after a few months ago, the first police officer to be tried, william porter in front of the jury.he jury was unable to come to a decision on that kiss. -- that right now the prosecution is batting zero for two. you can see the reaction outside the courthouse in baltimore. no violent reported outside the city. anger in the wake of this verdict. >> before you go, the family of freddie gray ask there be no violence no matter what the ruling was. have we had reaction as to what happened in the court today? >> i spoke to freddie gray's family attorney, very prominent attorney here in baltimore in politics. murphy said you couldn't ask for anything more than what peered to be a fair -- what appeared to be a fair trial by the verdict and one of the most respected judges, african-american judge, barry william. williams has been involved in previous prosecutions of police officers. it's clear that freddie gray's family and his family attorney don't agree with the verdict, but they're they said you can ask for nothing more from the justice system. >> all right, reporting live from baltimore

officer william porter's manslaughter trial was set and came back with a hung jury. a new trial is set. trialsicers -- the other are set for the next few months. we will have the latest for you on our website, wjla.com. our other big story today -- stormwatch. conditionsand rainy are here. we could see thunderstorms into the evening. doug hill is tracking at all. doug: we are in the process of tracking the storm center it is starting to move away a little bit. we see at montgomery college rockville campus. you see everything moving from the northeast. what is going to happen this afternoon is the storm center starts to move northward. maybe the metro area, maybe the western and northwestern suburbs. the area is very cold overhead. the sun is very hot. there could be more showers and possible thunderstorms around a large portion of the area. but's get a look at the day planner. partly sunny skies, 69 degrees. temperatures, low 70's. even some showers and storms toward 8:00. it is going to get warmer here, jumm thank you. whenever it rains, we see heavier traffic. jami

the case with a scheduled to go to trial in june in october, including the retrial of officer william porter whose case and it with a hung jury. nero elected to have a bench trial, where the judge will hand down the verdict. >> that verdict will have as much legitimacy as our society and justice system roz: all the charges that nero faces are misdemeanors. if convicted, he could spend years behind bars. one trial watchers said based on the questions the judd has been asking, -- the judge has been asking, she believes he is leaning towards not guilty. >> i think we can expect a not guilty. nobody can say for sure, but perhaps not guilty on assault. roz: the judge is expected to announce the verdict at about 10:30 a.m. roz plater, abc 7 news. kimberly: thank you. new details on the use of pepper spray by the police at a university of maryland graduation party. an investigation is underway to determine if the use of force was appropriate. that investigation includes as yet unreleased body camera video from the police officers. questions - two questions. this anr one, was action where the police

arrest jent alicia white and officer william porter filed lawsuit alleging defamation and allegation of privacy against baltimore attorney marilyn mosby. they are b involuntary man slaughter in the gray case but claim that mosby knew the statement of the charges filed against them and the other statements she made last year were false. coming up on abc7 -- a new city that -- a new study that could make you change your holiday weekend travel plans ad why you may want to delay getting on the road. leon: finally, finally. starting to feel like summer outside. doug is back with more on the sizzling holiday weekend forecast. vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me leon: if you are heading out of town for the memorial day weekend think twice of getting early start. study of traffic patterns found traffic is on the analysis tently worse on --

officer william porter's manslaughter trial in december ended with a hung jury. >> he did not rule onlt or innocence of any of the other officers. >> reporter: in a statement this afternoon officer nero said he and his family are lee leaved this nightmare is finally over. he also said that he believes the other officers charged in this case did nothing wrong. we are live in new york, i'm elizabeth hur for channel6 "action news." >> thank you elizabeth. >>> here at the "action news" big board with a major shift in the race for the white house. a new abc news washington post poll shows democrat hillary clinton is no longer the favorite among registered voters. 44 percent for her and presumptive republican nominee donald trump now holding 46 percent of registered voters. it is essentially a dead heat but again, he is technically on top. this is the first time since last september clinton has not held a commanding lead in polls about a general election. now, hillary clinton traveled to michigan today for a rally with more than 3,000 service employees international union members here in de

last december officer william porter's trial ended when the jury could not reach a verdict. >>> developing tonight, dc police are looking for the gunman involved in two separate shootings in southeast. first happened around 7:30 in the 1900 block of frederick douglas court. a teenager was shot in the leg. the second shooting happened about 30 minutes later in the 200 block of 37th street sweet. we're told that victim in that shooting awake and conscience. >>> fox 5 is staying in the district now. surveillance video show as vicious attack on right near his high school in northwest dc you can see it happening right there. the georgetown high school student was near a school when you can see three people walk up and vicious's attack him. pushed him to the ground, punched him, stole his glasses wallet and phone. it happened back on april 27th. dc police just released the video. they're hoping you can recognize someone and it will lead to arrests. >> it's unfortunate those kids can't go to school and feel safe and in the middle of the day someone feel comfortable enough they could attack someon

the trial of william porter ended with a hung jury so declared a mistrial. he will be retried in the coming months. put officer nero into context for us. he's one of six officers charged. what did he do that day? >> reporter: this was about 8:40 in the morning or 8:00 in the morning. mr. gray sees officers, goes running. edward nero was one of the officers on a bike patrol along with officer miller. both of them chased mr. gray. miller jumped off his bike, ran after mr. gray, grabbed him at a gate or a fence near the area he was trying to run into. mr. nero then went back to get mr. miller's bicycle which he had left and brought that back. the judge noted that because he said, look, nero wasn't there for the actual arrest, and that was a huge piece of information for the judge in making his decision. so nero shows up a few seconds later, after miller already has him down in cuffs, arrested. then he is put into the van, that famous video of mr. gray being put into the van. they say that mr. nero did have contact with gray later on when he was moved to the are

it happened against officer william porter back in december. 0-2 for the prosecution in this case so far. reporting live from west baltimore, scott broom, wusa9. >> scott, thanks a lot for that. >>> next up is the driver of the police van, officer caesar goodson, he faces the most serious charges in the freddie gray case. and coming up on wusa9 at 7:00, we've got a live interview from baltimore where one of the freddie gray family attorneys -- with one of the freddie gray family attorneys. >>> federal probe into virginia governor terri mccull live. -- a contribution from a kind businessman said -- chinese businessman said to be of particular interest to the feds. the governor is not aware of any investigation but he will cooperate. >>> today started off dry but some evening storms are ushering a more summerlike pattern for us. >> that's right. chief meteorologist topper shutt -- meteorologist topper shutt tracking the weather. >> afternoon thunderstorms they are traveling from northeast to southwest. this activity now is going to pull out of sponges county and -- prince george's and

he is the first to get a verdict after officer william porter's case ended in a miss trial last year.think to convict a police officer, it requires very strong evidence, proof beyond a reasonable doubt is protection for every accused person, but there have been so few successful prosecutions of police officers. i think only four have been convicted of the 10,000 killings in the line of duty. so it's going to take a lot of evidence to show that an officer should be held criminally responsible. > gray died last year, a week after his neck was broken while handcuffed and shackled, but unrestrained in the back of a police van. prosecutors say near oh unlawfully arrested gray and was neglect when he didn't buckle the prisoner into his seatbelt. so far today's verdict has not are the stayed any outbreaks of any violence in baltimore. i want you to meet a hero. his name is ax and he helped bring an 11 year old boy safely. the boy ran away from his delaware home after an argument with his parents. the k9 officer tracked that boy for about a half mile before finding him. speaking about k9s, it

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 gray suffered a spinal cord injury, that ultimately led to his death, a week after his arrest. >> calm in baltimore, aware of no violence in the city at all. we should point out the man being he is course dollars by the sheriff deputies was edward nero's brother. couple of other things we want to point out. the judge's opinion, that red today, has now been released by the court. we're put

baltimore police officers alicia white and william porter are suing the state, and baltimore state'sy marilyn mosby. both officers are charged with involuntary manslaughter. the officers claim mosby knows that the charges are false and but filed them anyway for political reasons. porter is awaiting a new trial. his first one ended in a hung jury. the holiday weekend is almost here-- but if you are planning to get an early start to beat traffic. you may want to think twice. a study of traffic patterns by the transportation planning board found traffic is consisttl thursday than on friday. that runs counter to a common perception the friday before memorial day weekend is the worst time to travel. triple-a says nearly 966-thousand people from this region plan to drive 50 miles or more from home this weekend. that would be the most drivers for the holiday in 11 years. it's xx and we're just getting started. a fatal shooting inside a manhattan concert hall-- sparks a stampede. several people are now hospitalzed. we'll tell you how it started and what witnesses are saying. dramatic video o

unlike officer william porter whose case ended in a mistrial with a deadlocked jury in december. in announcing today's verdict, evidence showed nero had a limited role in gray's arrest and loading into a police van. >> i think the judge showed the state failed to present evidence necessary for all elements of the crime. >> reporter: the trial for officer caesar goodson begins next month. goodson drove the van that day and faces a second-degree murder charge. late today, the baltimore police department said officer nero will remain on the force in an administrative capacity pending the outcome of an internal investigation. that investigation is expected to remain open until all criminal cases have been completed, lester. >> ron mott, thank you. >>> new information about the final moments of a doomed jetliner over the mediterranean last week. egyptian authorities are now refuting earlier data that seem to show the egyptair jet swerved and made a rapid descent before vanishing from radar. five days later, however, the answers to this crash are frustratingly still lying somewhere on

pinelea explaining why it is compellingi that officer to testify.es the court said forcing officer william porter to testify while he awaits a retrial is not as n violation of his fifth amendment rights. and there are ways to ensure that his testimony is not part of his retrial. six officer currently charged with freddie gray's death. gray died of a severe spinal cord jr while in police custody of the officer edward nero is i currently and trial.cu a judge is expected to hand down a verdict in that case on monday. >> still ahead at six tonight, protecting private medical records. >>> how hackers are targeting tr hospital and other health organizations. is there anything you can do to protect yourself. >>> ahead a local teenager whose heart suddenly stopped while playing basketball got a chanceb to meet off duty paramedic to rushed to safe his life. we'll have the reunion coming up. >> how cub sure your privateur health information is being kept safe. >> hackers targeted medstar thee are not the only ones being hacked. >> we've heard about data breaches in the consumer and banking industries but n

the jury trial of officer william porter ended in a mistrial. nero has chosen to be tried before a judge. >>> the so-called affluent teen isn't getting out of jail anytime soon. judge will have up held, ethan couch's two year sentence in adult jail. the judge also canceled an upcoming hearing. he killed 14 people in a drunk driving accident. he was convicted, and sentenced to ten years probation. that changed late last year when authorities say he fled to mexico. >>> george zimmerman is auctioning off a gun he used to kill trayvon martin. zimmerman was acquitted three years ago in the the shooting death of the unarmed teenager. on line auction starts today, opening bid is set at $5,000. during a interview with the florida television station, zimmerman was asked for his reaction to people who may not approve of the auction. >> they are not going to be bidding on it so i couldn't careless about them. going in to hiding, not publicizing, the sale, not putting this up for auction isn't going to insulate me from these radicals. it won't help. >> repo

the trial for the first ended in a mistrial, for william porter.ond to face trial, edward nero, he was found not guilty. what does that tell us about what's to come, if anything? >> well, i think a lot of the officers are feeling pretty good right now because this was not a strong start for the state. but in the state's defense, this was really not their best case. officer nero was probably the least involved of any of the officers. the case against him rested on the state's theory that simply by arresting freddie gray without probable cause, he committed a crime. and i think the judge had a lot of problem -- or problems with that theory, and he said so during his questioning of the prosecutors. >> now, there were a few dozen people outside protesting today on what they say is they're concerned about the line of questioning from judge barry williams, not linking that arrest without probable cause to criminal assault. should that have been expected, then, and if so, what do you expect to happen when the driver stands trial? >> well, i think that sho

the maryland court of appeals released its opinion explaining why compelling officer william porter to testify. the court determin violating his 5th amendment rights to force him to testify. six ofs are charged with freddie gray's death. he died of a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody. officer edward near row is currently on trial. a judge is expected to hand down a verdict on monday. >>> fairfax county woman is warning other parents after she got a startling phone call. the man claim he abducted her daughter and demanded a ransom. it was all a big scam. police say the same scam happened at least four times in fairfax count since last month. she heard a girl crying in the background that sounded like her daughter. >> almost made me cry right now. i'm absolute sheer panic and fear for my daughter's life and all i wanted was to get my daughter ba >> she emptied her bank account and was still on the phone with the scammer when police arrived. they checked with the school and confirmed her daughter was fine. the mom reached out to make sure no other victim falls victim. >>>

that was the trial of officer william porter. he will be retried this summer. the trial of officer edward nero now gets under way with the first witness being called here in balt that's the latest live, chris gordon, news 4, back to you. >> after a number of recent issues on metro, the federal transit agency wants metro to act now. the fta ordered metro to make immediate repairs to areas including medical center to vanness. the main part dealt with the explosion of the metro track caught on video. they want metro to make decisions based on safety rather than passenger and operational convenience. now all of this is happening as ridership takes a drastic drop in metro rail and metro buses. compared to the same time period last year, folks had made 12 million viewer trips. that's about 5%. met trove saro say one of the cost transit nearly $7 million and of course parking fees. >> currently our temperature is 60 degrees. our high yesterday only 61. we'll hit 70 with limited sunshine breaking out, maybe an isolated shower west of the d.c. metro area and scattered s

officers william porter and alicia white filed suit for defamation and invasion of privacy. that lawsuit argues baltimore state's attorney made statements not to prosecute, but to quell porter's trial ended last year with a hung jury. >>> virginia governor terry mcauliffe is threatening tonight to withhold funding from metro if safety improvements aren't made. this come on the same day of announcements of a new safety commission. what all this means for you. >> reporter: good evening, jim. you know, this commission wouldn't take effect until next year. if regional leaders get their way, that commission will have broad powers over commission. it is not just an advisory commission. a very frustrated virginia governor said he can't wait until next year for metro to get his confidence back, so he issued his own executive order >> one problem after another. goodness gracious. >> reporter: terry mcauliffe today on the radio signing an executive director ordering his transportation officials to meet with metro immediately to come up with new safety protocols. if metro doesn't meet

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 williams, the judge who today acquitted officer edward nero will likely not preside over the remaining five cases. >> i guess it is the difference between being a participant in the case versus being umpire. before he was just asked to call balls and strikes but now he is a batter in the game. lisa: that aside, officials with the maryland court says as of right now there is no indication anything will change and judge williams will preside over the remaining cases. set for a few weeks from today. they will end with the trial of alicia white in mid-october. reporting live from the desk, abc7's senior investigative reporter lisa fletcher. alison: also tonight we are waiting for new video from the

officer william porter was the first one to go to trial, charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and misconduct in office. in december, judge williams declared a mistrial in porter's case after jurors were unable to reach a verdict on any of the charges after three days of deliberation. now all eyes are on the upcoming trial of officer caesar goodson, the driver of the police van, and the only officer charged with murder in gray's death. four -- for more we're joined by , gray family attorney billy murphy who recently won a $6.4 million settlement from the city of baltimore for the family of freddie gray. also with us is dr. heber brown, pastor of pleasant hope baptist church and member of baltimore united for change. we welcome you both to democracy now! pastorto begin with heber brown. your response to the equal? -- acquittal? >> as you say, it is no surprise to those of us who recognize that justice in the courts, especially for black folk in this country, is oftentimes more marathon then sprint. and so people here are looking at ways to continu

>> so, interestingly, it's alicia white and officer william porter. they have not gone to trial excepted for officer porter still standing retrial. what's amazing two counts each of deaf fan immigration and false light this opens up civil discovery as you and ted know which makes you wonder are these officers actually going to sit for depositions and invoke their fifth amendment right against self-infromincrimination had when they are represented by attorneys representing the city and sheriff's office which has already been sued. >> one of the reasons why they had to file is because the allegation is from the press conference a year ago and they are up against a statute of limitations if they didn't file. so they are stuck. >> this thing is unfortunately dead on arrival. there is a supreme court decision emler that says that a prosecutor has salute immiewnt for information that she provides irrespective of whether it was wrong or right during the course of her office. >> all right. here's what i think. forget these two police officers. officer nero, i

his case was a trial by judge and he's the first officer to receive a verdict after officer william porter's case ended in a mistrial last year. >> i think to a convict a police officer it requires very strong evidence proof behind a reasonable doubt is protect for every accused person but there have been so few successful prosecutions of police officers. >> gray died last week, a week after his neck was somehow broken while he was handcuffed in shackled but left unrestrain in the back of a police van. >>> skyfox on the scene avenue scary crash today in montgomery county. this was the scene on the 3300 block of mill road in upper moreland township. a car ran off the road and crashed into a creek. leaving the driver trapped. the driver had to go to the hospital but there's no word on how that driver ended up in the creek. >>> new jersey lawmakers agreed on package designed to rescue atlantic city. the hope is to keep struggling gambling resort from completely running out of money. the new jersey state assembly and senate agreed on a series of bills that will hopefully give atlantic city five

officer william porter's manslaughter trial ended in a hung jury in december. the other officers are set to each have separate trials over the summer and into the fall. of course, stay with "nbc 10" and the "nbc 10" app for updates throughout the day on this breaking news. >>> and this morning president obama announced the end to an arms embargo on vietnam that had been in place since the vietnam war. the president is making his first visit to the communist country. vietnam is seen as a crucial u.s. partner in that region of the world. activists and some lawmakers wanted more human rights reforms before the embargo was lifted, but the president is trying to shore up the country as it faces increasingly aggressive china. >>> the president took some time out during his visit to hanoi's presidential palace to feed fish. the two presidents stopped to toss in some food. obama the third u.s. president to visit vietnam since they restored ties in 1995. >>> president obama talked about a taliban leader killed. the president said taking out mansour is a clear message to

you'll remember, the first baltimore police trial of officer william porter ended with a hung jury. they couldn't reach a unanimous verdict. that won't happen in this case with a judge will render a verdict on each of the four charges against officer nero. that's the latest live in baltimore. chris gordon, news 4. >>> here at the live desk, we're following breaking news in prince george county. joint base andrews, the lockdown, and they're telling all base personnel and folks who live in the area to avoid that area for now. federal officials are telling us that a woman walked onto the base, claiming that she had an explosive device. the base tweeted out that there was some sort of ask you are too he incident, right at the visitor control center about 5:15 this afternoon. that's the area where visitors have to show an i.d. and determine if they're to be allowed on base. there are thousands of people on that base. when i was in the navy reserve, i spent several years going to drill there. we're trying to find out what happened and when the main gate may reopen. anything we learn, we'r

alisha white and william porter filed the suit, both are facing charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 25-year-old's death last april. the officers claim about mosby and others said statements. they say it was to stop the riots and not for the purpose prosecuting crimes. >>> plenty of people will flock to the water, but dupe how to stay safe while boat something the u.s. coast guard recommends tips including having a designated boat operator if people on board will be drinking. preparing for bad weather and making sure your boat is equipped with safety gear as well as putting life vests -- putting on a life vest in case of an emergency. >> make sure you have your vest and you're wearing it. >> first responders say it's important to make ske sure thate vests are coast guard-approved. >>> ticks can call paralysis in our four legged friends. they say it's rare, but should you know how to check your dogs for those nasty little bugs. >> i'm going to kind of do this all the way back and forth motion, an that is just starting to attach will be less -- maybe half of my little fingernail. >

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officer nero decided to go for a bench trial which was different from officer williamsportewillia william porter. it was interesting about that twist, andrea, the state and his attorneys had been arguing back and forth since that verdict in december of the miss trial about whether the state can compel him to testify against the other officers, the court s of appeal say yes, in fact he can. it will be interesting on that. andrea. >> thank you, monique dixon, lets talk about this and your concern of the civil rights reaction of the investigation. a year ago the legal defense and the justice department to come into do a civil rights investigation of the department. we believe these individual cases are an in sample of a large systematic problem. so we asked the justice department to come in and the investigation began may of last year and it continues now. one of the things that the justice department is looking into is the way officers in baltimore stop questions and arrest criminals. >> we have seen the removal of police chiefs in baltimore. had there been influence in terms of the ability of mon

this is where the protests began after the mistrial in the case of officer william porter. there is no movement or activity behind me right now. there's a police helicopter overhead. baltimore police are on duty. they have help from other local counties including anarundel police on hand. a lot of people said because officer nero, the defendant in this trial, was not a prime actor, was not charged with porter who was tried in december, and is not charged with second-degree murder as the van driver is, that there might not be a big reaction to this even if it was as it is, a complete acquittal. >> all right. chris gordon, thank you very much. chris gordon in baltimore reporting on the not guilty verdict in the case of edward nero in the death of freddie gray. and the next baltimore police officer to go on trial will be officer goodson on june 6th. goodson was the driver of the police transport van where prosecutors say gray was critically hurt. he faces seven charges. on july 2nd more officers head to trial. final two trials are set to begin in the fall. all the officers hav

. >> this is a far different scene than we have seen in december with officer william porter. to the family's ordinary reason billy murphy. here is 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 o

today maryland's highest court ruled that baltimore police officer william porter must testify againstis fellow officers. according to the baltimore sun, the judge ruled that the prosecutor's deal offering porter limited immunity for testimony was correct. in the trial of officer edward nero, the judge is expected to return with his verdict on monday in that bench trial. >>> the sole survivor of last november's terrorist attack -- >> i'll pick it up from there, adam. investigators are apparently that sole survivor is clamming up. investigators got to question salah abdeslam today for the first time since he was extradited from belgium last month but he's not talking. he was taken into custody, his lawyer said he wanted to explain his path to radicalization. >>> triplets who nearly died at birth 17 years ago graduating from fairmont heights high school today in prince george's county. it's been an emotional week for their parents who know just how far they have come. al lu ann -- ellen bryant sat down with the couple. >> reporter: their journey to get here at show place arena for gradua

officer william porter's trial ended in a hung jury. his new trial starts in june. the other four officers all await their days in court and they have all pleaded not guilty. sharrie. >> all right, more to come out of that alicia. meantime sinkholes are threatening several homes in a part of northampton county. the problem has forced some people out of their homes for months. and they say local leaders are not doing enough to help. lehigh valley correspondent walter perez is working the story. he's live with the story from palmer township. walter. >> reporter: hey, sharrie. several homeowners are suing township over the water main at the center of this issue. the courts will have to decide if the broken main created sinkhole or if a preexisting sinkhole caused that main to burst. two homes have been damaged, two others have been condemned. >> it's a major concern. our property values have tanked. >> reporter: debbie westerner admits her property values is one of her worries. back in january a massive sinkhole opened up in the road in the wake of ad water main break

the first it was william porter, and his trial ended in a hung jury.round, there was no jury. peter doocy is live in baltimore now. we heard from the officer's attorney. what did he say? >> reporter: we did, and it's really interesting insight from officer nero's attorney because nero did not testify on his own behalf in his trial. now nero's lawyer tells us that, quote, officer edward nero, he wife and family are elated this night anywhere is over. is that riz attorney for baltimore city rushed to charge him as well as the other five officers, completely disregarding the facts of the case and the law. the decision to acquit officer nero was not that of a jury because this was a bench trial so it was the judge barry williams who weighed thed and testimony presented temperature a six-day bench trial before reaching this conclusion. he said the state did not prove that nero was corrupt and could not dome mon straight nero was involved in the arrest based on the legal definition of arrest, which the charges hinged on. now, inside the courtroom earlier the

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back in december the first officer to stand trial william porter was not convicted because of a hung scheduled for june. joining us with analysis, former lapd detective mark fuhrman and senior fox news correspondent geraldo rivera. geraldo, this is really 0 for 2 and by the looks of it i don't -- i've nef seen the evidence that suggests that these police officers purposely hurt this man. we know that it was 8:30 in the morning. he was a known drug dealer according to reports. police officers on patrol on bicycle just riding by, he takes off. talk about him having a knife on him. where is the crime committed here that resulted in this? >> excellent question, sean. in my oopinion, there was no crime. a couple things to point out. you allude to freddie gray, known drug dealer, his 19th arrest of a 25-year-old man. i also want to point out that his family already received prior to the finding of any guilty or responsibility on the part of baltimore police the city has already awarded his family $6.4 million. now, getting to your point, this was a reasonable arrest under the circumstances

his fellow officers, maryland's highest court ruled just last week that the state can compel william porter to testify against his fellow officers, so that will be very interesting as we watch these trials going forward. >> ron mott, thank you very much. we'll keep a close watch on that, about 14 minutes from now. >>> still ahead, the latest on the search for wreckage from the egyptair flight 804 crash. egypt deploying a submarine to search for the missing flight data recorders. if they're found, what could those flight boxes tell us about the minutes leading up to the crash? we'll have all the very latest next, right here on "msnbc live." constipated? trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief real is touching a ray. amazing is moving like one. real is making new friends. amazing is getting this close. real is an animal rescue. amazing is over twenty-seven thousand of them. there is only one place where re

handcuffed by police back in december they declared a mistrial after the deadlock the case of william porter hit the first officer on trial in connection with freddie gray. >>james f: people remember the pilot of the egyptian air plane that crashed in the mediterranean last week loves ones gathered outside of a military moscow and east cairo as words of the crime of play out through speakers the pilot had more than six to 200 hours of flying under his belt according to egyptian air. >>james f: to people where air lifted to hospital in critical condition this was the same you conceive of highway 330 this was a san bernardino no word yet on the cause of the crash of two to two people on board suffered some type of and is most escaped with scrapes and bruises. >>james f: for the first time in two decades of your id descriptions in the u.s. are declining does according to analysis by the new york times the prescription of the addictive painkiller to skyrocketed since 1996 the paper said the number of prescriptions peaked around 2012 and have been declining ever since according to the time doctor

officer william porter, who was tried at the end of last year, that jury deadlocked and so there was a mistrial declared. he will be back on trial sometime in september. so now we've got five more cases to go. one other interesting thing, officer porter, who was the first officer who was set to trial, he is going to testify presumably against his fellow officers. the last few months the state and his attorneys have been arguing about whether the state can compel him to testify against these other officers because the state believes he's a strong witness for the state. tamron. >> in officer porter's trial, his manslaughter trial ended back in december with a hung jury, as you pointed out. he's got this retrial set for september 6. going back to this verdict today, as you've noted to many legal observers, this may not be a huge surprise, but this goes back to, ron, the decision made by the state's attorney, the state, to charge all of these officers who had varying degrees of interaction following the arrest and the events that led up to the death of mr. scott. but just looking at what

back in december, a judge declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in the case of william porter,the first officer on trial in connection with the gray case. >> vicki:he's scheduled to face a new trial later this year. >> vicki:george zimmerman is trying to auction online the gun he claims he used to kill trayvon martin. zimmerman shot and killed the unarmed teen in 2012. but a florida jury acquitted him of martin's death after defense. >> vicki:the gun-- shown during the trial-- was put up for auction on gun- broker-dot-com thursday morning. but the auction site took it down. >> vicki:zimmerman has now posted the auction on another site that requires a password to view the auction and the potential buyers. >> vicki:the starting bid for the gun was five thousand dollars. >> grant:we have dramatic video just released tonight from southern california. orange county deputies were responding to a call of a suicidal man last month in san juan capistrano. when they got to the scene. garage. and opened fire. the orange county sheriff's department says the man had an automatic rifle. >>shots

this barry williams who oversaw the s previous case, the hung juryg case of officer williamil porter, that ended inded december, guys. guy >> well, and the officer hasffih that right to have a nonjury trial, so the officerfficer exercis you mentioned, bob, that thethae fact that it will be a bench wib trial, a trial just before the judge not sitting well perhapslp with some members in the t community but what does that say about future trials now because we still have severalti more officers who havell notaven gone to trial. tri might this be settinget precedent then for others toor o follow that path of not goingtoi before a jury? j >> reporter: i think it will depend on the verdict that t judge barry williams renters. he's going to be the judge on all of these cases. ces. there will be no hung jury.ur he will have a verdict.di and he knows everything.rything. even though in this trialhis trl there are some limitationsatio that he's placed on himself, him the evidence he can hear oran h see or that can be arguedcan ae before him, he knowsws everything so, there'she questions as to wh

an officerer for named william porter ended in a hung jury in december so wee will have a verdict, innocentt or guilty, acquitted or not o today at 10:30 because thisau was a bench trial.ch no jury involved. jury invol so, there will be no hung jury n in this case. judge barry williams who as previously an attorney workingoi for the justice department dep investigated and prosecutedse police misconduct cases across the country so very familiary fl with these kinds of incidents and cases and charges willes decide the fate of thehe 30-year-old officer who faces f three misdemeanor chargeor charg second degree assault reckless endangerment official oial misconduct.ct. officer nero facing years in prison if he'ss convicted.co we don't know how it's goingt'so to go. this was just a six-day trial.ri the defense attorney sayingg that officer here in row wasic just doing hiser job, not responsible for strapping freddie gray into the police van back in april of last year r during that ride to -- to jail.jail freddie gray suffered a spinall cord injury which a week latery led to hiswh death. so, in t

dem that was officer william portere so there will be a a* verdict d today.ll have either a guiltyuily verdict, acquittal. the first one of the six freddie gray officers charged.ha the first verdict will be handen down this morning and we areande standing by.dingy. guys. >> pretty much every day you've been in baltimore there's been some type of protest. pro have you seen anything thisthg t morning.ing >> have you heard anythingrd ang gnathites actually the day we're expecting the first verdict. >> reporter: we've seen one sn person on the street corner whor had a sign, he was not here now. i was hearing for opening oni arguments an handful of fairlyay active visit people here on the streets. baltimore police.ltim the sheriff's office and even some of the local jurisdictionso around here have been asked tonk be on stand by in case there'see an acquittal and some kind off reaction. we just don't know. know. the sense, the feeling you getnu here there's not going to bengo some crazy reaction. again, this is an officer justus charged with three misdemeanors. cae

the first trial against officer william porter ended in a hung jury in december.xpert says the judge's finding was narrow and did not rule out the possibility of convictions against other officers charged in the case. they said the ruling turned not on a wholesale rejection of ,rosecutors' broad legal theory but rather on judge williams' determination that officer nero was a bit player in mr. gray's arrest. about who is this judge. this is reported by the baltimore sun. there is a picture of baltimore circuit judge mary williams. they report -- barry williams. since been with the court december 2005. judge williams provided over wednesday's hearing and he is preparing to hear motions. here is more about the judge. highlights, read the --minal court division until litigation counsel of the civil rights division of the u.s. 2005,e department 2002 to and a trial attorney in the civil rights division of the 1997 to 2002. that is a little background about the judge that decided this. elijah cummings, a democrat from maryland that was in the streets during the rioting a

believe there's a better chance there will be a verdict unlike in the case of another officer, william porter hung jury. gray's death sparked riots and protests and his name was a rallying cry of sorts in the national conversation about police officers and minorities. >>> well, we begin with a controversial question, can a suspect be forcefully medicated so he can stand trial on charges that he tried to join isis? bassett sheik is accused of trying to join the terror group in syria. the judge ruled he can be forcefully treated for schizophrenia to stand trial. his attorney is saying that the u.s. government is trying to use him as a human guinea pig. >>> and he gave his life trying to save other americans in iraq and this morning u.s. navy s.e.a.l. chairmans keating iv has been promoted to chief petty officer. he was in iraq to train the forces but his division came under fire by isis and he was killed. he recently secretly married his girlfriend but they kept that a secret. they had already mailed out the wedding invitations before he was killed. he'll be laid to rest tomorrow in california.

this is the way the justice system works and so in the first trial, when with officer porter had a hung jury and williams, a very fair judge and a very strict courtroom and brilliant young man made a decision and when people look at this, they have to say we have to trust the system that we have and in many of these cases, charges are never brought, there is no trial. so, again, this is the way justice rolls. >> so that is often repeated in courtrooms that justice doesn't always go your way. it doesn't mean justice isn't awarded. but i think the bigger question would be that there are many people in baltimore, people you represent who would say, here we go again, another white guy gets off. but how do you get your message that this judge, judge barry willia williams, an african-american judge, is a remarkable jurist and would have given the utmost attention to this case and maybe there isn't a race bias perhaps in this particular -- to save the city to go through from what it went through before. >> i said it on friday and i asked people to respect the decision, whatever it might be, and i would tell the