges, second degree murder. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> "eyewitness news" now takes us underground after two explosions in philadelphia a that sent manhole covers flying in the air. two blasts happened over the weekend 12 hours apart. one in the 600 block of pine street, other at 30th and market. both explosions caused power outages. "eyewitness news" r

billy murphy is the attorney for freddie gray's family. how are people reacting to this?ey were reacting calmly and the judge gave detailed reasons for why he thought the evidence was insufficient and why the law did not compel a conviction in this case. you could not ask a better judge to do it. he was a local prosecution here for many years. he was a federal prosecutors of corrupt cops for many years. he demonstrated that he will not be swayed by anybody. >> reporter: not guilty on all counts. it will be interesting to see whether there will be a jury trial >> thank you very much, that does it for this hour, msnbc live, i am tamron hall. up next is jeh johnson joining andrea mitchell. oh man! what'd we do? they're all ruined. help yourself! oh no, we couldn...okay thanks. when you hot dog's kosher, thats a hot dog you can trust. hebrew national. i accept i do a shorter set i acthese days.t 22 i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve oblem. but i won't play anything less than my best. so if there'

. >> billy murphy, the attorney for freddie gray's family, said the case against the other officers,specially those involved directly in his death is far from over. >> the judge is careful to distinguish this officer's lack of culpability from any of the other officers. >> reporter: so far two of the six officers have gone to trial with no convictions. officer cesar goodson, the driver of the van that transported gray is scheduled to go to trial in about two weeks. he is scheduled with second degree depraved heart murder. after the riots that is the trial that has baltimore holding its collective breath. norah. >> no doubt. chip, thank you very much. supreme court giving a black man on death row a chance at a new trial. he was convicted of raping and murdering a white woman in 1987. the justices ruled 7- 1 monday that prosecutors improperly kept other plaques off the jury. they pointed to evidence on a handwritten note on a list of possible jurors, definite nos, the top five people were african-american. >>> federal investigators want to know why a skydiving plane crashed and burst i

but billy murphy, attorney for freddie gray's family said the case against the other officers, especiallydirectly in gray's death is far from over. >> this case does not define the other cases in no way. and judge williams was very careful to distinguish this officer's lack of culpability from many of the other officers. >> reporter: the entire baltimore police department was ordered to report to work today and dozens of officers were brought in from neighboring jurisdictions just in case there was violence. but , and they were peaceful. >> all right, chip reid. thank you. >>> the supreme court today overturned the murder conviction and death sentence of a black man in georgia. in a 7-1 decision the court ruled prosecutors had unconstitutionally excluded african-americans from the all-white jury. the soledy dissenter the only black justice, clarence thomas. here is jan crawford. >> reporter: the opinion by chief justice john roberts underscores the long held principle, race cannot be a factor in excluding blacks from juries. in the 1987 murder trial of a georgia man, the court said the fo

. >> reporter: billy murphy, the attorney for freddie gray's family, said the case against the other officers, especially those charged directly in gray's death, is far from over. >> judge williams is very careful to distinguish this officer's lack of culpability from any of the other officers. >> reporter: but so far, two of the six officers have gone to trial with no convictions. officer cesar goodson, the driver of the van that transported gray, is scheduled to go to trial in about two weeks. he's scheduled with second-degree depraved heart murder. after last year's riots, that's the trial that has baltimore holding its collective breath. norah? >> no doubt, chip. thank you so much. >>> the supreme court is giving a black man on death row a chance at a new trial. timothy foster was convicted of raping and murdering a white woman in 1987. the justices ruled 7-1 yesterday that prosecutors improperly kept other blacks off the jury. they pointed to evidence from a prosecutor's hand-written note on a list of potential jurors titled definite noes. the top five people were african-americ

the attorney for freddie gray's family, billy murphy, joins us now. counselor, good to see you.said that you applauded judge williams saying he did not bend to that pressure to convict the officer as an emotional response to gray's death. now, as counselor for the victim's family ordinarily hearing that an officer wasn't convicted would be upsetting, but here you respect the rule of law as conveyed by this judge. true? >> i think the whole point is my reaction was to convey to the public that at this critical time, and for good and sound and decent reasons, we have to respect judge williams' opinion, because it was the result of an obviously fair process. both sides gave full vent to the evidence in the case, and they theft to judge williams' sound judgment. and he delivered a well-reasoned opinion. now that doesn't mean that i agree with it and i'm not in a position to either agree or disagree because i, like 99% of the public, did not hear all of the evidence in the case, but it was the process that i was concerned about, and that the freddie gray family is concerned about. >>

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