Baltimore police officer Edward Nero's family leaves court after not-guilty verdict, pursued (chased) by protesters

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BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- On Monday, Judge Barry Williams found Baltimore police officer Edward Nero "not guilty" on all counts he faced in connection with the arrest and death of Freddie Gray.

When Nero's family left Courthouse East in Baltimore, surrounded by Baltimore City Sheriff's Department personnel, protesters pursued them down Calvert Street toward a parking garage.

"[It was] quite a scene. I'm glad it didn't get any worse," Arthur Johnson of Baltimore said from the parking garage after the Nero family made their way into an elevator and away from the chanting crowd.

"You know the frustration is building," Johnson said. "We are in the second trial and nothing. Nothing at all."

Protesters lined the walkway outside the courthouse during the morning awaiting the verdict.

"These young people...this frustration is really building in them because they feel there is no justice," Johnson added.

The Nero family was met with obscenity-laced chants and threats as they walked toward the parking garage. Some of the family plans to leave Baltimore this evening, now that the trial has concluded.

Other than this incident, protests remained peaceful and orderly.

NAACP Baltimore Chapter President Tessa Hill-Aston was outside the courthouse as the verdict was announced and urged protesters to remain calm.

"We need to be calm," Hill-Aston said. "It's OK to have protests. It's OK to march, I applaud them. The NAACP does that, but we don't want anybody to get hurt, locked up or chased by the police and we don't want any problems,"