BALTIMORE (AP) - A board considering whether to discipline an officer at the wheel of a police van when Freddie Gray was fatally injured inspected the vehicle at Baltimore Police Department headquarters.
The department wants to fire Caesar Goodson for what it argues were violations of its policies in the handling of Freddie Gray after his arrest in 2015.
Goodson's lawyer asked the board Wednesday to drop the case, saying an attorney for the department failed to submit exculpatory or mitigating evidence to a panel that charged Goodson. Neil Duke, the department's lawyer, says the defense failed to identify any such evidence. The board rejected the request.
Duke rested his case Wednesday.
The board viewed the van Wednesday afternoon before meeting Thursday to hear from defense witnesses.
