JUST IN: Dept. of Justice Investigating Death of #FreddieGray — [VIDEO]

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    BALTIMORE — SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO — The Justice Department says it has opened a federal investigation in to the death of a man who was in the custody of Baltimore Police. The DOJ is looking for Civil Rights violations in the man’s death.

    Cell phone video shows Freddie Gray, 25, screaming in pain as he’s dragged into the back of a police van.

    According to CBS Baltimore, the video was taken just after police say they chased Gray down when he was running from officers investigating drug dealing. He was apparently stopped because officer noticed a knife in his pocket, a switchblade.

    Gray died yesterday from a partially severed spinal cord.

    Six Officers have been suspended and the Police Chief said today whatever action killed Mr. Gray occurred inside the van he was placed in after the arrest.

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