Full Coverage: Unrest in Baltimore
The city of Baltimore is shaken by unrest after the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who suffered a spinal cord injury in police custody. Peaceful protests turned violent Monday, with hundreds of rioters looting stores and setting buildings ablaze. As protests continue, residents are living with the scars left by rioters.
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The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of the Baltimore Police Department following the death last month of an African American man who was fatally injured while being transported by police.
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Despite calls to end a 10 p.m. curfew, Baltimore police kept the restrictions in place and peacefully cleared the streets, though there were some arrests.
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Prosecutors seeking to convict six Baltimore officers in the death of a young black man severely injured while in police custody will focus not on what the officers did but on what they allegedly failed to do: provide medical attention to 25-year-old Freddie Gray inside a police van on April 12.
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Crowdfunding site GoFundMe has shut down a campaign raising money for the six Baltimore police officers charged in death of Freddie Gray.
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The death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, and the ensuing unrest surrounding it, has prompted another round of musicians to speak out on the value of black lives and on racial issues in America.
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After a brief flurry of arrests at the beginning of the 10 p.m. curfew, the streets surrounding Baltimore’s City Hall emptied quickly save for a large crowd of police, National Guardsmen and media members.
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For about 44 minutes, a police wagon carrying a handcuffed Freddie Gray traveled the city’s streets.
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President Obama said Friday that it was “absolutely vital that the truth comes out” about what led to the death of Freddie Gray while in custody of six Baltimore police officers who were charged Friday with homicide in the case.
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Once again, the curfew was heeded as hundreds of demonstrators protested in Baltimore and elsewhere Thursday evening after police formally turned their investigation of the death of Freddie Gray over to the state’s attorney’s office.
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The mayor is black. The council is almost two-thirds black. The school superintendent is black.
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The images of burning cars and smashed shop windows during riots this week on the edgy streets of West Baltimore were probably familiar to anyone who ever watched the HBO TV series “The Wire,” which chronicled the hard life and tense times of many in this American city.
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The high-profile unrest in Baltimore triggered protests in several American cities Wednesday.
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Pictures from April 29 in Baltimore as protests and marches continue in response to the death of Freddie Gray.
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Tanishia Lewis and her young children were filling trash bags in a parking lot Tuesday morning, joining others who hoped to quickly erase the scars left by rioters.
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Nearly half the people arrested during the unrest that roiled Baltimore on Monday night were released Wednesday night, and the city public defender’s office contends they were held in cramped and dangerous conditions.
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In a show of solidarity with protesters in Baltimore, hundreds of people defied police Wednesday night and began marching through the streets of Manhattan to honor Freddie Gray, who died after his spine was severed while in Baltimore police custody.
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Hours after rioters took to the streets in Baltimore — throwing rocks, looting and setting police cars and businesses ablaze — LAPD commanders sent out a department-wide alert: All Los Angeles officers not working undercover assignments were ordered to show up for their shifts in uniform, a move designed to enhance police presence.
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President Obama took to the airwaves Wednesday to once again condemn the violent riots in Baltimore provoked by the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray while he was in police custody.
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Even as officials struggle to ensure a return to calm after a night of rioting in Baltimore, the political sparring has already begun.
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When riots erupt, whether sparked by protests or natural disaster, a building, a landmark or even an intersection can come to symbolize the magnitude of discord.
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The streets of this city erupted in violence Monday hours after the funeral of a black man who suffered a mortal injury in police custody, with hundreds of rioters setting police cars and businesses ablaze, throwing rocks, looting stores and injuring at least 15 officers, six of them seriously.
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As stubborn clouds hung low over the Gilmor Homes on Monday, those who knew Freddie Gray sat on front steps or stood in close circles, shaking their heads at the death of another young black man while in police custody.
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The federal government has begun a civil rights investigation into how Freddie Gray died of a spinal injury after he was arrested in Baltimore, the U.S.
