article_snippet.sent: It's largely a procedural step, and given the overtures from Baltimore officials, the state's attorney's decision on whether to file charges against the six officers involved in the arrest will not be immediate.
article_snippet.sent: us will continue to follow the evidence wherever the evidence goes," police Commissioner Anthony Batts said.
article_snippet.sent: Newly appointed Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Monday that the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and the FBI "will continue our careful and deliberate examination of the facts in the coming days and weeks.
article_snippet.sent: Because of the Baltimore police's history, the Justice Department has been working with the force since October as part of a reform initiative that will assess "policies, training and operations as training and operations relate to use of force and interactions with citizens.
article_snippet.sent: Rawlings-Blake requested that the Justice Department take a look at the police department, The Baltimore Sun reported, saying The Baltimore Sun request came on the heels of the newspaper's report that the city had paid almost $6 million in judgments and settlements in 102 police misconduct civil suits since 2011.
article_snippet.sent: Overwhelmingly, The Baltimore Sun The Baltimore Sun reported, the people involved in the incidents that sparked the lawsuits were cleared of criminal charges.
article_snippet.sent: Asked during The Baltimore Sun Thursday interview why no police officers have yet been charged in Gray's case -- given that if Gray's case involved civilians instead of officers there would ostensibly be probable cause for arrests -- Rawlings-Blake, an attorney by trade, said the question amounted to speculation and cited The Baltimore Sun efforts to reform the Baltimore Police Department and repair the community's mistrust in police.
article_snippet.sent: We welcome outside review," police spokesman Capt.
article_snippet.sent: So far, six officers involved in the arrest have been suspended with pay: Sgt.
article_snippet.sent: Releasing six officers involved in the arrest names is standard procedure after an in-custody death and in no way implicates wrongdoing, Kowalczyk said.
article_snippet.sent: We know We police employees failed to get Batts medical attention in a timely manner multiple times.
article_snippet.sent: Baltimore police've conducted dozens of interviews, canvassed the region on foot seeking witnesses and procured video from closed-circuit television cameras.