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Freddie Gray trial: Social media reacts to another acquittal

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After reading a lengthy decision, Judge Barry Williams found Officer Caesar Goodson not guilty on all counts. 

Williams said the state failed to prove Goodson's intent to hurt Freddie Gray as the driver of the police van.

This is the second acquittal delivered in the cases surrounding 25-year-old Gray's death. Goodson is the third of six officers to stand trial. The trial of Officer William Porter ended in a mistrial.

As news of the not-guilty verdict spread, community members, observers, activists and leaders took to social media to react: