Baltimore Fraternal Order of Police calls suggestion of a settlement with family of Freddie Gray "ridiculous" and "obscene"

According to a report by CNN, available here, Gene Ryan, president of the Baltimore Fraternal Order of Police, reacted to the announcement of the settlement by the city of Baltimore with the family of Freddie Gray (see here), stating that the settlement was a "ridiculous reaction" and that "[t]o suggest that there is any reason to settle prior to the adjudication of the pending criminal cases is obscene..."