Prisoner in van said Freddie Gray was ‘banging against the walls’ during ride

Washington Post ^ | 4/29/15 | Peter Hermann

[markomalley]

A prisoner sharing a police transport van with Freddie Gray told investigators that he could hear Gray “banging against the walls” of the vehicle and believed that he “was intentionally trying to injure himself,” according to an investigative document obtained by The Washington Post.

The prisoner, who is currently in jail, was separated from Gray by a metal partition and could not see him. His statement is contained in an application for a search warrant, which is sealed by the court. The Post was given the document under the condition that the prisoner not be named because the person who provided it feared for the inmate’s safety.

The document, written by a Baltimore police investigator, offers the first glimpse of what might have happened inside the van. It is not clear whether any additional evidence backs up the prisoner’s version.

[Morgana]

“All the pics I have seen have shown NO metal partition”

He may have meant to say the driver could not see him. There would have been metal between the driver and the prisoners.

[Morgana]

“All the pics I have seen have shown NO metal partition”

He may have meant to say the driver could not see him. There would have been metal between the driver and the prisoners.

I should add a PS to that statement as well.....as a result of this, those vans will probably be upgraded now and cameras installed in the back so the driver can see and if one of them is hurting themselves it can be shown as evidence.

[MeshugeMikey]

this one too...is Obama's Baby!

[HLPhat]

Because, every Idiot should have a village of their own to burn down.

[Morpheus2009]

Audio feed would be important too, because there’s only so much you can see as a driver, or even as someone accompanying the driver, as much different sensory information as possible.