Judge Denies Change of Venue Motion in Trial of Baltimore Officers for Freddie Gray Death

Defense lawyers for the officers had argued before Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams that intense publicity made it impossible to hold a fair trial in Baltimore.

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A Baltimore judge on Thursday denied a request for a change of venue for the trials of six police officers charged in the in-custody death of Freddie Gray Jr.

Defense lawyers for the officers had argued before Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams that intense publicity made it impossible to hold a fair trial in Baltimore.

"The citizens of Baltimore are not monolithic," Williams told a packed courtroom. "They think for themselves."

Protesters outside the courthouse cheered the decision, Reuters reports.

The hearing came a day after the city's financial control board approved a $6.4 million civil settlement to the Gray family.

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