Baltimore — Monday night, as looters took over Mondawmin Mall, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake was at the Office of Emergency Management for a news conference to address the destruction […]
Category: Baltimore Uprising
Huge Fire on Site of Southern Baptist Church’s New Senior Center–Reportedly Set by Rioters
(Update 4/27/2015) The Rev. Donte Hickman, pastor of Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore sent out the call for all his men to meet him and other pastors at New […]
Baltimoreans Reflect on Freddie Gray and Their City
Between the bodacious demands of young people practically demanding that York Road motorists honk their horns to honor Freddie Gray and the curiosity of a young boy asking his buddies, […]
Riot Erupts after Funeral for Freddie Gray in Police Custody
BALTIMORE (AP) — Rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos Monday, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers hours after thousands mourned the man who […]
Al Sharpton Heads to Baltimore
The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a service at Charity Missionary Baptist Church in the wake of the death of Walter Scott, the black driver who was fatally shot by […]
Demonstration for Freddie Gray Marred by Violence
Demonstrators begin to make their way down West North Avenue in the April 25 demonstration demanding accountability in the death of Freddie Gray while in the custody of Baltimore police. […]
Baltimore Demonstrators Take to Streets to Protest Killing of Freddie Gray
Protestors march to the Baltimore Police Department’s Western District police station during a march and vigil for Freddie Gray, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries […]
Demonstrators Demand Halt to Water Shut-Offs
City officials attempted to preempt a demonstration on April 16 against the city’s practice of turning off water to residential customers who have fallen behind on their bills, holding a […]