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Prosecutors in the Mid-Atlantic state of Maryland have dropped all remaining charges against Baltimore city police officers awaiting trial in the death of Freddie Gray, bringing a high-profile case that garnered national attention to an unremarkable end.
Gray was an African American man who suffered severe spinal cord injuries in April 2015 while he was handcuffed and unrestrained in the back of a police van.
Gray's death added fuel the Black Lives Matter movement and sparked riots in Baltimore and large protests in the city throughout the country.
In a hearing Wednesday that was meant to be the start of the trial of an officer Garrett Miller, Chief Deputy State's Attorney Michael Schatzow told Circuit Judge Barry Williams the state was dropping all charges against the officers who had yet to go to trial.
Three of the six officers charged in the case had already been acquitted.
Prosecutors maintained Gray was illegally arrested after he fled from an officer and that the six officers failed to buckle Gray into a seat belt or call for medical help when he asked for it. All of the officers pleaded not guilty.
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