OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - Relatives of a Maryland man who was severely injured during a traffic stop have hired an attorney who represented Freddie Gray, the Baltimore man who died in 2015 after suffering a spinal injury in a police van.
The Washington Post reports that the family of 24-year-old Demonte Ward-Blake has hired Baltimore lawyer William H. “Billy” Murphy Jr.
Murphy says Ward-Bake is paralyzed from the waist down, with broken vertebrae in his neck, after his encounter last Thursday with police in Prince George’s County.
People were interested in these podcasts
Police have said Ward-Blake landed on his neck while in handcuffs as an officer pulled him to the ground. Ward-Blake allegedly tried to flee after being stopped for driving with expired tags.
Murphy helped negotiate a $6.4 million settlement with the city of Baltimore for Gray’s family.
Please read our comment policy before commenting.