JUDGE FINDS NERO NOT GUILTY
Police Officer Edward Nero has been acquitted of all charges in the Freddie Gray case. Nero is the second officer to be cleared in the contentious case that roiled Baltimore and sent parts of the city into flames last Summer.
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Reporter Brian Kuebler shares details from inside the courthouse following the verdict.
A Maryland judge acquitted Baltimore police Officer Edward Nero of all charges Monday in the controversial case of Freddie Gray, whose death last year touched off sometimes violent protests in the city and reignited Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the nation. Nero, who is white, was the second of six officers to face trial and the first to obtain a verdict. The first case ended in a hung jury and will be retried. Nero, 30, had declined a jury trial, and Judge Barry Williams heard testimony that wrapped up last week. Nero was found not guilty of assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment.
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