Protesters obeyed that 10 00 p. M. Cutoff and peacefully went home. But other demonstrations inspired by the mysterious death of freddie gray led to dozens of arrests, more than 100 people arrested just in new york city as the nationwide momentum seems to build by the day. Now to the vastly different versions of how freddie gray suffered his gruesome injury. These new accounts come to those closest to him in those final critical moments, but theyre contradictory. First, a relative of one of the arresting officers believes the injury initially occurred during grays arrest before he was put into that police van. Heres about a minute of don lemmons interview with that woman who does not want to be identified. What did he say happened . He believes that whatever happened to mr. Gray happened before he was transported. According to your loved one, what took so long to get medical help . They dont know. They dont they have not discussed that with us. What took so long. We didnt ask what took
Can disappear thanks to one person. Man is back again. He has decided he wants to throw something at officers. The officers are moving in. Hes now going to be arrested. Here we go. And the anger clearly visible on the streets today. Jesus say turn the other cheek. I done smacked you like 16 times. How many times am i going to smack you before you smack me back, flat out . Thats a pretty powerful moment when you look at the Police Commissioner and that protester telling him, fyou, fyou. President obama weighed in for the first time on the riot in baltimore. He placed the blame on in his words, criminals and thugs. Also expressed his frustration, though with the number of cases similar to that of freddie gray. It comes up it seems like, once a week now. Once every couple of weeks. And so i think its pretty understandable why the leaders of civil rights organizations, but more importantly, moms and dads across the country, might start saying this is a crisis. Meanwhile, tonights orioles w
It will all be over. Let me set the scene. We are on northwest avenue. You can look up the street and see state police out in riot gear. Armored cars on the streets. All of the debris from the violence that happened yesterday. Yesterday, this was a city under siege. The Police Commissioner saying at one point they were out numbered and outflanked. Groups of rioters looted a cvs. They went to a Check Cashing store and liquor store. They threw bottles at police for hours. Breaking off in smaller groups. Fire crews were challenged as they were trying to put out fires after rioters came out and cut their hoses. The Baltimore Mayor stephanie rawlingsblake speaking out. Why was the National Guard not called out sooner. She answered that. We use best practices to weigh how the officers are trained and to not escalate. We have seen all over the country and throughout history what happens when you use too much force to respond to an incident. I did not want that for my city. We are working very
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