Freddie Gray, 25, died on April 19 — a week after he was injured while being arrested by Baltimore police. Video of the arrest surfaced, protests have broken out and an investigation into his death is under way. And now, the city is reacting.
Saturday, April 24
Protestors shatter a police cruiser windowpic.twitter.com/I48hXCqAAl
— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) April 25, 2015Downtown stores damaged from protestspic.twitter.com/I48hXCqAAl
— Erica Green (@EricaLG) April 25, 2015
Baltimore police wearing helmetspic.twitter.com/I48hXCqAAl
— Kevin Rector (@rectorsun) April 25, 2015
Chanting "Murderers" at cops pic.twitter.com/I48hXCqAAl
— Baynard Woods (@baynardwoods) April 25, 2015
The scene in West Baltimore now for #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/lEefyXePVq
— Yvonne Wenger (@yvonnewenger) April 25, 2015
Ebony Evans, 23, of West Baltimore is here for #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/bxrEzK6loB
— Yvonne Wenger (@yvonnewenger) April 25, 2015
Mount and Presbury. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/K0b3DRb08m
— Kevin Rector (@RectorSun) April 25, 2015
Sara Benjamin & her daughter Imari Rucker, 5. From Ferguson to Bmore for #BlackLivesMatter #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/rK3HTppahY
— Yvonne Wenger (@yvonnewenger) April 25, 2015
Friday, April 24
Small group of protesters westbound on Warren in FedHill, cop cars on street and Foxtrot above pic.twitter.com/gdAkuq6tbj
— Jean Marbella (@Jean_Marbella) April 25, 2015Thursday, April 23: Multiple protests continue around the city.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake offered liberal leave to city staffers in anticipation of afternoon protests at City Hall. There was also an earlier protest around lunchtime in West Baltimore. Late afternoon, hundreds of protesters marched around City Hall, and from there to the Inner Harbor, Federal Hill and the Western District police station. They chanted, "No justice, no peace."
Protest. Baltimore. #FreddieGray https://t.co/We72B9tekS
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 23, 2015About 100 marching around the City Hall lawn for #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/x6aCHTLsgX
— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) April 23, 2015These officers block the street leading to the Baltimore Police Dept. Headquarters. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/kq5ebz5HZD
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 23, 2015The clergy are leading the current action at Baltimore's City Hall. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/BvhaWJARih
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 23, 2015#FreddieGray protest shut street down in downtown #Baltimore pic.twitter.com/g87WypuEjE
— Antoinette (@TheFancyFriend) April 23, 2015Officers block the entrances to all Harbor stores. Baltimore. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/wvzIwr0bHa
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 23, 2015Hands up don't shoot #FreddieGray #JusticeForFreddie #BlackLivesMater https://t.co/qz2G1S9MCw
— A.L.I.S.T. (@AList_AL) April 23, 2015"No Justice, No Peace. We Want All 6 Police." #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/MnhctS02O2
— Chuck_MODI (@POPSspotSports) April 23, 2015Today #FreddieGray protest at City Hall. Big turnout but very tame. pic.twitter.com/9i9ZH1dUSY
— Kaitlin Newman (@KaitlinObscura) April 23, 2015Wednesday, April 22: Protests continue with demonstrations at the Western District and City Hall.
Although there were fewer protesters than the previous day, tensions were at times higher. One protester was detained outside the Western District police station; later, a group blocked traffic through downtown and marched toward the ramp onto the northbound Jones Falls Expressway from Gay Street.
Barricades being set up around Western District ahead of fifth day of protests #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/u9NTjRqjM5
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) April 22, 2015Protest. Baltimore. #FreddieGray https://t.co/b3LqNYAoi4
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 22, 2015Baltimore has shut down Pennsylvania Avenue. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/2gzfy7Hcqo
— Brother AP (@AntTheKing) April 22, 2015Today's #FreddieGray protest outside the Western District police station pic.twitter.com/d7g9ITt7yZ
— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) April 22, 2015I've been to many cities in protest. And I've never seen 3 helicopters like this before. Baltimore. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/EfaCYTPZd5
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 22, 2015"We want all 6!" #JusticeForFreddie #FreddieGray #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/mSRDDRhz2i
— A.L.I.S.T. (@AList_AL) April 22, 2015Protestors walking through The Block. pic.twitter.com/VXNxJaTBXd
— Kevin Rector (@RectorSun) April 22, 2015#FreddieGray protest outside #Baltimore police Western District station on Wednesday night https://t.co/GHW3tDJt4s
— Justin George (@justingeorge) April 22, 2015Ramp to 83, organizers trying to stop push onto highway. pic.twitter.com/X2MxwmQdYt
— Kevin Rector (@RectorSun) April 23, 2015Tuesday, April 21: The fourth straight night of demonstrations in the city.
The crowd chanted, prayed and demanded changes. Dirt bikers revved their engines and popped wheelies as they chugged through throngs of people, sending some scurrying. Mounted police and uniformed officers formed lines to keep control as camera crews filmed.
"Baltimore is on the map, nationally," City Councilwoman Sharon Green Middleton said during an afternoon hearing with police. "It's time for God to be with all of us and keep us safe and in prayer."
#FreddieGray family members at the front of a march back to the corner where he was arrested pic.twitter.com/FGFqOgFG1g
— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) April 21, 2015All quiet now at Gilmor Homes. Just a few cops outside western station, candles left burning at #FreddieGray memorial pic.twitter.com/nSAxoNhChJ
— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) April 22, 2015— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) April 21, 2015
— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) April 21, 2015
#baltimore pic.twitter.com/JzYrPltRgF
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) April 21, 2015— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) April 21, 2015
Marchers now shutting down Fulton southbound pic.twitter.com/X2BGQs3rZQ
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) April 21, 2015— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) April 22, 2015
Earlier tonight. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/B7UPGc63Pp
— S.Greene (@theSGlife) April 22, 2015Monday, April 20: Protests unfold at police headquarters and City Hall.
Protests continued, demanding the police commissioner to address them. Leaders from the Baltimore chapter of the NAACP and the Baltimore City chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were in attendance.
BPD officer driving by the protestors. Don't let a few bad apples spoil the bunch. #FreddieGray #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/frwiRSC7AY
— S.Greene (@theSGlife) April 20, 2015Outside #Baltimore City Hall now. Protest for #FreddieGray who died after injuries sustained in police cust... https://t.co/oV3QMOABnh
— Justin George (@justingeorge) April 20, 2015Protesters ask Lt. Col. Melvin Russell about #FreddieGray outside Western District. "I hear you loud&clear," he says. pic.twitter.com/A8GqRGEz59
— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) April 20, 2015Sunday, April 19: Protests resume at the Western District.
Gray died in the early morning, and by noon it was national headlines. An attorney for the Gray family released a statement saying the man's spine was 80 percent severed. View video from the protests.
Protesters are outside the Baltimore police Western District station demanding answers in Freddie Gray's death. pic.twitter.com/9Dup5H2pv2
— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) April 19, 2015Rise up! It's our day! We doin this for Freddie Gray! #FreddieGray #Baltimore we on north ave #March2Justice pic.twitter.com/ECnG272Jma
— Justice League NYC (@NYjusticeleague) April 19, 2015— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) April 19, 2015
Saturday, April 18
Days after Freddie Gray was hospitalized and in a coma, protests erupted outside the Western District police station. At approximately 7 a.m. the next day, Gray died at Shock Trauma.
ICYMI: Police station protest over man's unexplained injuries; then another officer shooting http://t.co/yrXN6BnqNM pic.twitter.com/IS9Xnk0Z3I
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) April 19, 2015