The Latest: Defense says officer thought Gray was faking

BALTIMORE (AP) — The latest on the trial of a police officer accused in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who suffered a spinal injury in the back of a transport van (all times local):

The defense attorney says that when Porter saw Gray becoming more passive, although still requesting a medic, during successive stops of the van, the officer assumed the prisoner had exhausted himself rocking the vehicle early in the ride.

The attorney said Porter had learned from experience that requesting a medic could mean the prisoner would spend hours in the emergency room and would need a doctor's note clearing him to go to jail.

Under cross-examination, an officer who trained Porter at the police academy acknowledged that officers sometimes must "do a little detective work" to determine if a subject's medical complaints are valid.

A defense attorney for an officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray used a twist on a Black Lives Matter slogan during opening statements in the officer's trial.

Attorneys for an officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray are disputing when the young black man was injured in the back of a police transport van.

Defense attorney Gary Proctor told jurors Wednesday that Officer William Porter asked Gray if he needed medical attention at the fourth stop the van made during Gray's 45-minute journey to the police station, but decided against calling a medic because Gray "wasn't wincing."

A defense attorney for one of six police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray says his client should not be held responsible for simply checking on the young black man during a police van ride.

Defense attorney Gary Proctor said during opening statements Wednesday that when Gray began requesting aid "he showed no signs of needing medical attention because he hadn't suffered the injury yet."

Proctor characterized Porter as a man born and raised in West Baltimore who became a police off