Everyone’s favorite CNN anchor interviewed Maryland governor Larry Hogan and Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake late last night. The contentious 11-minute interview, during which Lemon repeatedly asked the two about their responses to yesterday’s protests and riots, did not end well.
Freddie Gray was born August 16, 1989, and died April 19, 2015. Yesterday, his family laid him to rest.
Last night, a short video emerged that purportedly showed a Baltimore mom slapping and berating her son after spotting him on TV at yesterday’s riots. The Associated Press has now published a longer, clearer version video which shows the full motherly assault.
As Baltimore braces itself for a second day of potentially violent protests, volunteers gathered this morning at North and Pennsylvania Avenues—the epicenter of yesterday’s protests—to clean up the destruction from the rioting and looting at a CVS and other neighborhood businesses.
Violence tore through a large swath of western Baltimore Monday night, punctuating the week of protests and funeral for Freddie Gray—who died April 19 from a spinal injury he suffered while in police custody—with rioting, fires, and looting.
Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated
Showin’ how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right
Just beat it, beat it [x4]
Pictured: a Baltimore police officer protesting the Baltimore protests (by hurling rocks at the protestors.)
Two police cars, a cruiser and a transport van, were on fire at the intersection of Baltimore’s North and Pennsylvania Avenues. Dozens of people poured out of a CVS on the same corner, arms full of toilet paper and baby wipes. An older man in a pageboy cap put his hand on my shoulder and walked with me for a few…
A newly constructed senior home sponsored by a church is burning in east Baltimore. The three-alarm blaze is not related to the violent protests that erupted across the city earlier today, according to a fire department spokesman who spoke with the Washington Post.
Maryland governor Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency in Baltimore Monday evening, activating the National Guard to respond to the violent protests that erupted in the wake of Freddie Gray’s funeral.
Just hours after Freddie Gray’s funeral, protesters clashed with police stationed near Mondawmin Mall in northwest Baltimore. At least seven officers have been injured, according to police, and there are reports of several arrests. One of the officers is reportedly unresponsive.
As riot police lined up in Baltimore this afternoon in anticipation of an eighth straight day of demonstrations over the death of Freddie Gray, a dancing protestor—or perhaps just a random passer-by—decided to pull down his pants and show them his ass. The perfect moment was captured live on CNN, much to host Brooke…
The Baltimore Police released a statement Monday morning claiming that they’ve received “credible information” about members of the Crips, Bloods, and other local gangs joining forces to “take-out” police officers. Hmm.
Late Saturday night, while covering the over the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore City Paper Photo Editor J.M. Giordano was tackled and beaten by Baltimore City police.
Following a day of peaceful demonstration over the death of Freddie Gray, who died of a broken neck while in police custody last weekend, 12 of an estimated 1,200 protesters were arrested in Baltimore Saturday night after a breakaway group smashed windows, damaged cars and battled with police, The New York Times reports
Given several opportunities to get medical care for Freddie Gray—the Baltimore man who died of a broken neck while in police custody this week—officers failed each time, Commissioner Anthony W. Batts admitted at a press conference Friday.
Freddie Gray, the Baltimore man who died Sunday after suffering a broken neck while in police custody, reportedly was not buckled into his seatbelt during the 30-minute ride to the police station, despite having his hands cuffed and his legs in irons.
On Wednesday, the Baltimore police union issued a statement likening the protests over the death of Freddie Gray, who died Sunday after suffering a broken neck while in police custody, to a “lynch mob.”
The U.S. Department of Justice will investigate the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old Baltimore man who died Sunday following spinal injuries he received while in police custody. Gray, who is black, was arrested last week for allegedly possessing an illegal switchblade.
Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old Baltimore man who died Sunday after suffering critical injuries while in police custody, was arrested last week “without force or incident” for possessing a switchblade knife, according to police documents obtained by the Baltimore Sun.
