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               Report: Autopsy Sheds Light on Freddie Gray Death

   by VOA News

   An autopsy report says Freddie Gray, the black man who died in April
   after being injured while in police custody in the U.S. city of
   Baltimore, suffered a "high-energy injury" to his neck and spine that
   mostly likely happened when the police van that was transporting him
   suddenly slowed down.

   The Baltimore Sun detailed the report from the state medical examiner,
   which the newspaper said late Tuesday it obtained and verified with
   other sources.

   Gray died a week after being injured, triggering protests and rioting
   in the city.

   The autopsy report said Gray's wrists and ankles were shackled, but
   that he was not strapped in with a seatbelt as the van made several
   stops with him in the back, the Sun reported.  As a result, the report
   said, Gray could have stood up, but with no ability to see outside the
   van and predict its changes in momentum he was "at risk for an
   unsupported fall."

   Six police officers have been charged in connection with Gray's death
   and all pleaded not guilty.

   The medical examiner said Gray's death was a homicide and not an
   accident because officers did not follow safety procedures "through
   acts of omission," the Sun reported.
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