People celebrated in the US city of Baltimore on Friday after the announcement that six police officers have been charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray. <br /><br /> The young black man died as a result of a critical neck injury that he received while he was in police custody. <br /><br /> One of the police officers concerned has been charged with murder and the five others with lesser crimes connected with Gray’s death. <br /><br /> The charges brought some relief to Baltimore’s streets after two weeks of protest ended in a riot on Monday, and prompted this statement from Gray’s stepfather Richard Shipley. <br /><br /> “We are satisfied with today’s charges. These charges are an important step in getting justice for Freddie, and we ask whoever comes to our city, a city that we love, a city that we live in, come in peace.”<br /><br /> However a lawyer for the officers concerned said on Friday that his clients had done nothing wrong and that the charges are premature. <br /><br /> “We believe that the actions taken today by the st
