On the morning of April 12, 2015 Freddie Gray was taken into custody by Baltimore Police officers. With his hands cuffed behind his back and feet in shackles, he was put in the back of the vehicle and transported without being secured with a safety belt.

During transport, Freddie sustained a fractured neck with 80% of his spine was severed. Several days later he went into a coma and on April 19, 2015 Freddie was dead.

Marilyn Mosby was only five months into her first term as Baltimore State’s Attorney, the city’s chief prosecutor.

On May 1, 2015 she charged the six police officers involved in Freddie’s death, one of the first cases nationally holding police accountable for the death of a black man while in custody.

This decision had its consequences. Hate mail and death threats ensued forcing Marilyn to defend the decision to charge officers. "For those who believe I am anti-police, it's simply not the case. I am anti police brutality.”

Marilyn Mosby made an unpopular and highly controversial choice in charging the officers. Though none were convicted, there was a $6.4 million settlement with the family and Mosby’s office pursued substantial reforms that contributed to the exoneration of 13 men who had served a combined 300 years in prison despite proclaiming their innocence.

The right choice may not be the easy choice when justice is the basis for one's decision. Today, more than 10 years later, Marilyn and her family continue to suffer the fallout of her decision in holding officer’s accountable. However it is a decision of which she reports as having no regrets.

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