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A state of emergency has been issued in Baltimore city. Monday night exploded with violence, looting and fires after the funeral of a young black man named Freddie Gray. Gray died from a fatal injury that went unaddressed while he was in police custody.
In a place that was already highly policed, approximately 500 national guard troops have been deployed around Baltimore’s City Hall and there are plans to increase military presence four fold as a way to support Baltimore law enforcement, which has amassed in the thousands to contain the city. A city-wide curfew has been put into place for the next week in efforts to stave off more violence in Baltimore’s streets. Baltimore City Public Schools are closed and major events have either been canceled, moved or postponed.
It sounds like a warzone with numerous fires reported and even firefighters being targeted by protesters in the night,reports ABC News April 28. There are many losses; parts of the city still smolder today.
In interviews via many outlets including the Washington Post and Vice News residents are enraged and shouting that they will not stop until they get justice and answers regarding the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old man who was killed April 19 in the custody of six police officers after significant injuries that had severed his spinal cord. The death is shrouded in mystery. Police officials admit that Gray should have received medical attention right away and that there are holes in their records about what happened while he was in custody. No one knows how the injuries occurred and according to The Atlantic, it’s not even clear why Gray was placed under arrest.
Images from the streets of Baltimore are startling even today as cleanup crews attempt to take care of the aftermath.Some call for peace, including Gray’s mother, but many shout out in rage.
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