Baltimore Riots

Freddie Gray was in the custody of the Baltimore police officers, on April 12, 2015, for the illegal possession of a switchblade. He died in a Baltimore Hospital a week later from a spinal cord injury suffered during the arrest. It is unclear on the cause of the injury, but many eyewitness claim he was a subject of police brutality. This alleged spark of police brutality created a fire within the residents of Baltimore that burst out into protests beginning at his funeral. The protests began peacefully but erupted into violence on April 27 when high school students began throwing bricks at police officers. Since then there has been a mix of violent and peaceful protests, but unfortunately the peaceful protests have been overshadowed by the violent acts. Protesters have begun looting and setting stores/cars on fire, spurring the National Guard to deploy 1,500 of its members onto the streets of Baltimore. Additionally, there has been a curfew set from 10pm to 5am, and two Baltimore Orioles games have been postponed.


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