New book that could not have been more timely. Yuko wrote the book with erica greene who is an awardwinning reporter and was a finalist of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for breaking News Coverage of the death of ready gray and the events that followed. This book is just a beautiful way to understand what happened to freddie gray and baltimore, what happened in the lives of black america, how the lives that connect us in the untruth and the half spoken truth and the incomplete stories stop us from truly being one community and most important five days as a way to think about uprising in america and im just really pleased to be able to have this conversation with you. Thank you. Lets talk about the young man whose life was taken from us, freddie gray. The book begins, the entry point is your attending the funeral of freddie gray and leaving the funeral and seeing all the different part of Baltimore Society go back to their corners and you wanted to to paint a story that would really reflect th
I was standing outside of the Ferguson, Mo., police department on a chilly night in November 2014 when a St. Louis County grand jury declined to indict former officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Weeks later I marched in Staten Island alongside Erica Garner, who dramatically laid down in the spot where New York police officer Daniel Pantaleo fatally choked her father Eric Garner for selling cigarettes. A day later, a grand jury declined to indict Pantaleo in Garner’s killing. The next December, I sat in a downtown Baltimore courthouse when the first trial of a police officer charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray ended in a mistrial. Three more officers involved in Gray’s death were later acquitted, and the rest had their charges dropped the following summer.
protect the community. brian moore represented the best of new york city. he was brave for sure, but his bravery was matched ber his compassion, and he came by it through his family. he also made sure that every monday his day off, was a time he devoted to his mother. that was a time he kept sacred. another woman grieving this mother s day will be freddie gray s mother. gloria darden who this week said she will never be the same. talk to me as a mother the pain that you re experience inging. got a hole i wish it never happened, wish that it never happened and i won t never be the same. i will never be the same.
engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of the constitution or federal law. this investigation will begin immediately and will focus on allegations that baltimore police department officers used excessive force, including deadly force, conduct unlawful searches, seizures and arrest and engage in discriminatory policing. baltimore s mayor asked for the investigation, and last night the police commissioner says he supports it too. i think it s a good thing. we can use the extra weight. lawsuits are down. citizen complaints are down. officer-involved shootings are down but the community doesn t feel it. if the justice department finds baltimore police have a pattern of violating residents rights, the city will either have to agree to make changes or go to court. the investigation will likely take months but attorney general lynch says she s hopeful for progress. the challenges that we face and that baltimore faces now did not arise in a day and change will not co
your peace is sincerely needed as i work to deliver justice on behalf of this young man. to those that are angry, hurt or have their own experiences of injustice at hands of police officers, i urge you to channel the energy peacefully as we prosecute this case. reacting to the news today, baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake said she was, quote, sickened and heartbroken and meanwhile, gloria darden the mother of freddie gray told buzzfeed i feel good because we got all six of them. she also spoke directly to her son, quote. you can rest freddie, you can rest. you can be in peace now. as marchers return to the streets of baltimore we re joined by nbc news lester holt who is at city hall. lester, were you there earlier in the week and back there now in the wake of this stunning announcement today. what is the mood you re encountering tonight in baltimore? well on the streets, and the neighborhoods that we saw only a