Caesar Goodson is being charged with “second-degree ‘depraved heart murder.” He is the only officer involved in the incident to receive the charge.
However, a source close to the Goodson family has said that the officer repeatedly insisted that his fellow officers in the van restrain Gray—pleas that went unheeded.
This, ultimately, led to Gray’s death; medical examiners recently announced that he died from head injuries suffered while in transit. Prisoners are supposed to be restrained in order to protect against unnecessary rattling which, as in this case, can lead to serious injury.
The unnamed source and friend of the Goodson family spoke to Daily Mail UK:
“When he became irate Caesar called in and said ‘you have got to restrain him.’ That’s on the audio,” he said.
“They did, they restrained his legs. But when they did that they still should have put him in the seat belt.”
AND THE BLAME GAME COP A PLEA GAME BEGINS.
“...he died from head injuries suffered while in transit...”
Q: Just HOW does one get head injuries - enough to KILL you, while being driven through Baltimore?
We’re not being told the WHOLE truth.
You don’t die from being bounced around; the roads in the Detroit area are as bad as I’ve seen around the country and they aren’t enough to cause damage.
Did they go Off-roading? Did someone drop something heavy on his head - repeatedly?
Do you really think people should be thrown into the back of a truck with no restraints?
While I'm rooting for the cops, as driver of the van, he should have been responsible to make sure Gray was properly restrained, even if he had to do it himself. When we transported inmates outside the prison, there were always two officers. One carried a S&W .38, and that was usually the second officer who sat next to the driver. Our vans had a metal cage between the officers and the inmates. The driver usually didn't carry because he was the one who put the inmate in the van, and put the seat belt on him. Any officer carrying a firearm was directed not to get within arm's reach of an inmate. Inmates were always handcuffed and shackled for outside trips. We had community work crews that consisted of inmates who were close to going home. They were escorted by an officer who supervised them, and these officers were never armed.