6 Baltimore Police Officers Charged in Freddie Gray Death – NYTimes.com

Photo People celebrated at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and West North Avenue in Baltimore on Friday after the charges were announced. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times BALTIMORE — Baltimore’s chief prosecutor charged six police officers on Friday with crimes including murder and manslaughter in the arrest and fatal injury of Freddie…

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Man Who Filmed Freddie Gray Video Reportedly Arrested in Baltimore | Mediaite

Kevin Moore, the man who filmed 25-year-old Freddie Gray‘s arrest, was reportedly arrested in Baltimore on Thursday night, according to a Facebook post from “We Cop Watch,” a group that routinely films police activity. Moore, who is said to have cooperated with police and turned over the video, claimed he was targeted after the police…

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How Baltimore’s Curfew Is Hurting Night-Shift Workers – CityLab

BALTIMORE—Sinai Hospital in Northwest Baltimore received no credible threats in the wake of violent clashes between residents and police on Monday. So there were no National Guard soldiers or armored vehicles stationed out front, like there were at Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore. But it was far from business as usual at Sinai. Things…

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Baltimore Residents Urged To Stay Indoors Until Social Progress Naturally Takes Its Course Over Next Century | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source

BALTIMORE—Calling it an emergency measure designed to ensure public safety and order, Baltimore officials held a press conference Wednesday urging all residents to stay indoors until the natural evolution of social progress takes shape over the next century. “Given the ongoing situation in our city, we ask that everyone remain within their homes for the…

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How they ignore Black America: Freddie Gray, Baltimore & the pernicious influence of respectability politics – Salon.com

On Monday, April 27, 2015, ABC News captured video purporting to show an African-American mother disciplining her son for participating in unrest that erupted in Baltimore following the killing of Freddie Gray. As the story goes, the mother saw her son on television throwing rocks at police and subsequently went to retrieve him. In the video,…

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Baltimore Tries to Move On: ‘I Live in This Neighborhood’ – Bloomberg Politics

BALTIMORE—An unpredictable, ad hoc collaboration between gang members and police officers tamped down civil unrest in the place where protesters had gathered to mourn the late Freddie Gray. By midnight, two hours after the start of a controversial curfew, a city that had seen days of brawls, looting and possible arson was so quiet that…

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Baltimore: A tale of two riots — the reported.ly team — Medium

Feb. 3, 2013 (Patrick Smith/Getty) On Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, the Baltimore Ravens won the NFL Super Bowl game against the San Francisco 49ers. Fans went wild and took to the streets of Baltimore in “celebrations” and “victory riots.” They were called “rowdy fans” who took “their celebrations too far” by local Baltimore CBS news….

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Baltimore ‘looting’ tweets show importance of quick and easy image checks — Medium

Unrest in Baltimore, like any other dramatic event these days, created a surge of activity on social media. In the age of the selfie and ubiquitous cameras, many people have become compulsive chroniclers of all their activities — sometimes unwisely so. Reactions ranged from shock and disgust to disbelief and amusement when a series of images started…

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