micdotcom:babybluerims:micdotcom:14 powerful images from the Freddie Gray protests currently rockin
micdotcom:babybluerims:micdotcom:14 powerful images from the Freddie Gray protests currently rocking Baltimore Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Baltimore on Saturday to protest the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died this month while in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department — the details of which are still somewhat unclear.Unless you’ve seen this shit show off of tumblr don’t you dare call it moving or anything to fucking glorify it. It’s god damn domestic terrorism is what it is. A bunch of stupid fucking making mobs fighting each other in the streets and looting family business and destroying everything in sightOut of the more than 2,000 people who marched to City Hall Saturday afternoon, Al-Jazeera America reported that about 100 were responsible for the chaos. CNN noted that there was an “overwhelming peaceful majority” and that members of protests put themselves between the “small group” of angry demonstrators and police lines, leading Police Commissioner Anthony Batts to thank the peacemakers in the crowd.Despite the fact that there have been peaceful protests in Baltimore every day since Gray died on April 19, some seem determined to frame the narrative around the actions of a disgruntled minority.Was there violence? Yes. But that’s not the whole story. -- source link
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