BALTIMORE (AP) - A Baltimore police officer who was acquitted in the high-profile death of a 25-year-old black man recently told his supervisors that he witnessed officers from a neighboring county kicking and punching a suspect.
Edward Nero was the first of six officers charged in the 2015 death of Freddie Gray to be tried and acquitted. The Baltimore Sun reports that Nero notified supervisors in January that he saw two Baltimore County officers abusing a suspect.
Nero was flying with a helicopter unit and assisting an auto theft task force pursing a stolen car when he saw officers kicking and punching a man who'd just been arrested.
Officer Christopher Spivey was charged with second-degree assault stemming from the incident. An attorney for the officer says he did nothing wrong.
