Baltimore uprising following the death of freddie gray he is interviewed by the most senior fellow heather mcgee. Hi, how are you . I am good and so happy to see im so grateful youre doing this. It is so great to give our audience the opportunity to get to know bestselling author, wes moore author of i am wes moore and now a new book that could not have been more timely. You cowrote the book i would say with erica greene and warren winning record who covered education for the New York Times in baltimore reported that was part of the team for its breaking News Coverage of the death of freddie gray and those events that followed. This book is a beautiful way to understand what happened to freddie gray, what has happened to baltimore, what happens in black and white america. How the lives that connect us and the un truth and a half spoken truth and the incomplete stories stop us from truly being one community. And most importantly, five days as a way to think about uprising and reckonings
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
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Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Were on the road at the hague in the netherlands. But first, to maryland. Where the governor larry hogan has deployed the National Guard in baltimore amid an uprising over the death of freddie gray. Gray died a week after a Police Encounter which his family said left his spine 80 severed at the neck. Police stopped him because he made eye contact with a lieutenant, then ran away. Two weeks of peaceful protest over grays death erupted into violence monday as High School Students threw bricks and rocks at police, and looting and vandalism were reported across the city. Overnight, cars and buildings were burned. Police said 15 officers were injured, though all are expected to recover. At least 27 people were arrested. Governor hogan denounced the protesters as gangs of thugs roaming the streets. Everybody believes we need to get to the answers and resolve the situation, the concern everyone has about w