#BlackLivesMatter
By: Emily Loane
Freddie Gray
- Black Man who dies in police custody
- Suffered from severe spine injury and voice box crushed
- Found him with a knife in his pants and arrested him for weapons charge
- It took the police to get him to the police station that should have taken them 2 minutes
Somethings Not adding Up
- Observer saw Freddie in pain while carried to police van
- I took the police 1 hour to get to the police station that should have took them 2 minutes
- Police's responses didn't match up to each other
- Witness said that they saw the police officers hurt him during his arrest
- They denied medical attention during his transport
Event Information
Riots Start
Rioters start to confront police by throwing bottles, wrecking police cars, and set a massive fire at Federal street and Gay Street
When?
Monday, Apr 27, 2015, 03:30 PM
Where?
Baltimore, MD, United States
After Freddie Grays Death
- Anger grew brutality because they believed that Freddie's death wasn't natural
- People protest in the streets calmly until after Freddie's funeral when they started trowing bricks at police, burning cars, and looting stores
- The government declared a state of emergency activating the National Guard
What is the Government doing?
The government put the death of Freddie Gray to trial and 6 police officers (3 black and 3 white) and witness testifies infrequent of a jury