baltimore watching the fallout of the explosive allegation near that freddy gray s arrest was not only illegal but that his death was a homicide also getting new information now from police that that mandatory curfew will remain in effect. freddie gray s death was in part because of the police department s inaction. i want to talk about the african women leading the front, now front and center of this case. let s listen stephanie elam as she looks at each of their roles at this crucial moment in history. this may be the popular image of a powerful woman in baltimore, but the real battle for peace, justice and civil rights is being waged by these women. if with the nation watching three black women at three different levels can t get justice and healing for this community, you tell me where we re going to get it. that s right, the mayor,
us on what you re seeing. reporter: go ahead, don. well you know i think after what you saw on friday charges leveled by baltimore city state attorney marilyn mosby, you saw sort of what can be interrupted as a collective deep breath throughout the city. another thing that s really changed here that we ve seen, a big shift in the last 24 hours, is people have come from outside of the community to show their support. and when i talk to residents here they say that that is one of the most genuine, sincere gestures and they welcome people from outside the community to come here and support them. you see behind me here sara sidner was talking about it i spoke about it earlier this is a joyful scene. this is a scene of jubilation. let me talk to one of the demonstrators. what would you call yourselves in celebration mode? are you still demonstrateing? explain what s happening. everybody is out here having
frustrating that for five days now people have been under curfew from a revolt on monday? and my question to your colleague here was, if that was a white community, european-american community, five or six days later, would they still be under cure few? i think the government is not putting trust in the people. big government is now controlling the people still. i think we need to put trust in the people that they ll be responsible, they ll be mature, they ll be safe on their own. this curfew should have been lifted, to be honest with you. okay. you agree? you know i agree with you, brother. i think that it should be lifted, but it ultimately is not my decision. i understand like you, the strategy, the decision that they made. we have to look at their side as well f. it was up to me it would be over. but it s not up to me. it s up to the governor and those folks who have more intelligence than we have. the latest from baltimore, maryland. police holding a press conference just mo
[ inaudible question ] i can t hear you. [ inaudible question ] no i don t have any thoughts on that. thank you very much, sir. thank you. we ll keep everyone updated on our next press briefing. that is the baltimore police commissioner anthony batts announcing again that the curfew will remain in place but also answering questions. he came out earlier and decided not to answer questions and then now decided to do some. i want to get to burnett parks a former los angeles police chief. what do you think about the curfew? should it remain in place at this point? i think, don, the curfew is something in which those are the closest to the scene those that can evaluate what s going on in the community and those who have the officers and the ear of the community can make the best decision. it s almost impossible for somebody outside of that realm to decide whether it should or
but we also have very good officers here too. and i think, like the state attorney says, this is not an indictment on all of the police officers within the organization. i cannot have a tolerance for any misconduct at any time but i think you don t lose light of trying to shade an entire organization. you have good police officers here also who take the time to hug kids who take the time to read to children, who take the time to coach children in this community who take the time to get down and make a difference in life within the community. so it s not a broad brush. [ inaudible question ] we have a process, and the process is that when the state s attorney has the case i m not allowed to speak on it. besides that, i have to rule on that case when we do an internal investigation within this state. you have to do a criminal investigation first and then behind that you have to do the internal investigation. so at this point i cannot comment on the case.