(Transcript from SBS World News Radio)
Police in the US city of Baltimore say they've handed the results of an investigation into the death in custody of a black man to a state prosecutor.
They have revealed that officers transporting 25-year-old Freddie Gray in a van made a previously undisclosed stop en route to the police station.
The African-American man suffered fatal and unexplained spinal injuries while in police custody.
His death sparked riots in Baltimore and protests in other US cities, including New York, Washington and Boston.
Zara Zaher reports.
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Freddie Gray was injured when arrested on the 12th of April.
He lapsed into a coma and died a week later.
Baltimore police have handed the results of their internal investigation into his death to state prosecutors.
The prosecutors say they will conduct their own probe before deciding whether to charge six police officers involved in the arrest.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts says he wants the case addressed as a matter of urgency.
"We dedicated 30 plus detectives, their full time job was focused on this case and only this case, including lab personnel and academy personnel and homicide detectives in our fifth team. The family and the community and the public deserve transparency and truth. The task force heeded my call and we have exhausted every lead at this point in time. But this does not mean that the investigation is over."
The new police evidence gives details about the timeline of Mr Gray's arrest and transport.
Baltimore police say the police van carrying Freddie Gray made another stop not previously reported while transporting him.
Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis says they found out about the new stop from private camera footage.
"The second stop has been revealed to us during the course of our investigation and was previously unknown to us. We discovered this new stop based on our thorough and comprehensive and ongoing review of all CCTV cameras and privately owned cameras and in fact this new stop was discovered from a privately owned camera."
Meanwhile, protests over police treatment of minorities are continuing in Baltimore.
This demonstrator says there will be ongoing rallies until the people responsible for Freddie Gray's death are held accountable.
"I can't predict what people are going to do. I know people are expecting that folks will be held accountable for their actions. And if they are not held accountable for their actions, I suspect that the citizens of Baltimore will take to the streets again and again and again."
Police in Baltimore have announced a 10pm curfew - held for two nights so far - will remain in place over the weekend.
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