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Lead prosecutor in Freddie Gray case accuses detective of sabotaging inquiry
Source: The Guardian
Lead prosecutor in Freddie Gray case accuses detective of sabotaging inquiry
Tense exchange between Michael Schatzow and Dawnyell Taylor
during testimony the latest bout of drama in the prosecution of
officer Caesar Goodson
Baynard Woods in Baltimore
Thursday 16 June 2016 20.35 BST
A vicious clash between a Baltimore police investigator and a lead prosecutor was laid bare in open court on Thursday during the closely watched murder trial over the death of Freddie Gray.
The tense exchange between homicide detective Dawnyell Taylor, called as a witness, and Michael Schatzow, chief deputy state’s attorney, was the latest dramatic episode in the prosecution of officer Caesar Goodson – who faces murder charges for Gray’s death.
Taylor took the stand to testify that the state medical examiner, Carol Allan, had described Gray’s death as “like a freakish accident” where “no human hand caused the death”.
But Allan had testified earlier that the word “accident” never crossed her lips.
And when Schatzow questioned Taylor on cross-examination, he raised his own personal battle with Taylor:
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Tense exchange between Michael Schatzow and Dawnyell Taylor
during testimony the latest bout of drama in the prosecution of
officer Caesar Goodson
Baynard Woods in Baltimore
Thursday 16 June 2016 20.35 BST
A vicious clash between a Baltimore police investigator and a lead prosecutor was laid bare in open court on Thursday during the closely watched murder trial over the death of Freddie Gray.
The tense exchange between homicide detective Dawnyell Taylor, called as a witness, and Michael Schatzow, chief deputy state’s attorney, was the latest dramatic episode in the prosecution of officer Caesar Goodson – who faces murder charges for Gray’s death.
Taylor took the stand to testify that the state medical examiner, Carol Allan, had described Gray’s death as “like a freakish accident” where “no human hand caused the death”.
But Allan had testified earlier that the word “accident” never crossed her lips.
And when Schatzow questioned Taylor on cross-examination, he raised his own personal battle with Taylor:
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/16/freddie-gray-case-lead-prosecutor-detective-clash
