BALTIMORE (AP) - An attorney for an officer charged in the arrest and subsequent death of Freddie Gray has told a judge that the officer acted reasonably and did nothing wrong.
Officer Edward Nero's attorney got a handful of questions from a judge during closing arguments Thursday, but the inquiries were far fewer than what prosecutors faced.
Defense attorney Marc Zayon told Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams that Gray's detention was legal, and that Nero acted as any reasonably officer would under the circumstances.
The judge is expected to render his verdict Monday.
Nero faces assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges stemming from Gray's arrest last year. Gray died a week after his neck was broken in the back of a police van. He was handcuffed and shackled, but not buckled in with a seat belt, which is the department's policy.
