BALTIMORE (AP) - Prosecutors cross-examined the officer charged with manslaughter in the death of Freddie Gray.
Officer William Porter was called to the stand Wednesday by his attorneys to testify in his own defense. His attorneys questioned him about why he didn't call for a medic and why he didn't buckle Gray in a seat belt in the back of a police van.
Porter said he never buckled prisoners in because the van was too small and Gray didn't appear injured during his ride in the van, so the officer didn't call for a medic.
He also said it's the van driver's responsibility to make sure prisoners in custody are buckled in. Porter wasn't driving the van.
During cross-examination, prosecutor Michael Schatzow asked Porter about a discrepancy between his testimony and that of an internal affairs investigator, and Porter said the investigator had misunderstood him.
