The Baltimore Board of Estimates unanimously approved a $3.5 million settlement Wednesday with 68 current and former business owners whose properties were damaged during the 2015 unrest following Freddie Gray's death from injuries suffered in police custody.
$6.4mBaltimore to pay Freddie Gray's family $6.4m in wrongful death settlement. The city of Baltimore has agreed to pay a $6.4m settlement to the family of Freddie Gray, whose death in custody earlier this year sparked several nights of protests and rioting.
The lawyers, William H. Murphy and his son, Hassan Murphy, said they were skeptical when they first heard Tuesday that the Justice Department had concluded it could not prove the officers violated Gray's civil rights.
Protesters demanding justice filled streets across the country for days, and within ten days of their deaths the officers involved were arrested. The Gray case turned out to be a failed prosecution: None of the six Baltimore officers arrested were convicted.
On April 19, Gray died from complications due to a cervical spine injury. Baltimore resident Kevin Moore captured some of Gray's arrest on video that was widely shared.
April 19, 2015Freddie Gray / Date of death