Published report · Nov 2, 2026
Freddie Gray: The $6.4 Million Civil Agreement and Payment Schedule
Six point four million dollars, with payments announced across two fiscal years. Baltimore's civil agreement with Freddie Gray's family became a public financial decision in September 2015. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake explained the city's position. The Board's approval and the separate criminal cases addressed different questions, with different records and outcomes.
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Six point four million dollars, with payments announced across two fiscal years. Baltimore's civil agreement with Freddie Gray's family became a public financial decision in September 2015. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake explained the city's position. The Board's approval and the separate criminal cases addressed different questions, with different records and outcomes.
Coverage is the September 2015 proposal/approval and announced payment schedule, including the following fiscal year beginning July 2016. Budget records do not establish private attorney fees, final beneficiary receipts or the outcome of the separate criminal cases.
From our report published Nov 2, 2026. This describes that report’s documented position, not a fresh check of today’s court docket.
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Six point four million dollars, with payments announced across two fiscal years. Baltimore's civil agreement with Freddie Gray's family became a public financial decision in September 2015. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake explained the city's position. The Board's approval and the separate criminal cases addressed different questions, with different records and outcomes.
Coverage is the September 2015 proposal/approval and announced payment schedule, including the following fiscal year beginning July 2016. Budget records do not establish private attorney fees, final beneficiary receipts or the outcome of the separate criminal cases.
COURT RECORDS
Baltimore Board of Estimates civil-claim approval; no separately verified final federal civil docket presented
Baltimore Board of Estimates | September 9, 2015 approval
PRIMARY SOURCES
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MDBALT/bulletins/11818da
https://comptroller.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/3095-3275_2015-09-09.pdf
https://comptroller.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/4413-4563_2015-12-09.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/federal-officials-decline-prosecution-death-freddie-gray
FOOTAGE
CNN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLy4u3iYchM
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