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A city in celebration after the announcement this morning of charges being filed against the six officers involved in freddie grays death, people here have been taking to the streets and expressing their satisfaction and their relief because so many here say they believe the whole process would be ground to a halt and they would not see justice served but this development, they say they all understand is just the very beginning. But it is a positive step forward. Were just hours away from the curfew being set in this town. Everything here is supposed to the streets are supposed to be cleared by 10 00 p. M. Tonight. Well see what happens then. There were demonstrations taking place all over even here at the intersection of north and pennsylvania. We saw one spontaneously a moment ago marchers took over the street and police stood by and let it happened. Traffic once again is flowing. The city is some ways trying to get back to normal. Moments ago, we heard from the family of freddie gra ....
First we will hear from the representative of the gray family who has brief remarks to make. Then ill make brief remarks and then well take a handful of questions. My name is richard. Im one of freddies two fathers. We are satisfied with todays charges. These charges are an important step in getting justice for freddie. And we ask that whoever comes through our city, a city that we love, a city that we live in, come in peace. And if you are not coming in peace, please dont come at all. Because this city needs to get back to work. The last thing that freddie would want is to see the hard working people of baltimore lose their jobs and businesses because of his death. You all know that would totally defeat the purpose of what we are trying to work towards. Remember without justice theres no peace. But let us have peace in the pursuit of justice. Thank you. Today is a momentous step to the road to justice for freddie. In losing freddie the gray family has been put through real hell. One c ....
Signs out here. Its all about those charges coming down and the reaction to it. I spoke to a minister who has a church not far from here, and i asked him what he makes of this. Heres what he said. It was the spirit that was hovering over everybody that was in a sense evil. There was a spirit that we were defeated. There was a spirit that we were being taken advantage of. And i think now what youre seeing is that the spirit of liberation, the spirit of freedom, the spirit of justice is being released. Thats the kind of spirit that you need in a community. Reporter you know, as happy as everyone is here and im seeing smiles. We were here monday night and saw nothing of the sort there still lies ahead the actual trial. Ive talked to some folks here who say yes this is great, but theyre tempering this with a bit of reality that justice as they see it has not been served yet. Yes, there are charges. A lot of people didnt expect that. They want to wait and see what happens if there is a tria ....
A Bowie man accused of setting off "bottle bombs" at Washington-area movie theaters on six days earlier this year has pleaded guilty to charges in one Prince George's County incident and is expected to resolve other charges within months. ....