By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The closely watched trial in Freddie Gray’s death began Monday with jury selection for the first police officer to trial, the Associated Press reports.
The trial is expected to resume today in Baltimore Circuit Court in a case that fueled the Black Lives Matter movement.
Six officers have been charged in the death of 25-year-old Gray, a black man who died while in police custody.
William Porter, who is also black, is accused of refusing to get medical treatment for Gray during a 45-minute trip in a police van.
Gray died of a severe spinal injury sustained while in police custody.
The AP reported that Porter is the first being tried because he could be a potential witness.
