Residents Pleased After Motions Denied In Freddie Gray Trial
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Residents in Freddie Gray's neighborhood are pleased that the trial will continue and that Marilyn Mosby will still prosecute the officers charged in Freddie Gray's death.
Gigi Barnett has community reaction to Judge Barry Williams' rulings.
Folks in the Gilmor Homes community say they have been watching the action in the courtroom very closely, and that some of Wednesday's rulings feel like justice may be on the way soon--not just for Freddie Gray, they say, but for the entire neighborhood.
In Freddie Gray's neighborhood, Gilmor Homes, murals mark where he lived and died.
His neighbors say Wednesday's ruling gives them power.
The case against the six officers charged in Gray's death goes on.
"Good. Very good," one man said about the rulings.
The judge's decision sparked a mini celebration for some neighbors.
"We have went down to the courthouse for Freddie Gray and talked to the lawyer," said one woman.
Their fear--a different ruling could have brought more riots.
"I'm kind of scared," the woman said. "But it's where we live at."
Robert Sellers has lived in the Gilmor Homes community for decades.
"There's so many people waiting to see the police get away again like nothing has been done," he said.
But Wednesday's ruling is something that feels a lot like justice.
"They been getting away with stuff so long," Sellers said. "And that's all people want--justice."
Now that we've learned the officers will stand trial individually, neighbors say that's not exactly what they wanted. They wanted them to stand trial together.
One woman told WJZ because the officers allegedly committed the crime together, she says they should all go down together.