A Fraternal Order of Police lodge has requested that Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby remove herself from the Freddie Gray case, claiming she has conflicts of interest.
Gene Ryan, the local president of the Fraternal Order of Police, told Mosby in an open letter Friday that none of the six suspended officers were responsible for Gray's death.
"Each of the officers involved is sincerely saddened by Mr. Gray's passing," Ryan said in the letter released minutes before Mosby announced a list of 28 charges against the six officers involved in Gray's arrest.
The union president also requested a special prosecutor in the case, saying Mosby had conflicts of interest that include her husband, a city councilman, and a friendship with the Gray family's lawyer, who contributed $4,000 to her campaign.
An Open Letter to State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby 5/1/2015 pic.twitter.com/iUJ7elR3bq
— Baltimore City FOP (@FOP3) May 1, 2015
During Friday's press conference, Mosby declared that Gray's death was a homicide, his arrest was illegal, and his treatment in custody amounted to murder and manslaughter. She also addressed concerns that she may have conflicts of interest.
"I can tell you that the people of Baltimore City elected me, and there' s no accountability with a special prosecutor," Mosby said. " I see no conflict of interest. My husband is a public servant. He works on the legislative side. I am a prosecutor."
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The stiffest charge -- second-degree "depraved heart'' murder -- was filed against driver of the police van. The other five were charged with crimes including manslaughter, assault, false imprisonment and misconduct in office.
The sheriff's office says it expects the six police officers charged in Gray's death to turn themselves in at the Baltimore jail later Friday at the city's jail.
