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Fifteen years before the Baltimore police were accused of causing the death of Freddie Gray, the city was taken to court by another black man, one who had been paralyzed from the waist down after being tackled by an officer. The man, Horace Muhammad, claimed that the police had manhandled him and that paramedics had mishandled his care before he got to the hospital. At the trial, the city’s lawyers brought out the perfect expert witness to vouch for the paramedics: an internationally renowned surgeon and a revered local celebrity, Dr. Benjamin S. Carson. During two hours on the stand, Dr. Carson held the jury in thrall with careful medical explanations of spinal injuries, a quietly self-assured tone and even one reference to God as he undercut Mr. Muhammad’s claims. Only the police had caused Mr. Muhammad’s paralysis, Dr. Carson said. The paramedics had not hurt him — they had helped him. Continue reading the main story RELATED COVERAGE An attack by the future presidential candidate while seeking office in Morris County showed his tactics early. There was just one problem: It was inaccurate.First Campaigns: Ad Helped Chris Christie Win a New Jersey Race, but Then He Had to ApologizeNOV. 2, 2015 From left, Ben Carson, Donald J. Trump, and Jeb Bush at the Republican presidential debate in California in September.Deeply Divided Republican Electorate Drifts Toward Ben Carson, Poll ShowsOCT. 27, 2015 Ben Carson, a Seventh-day Adventist, has also taken his message to other churches, among them the Maple Street Missionary Baptist Church in Des Moines in August.Ben Carson Puts Spotlight on Seventh-Day AdventistsOCT. 27, 2015 Supporters at Ben Carson’s book tour bus in Ames, Iowa.Calm Manner Has Ben Carson Rising in PollsOCT. 25, 2015 Ben Carson in Washington last week. A string of divisive comments has led some commentators to question his fitness.Ben Carson Finds Momentum in Provocative RemarksOCT. 12, 2015 Ben Carson with Phyllis Schlafly, the founder of the Eagle Forum, after speaking at an event hosted by the conservative group in St. Louis on Friday.Ben Carson Works His Way Up the Donation LadderSEPT. 13, 2015 Ben Carson, a Republican presidential candidate, during a service last month at Maple Street Missionary Baptist Church in Des Moines.A Fellow Outsider, Ben Carson Rivals Donald Trump in Polls, if Not in PompSEPT. 1, 2015 “What was done in this case is really quite laudatory in the sense that they were able to get this man from the scene of the injury to the place where the appropriate medications and protocols could be carried out very rapidly,” Dr. Carson said in his testimony. “I was actually quite impressed by how fast it happened.”