Tell the world what happened to Freddie Gray.
That was the message the Gray family’s lawyer shouted from the pulpit Monday to the Baltimore Police Department — and the six suspended city cops suspected of putting him in an early grave.
“This is the moment to get at truth,” Bill Murphy told mourners at Gray’s funeral. “This is our moment to get it right.”
Murphy also asked for prayers for Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, “who is struggling mightily with this,” a statement that brought more applause.
NYPD chokehold victim Eric Garner’s daughter was among the more than 2,500 people packing the New Shiloh Baptist church who rose to their feet and applauded as one.
“It’s like there is no accountability, no justice,” Erica Garner, 24, said afterward. “It’s like we’re back in the ‘50s, back in the Martin Luther King days. When is our day to be free going to come?”
But as Pastor Jamal Bryant eulogized Gray, Baltimore police reported a “credible threat” that three notoriously violent gangs — the Crips, Bloods and Black Guerilla Family — are now working together to “take out” law enforcement officers as payback.
A short time later, the University of Maryland’s campus in downtown Baltimore was shut down after receiving a warning from police that “activities” in the area could turn violent.
Gray’s death April 19 — after an encounter with cops that left him with a severed spine and crushed voice box — made the already tense relationship between the city’s African-American residents worse and exploded into a weekend of protests that turned violent at times.
Two hours before the Gray’s funeral, mourners filed inside the church to pay respects at his open casket, which was flanked by floral arrangements.
Sobs echoed through the sanctuary and a projector aimed at two screens on the walls showed the words “Black Lives Matter & All Lives Matter.”
Just before the service started, Gray’s mother, Gloria Darden and other kin gathered in front of the casket for a brief and private moment.
“We will not rest until we address this and see that justice is done,” Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings later told mourners. “And so, this is our watch. We will not fail you.”
Five of the six officers who arrested Gray have been questioned about the 25-year-old man’s final moments but police have not yet explained the mysterious spinal injury that lead to his death.
The Baltimore police commissioner has admitted that Gray should have gotten medical care before he was put inside a police transport van handcuffed — and without a seat belt.
csiemaszko@nydailynews.com
That was the message the Gray family’s lawyer shouted from the pulpit Monday to the Baltimore Police Department — and the six suspended city cops suspected of putting him in an early grave.
“This is the moment to get at truth,” Bill Murphy told mourners at Gray’s funeral. “This is our moment to get it right.”
Murphy also asked for prayers for Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, “who is struggling mightily with this,” a statement that brought more applause.
NYPD chokehold victim Eric Garner’s daughter was among the more than 2,500 people packing the New Shiloh Baptist church who rose to their feet and applauded as one.
“It’s like there is no accountability, no justice,” Erica Garner, 24, said afterward. “It’s like we’re back in the ‘50s, back in the Martin Luther King days. When is our day to be free going to come?”
But as Pastor Jamal Bryant eulogized Gray, Baltimore police reported a “credible threat” that three notoriously violent gangs — the Crips, Bloods and Black Guerilla Family — are now working together to “take out” law enforcement officers as payback.
A short time later, the University of Maryland’s campus in downtown Baltimore was shut down after receiving a warning from police that “activities” in the area could turn violent.
Gray’s death April 19 — after an encounter with cops that left him with a severed spine and crushed voice box — made the already tense relationship between the city’s African-American residents worse and exploded into a weekend of protests that turned violent at times.
Two hours before the Gray’s funeral, mourners filed inside the church to pay respects at his open casket, which was flanked by floral arrangements.
Sobs echoed through the sanctuary and a projector aimed at two screens on the walls showed the words “Black Lives Matter & All Lives Matter.”
Just before the service started, Gray’s mother, Gloria Darden and other kin gathered in front of the casket for a brief and private moment.
“We will not rest until we address this and see that justice is done,” Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings later told mourners. “And so, this is our watch. We will not fail you.”
Five of the six officers who arrested Gray have been questioned about the 25-year-old man’s final moments but police have not yet explained the mysterious spinal injury that lead to his death.
The Baltimore police commissioner has admitted that Gray should have gotten medical care before he was put inside a police transport van handcuffed — and without a seat belt.
csiemaszko@nydailynews.com
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