Judge: Cops accused of killing Freddie Gray will be tried in Baltimore

Freddie Gray mural in Baltimore. Maryland — (Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams ruled today that the trials of the six police officers indicted on charges in connection with the death of Freddie Gray will proceed in Baltimore.

The officers' defense attorneys had argued local jurors could be prejudiced against their clients thanks to protests and media coverage surrounding Gray's death. Prior to today's decision, protesters gathered outside the court, chanting, "Keep the trial here!"

Earlier this week, the city of Baltimore reached a $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with Gray's family.

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.