BALTIMORE (AP) - A police union attorney says the Baltimore officers who fatally shot two armed men were videotaped being read their Miranda rights after declining to give statements.
The attorney, Michael Davey, told The Baltimore Sun that prosecutors required the Miranda warnings. He said he could not recall such a move by prosecutors in 16 years working with the union. Davey says the officers were "treated like criminals" after he advised them not to immediately give statements.
Rochelle Ritchie, spokeswoman for the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office, said in an email Saturday that the police department - not prosecutors - required the Miranda warnings.
Police say the men killed Thursday were 43-year-old Matthew V. Wood Jr. and his 18-year-old son, Kimani Johnson. They say two officers opened fire after seeing the men pointing guns at a group of people near a playground.
