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1 May, 2015

GoFundme page removed

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A funding page for the six officers set up by The Fraternal Order of Police, a union representing Baltimore City police officers, is removed by the site. The page set a fundraising goal of $600,000 to pay for the living expenses of the six officers, who have been placed on unpaid suspension after they were charged in Gray’s death. In 41 minutes, the page raised $1,135. The FOP posts on its Facebook page:

Apparently our GoFundMe account has been suspended with no explanation. We are working to find a new site for donations. Thank you!

19 Apr, 2015

Freddie Gray dead age 25

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In the week since his arrest Gray suffers from total cardiopulmonary arrest at least once but is resuscitated without ever regaining consciousness. He lapsed into a coma with three fractured vertebrae, injuries to his “voice box”, and his spine “80% severed” at his neck. An autopsy confirms that Gray died from a severe injury to his spinal cord. Gray family attorney:

He lapsed into a coma, died, was resuscitated, stayed in a coma and on Monday underwent extensive surgery at Shock Trauma to save his life. He clung to life for seven days.

2012

Mental health issues

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After a request to check on his welfare by Karen McAleer, a fellow Baltimore police officer, who is the mother of Rice’s son deputies go to Rice’s home in Carroll County, Maryland, about 35 miles northwest of Baltimore. Deputies report that Rice appears “normal and soft spoken” and say he had been seeking “sympathy and attention.” But citing “credible information,” the deputies confiscate both his official and personal guns, called his commanding officer and transport Rice to the Carroll Hospital Center. Te guns include his .40-caliber police pistol, a 9 mm handgun, an AK-47-style rifle, a .22-caliber rifle and two shotguns. It is not clear whther the guns were returned to Rice. The sheriff’s report says the weapons “should be returned back to owner pending determination of the (censored).”