Category: Baltimore Uprising

(AFRO Photos by Anderson Ward) The car had been burning on Ocala Ave. for almost an hour, not far from Mondawmin Mall where violent exchanges between youth and police officers had begun earlier in the day. Young men stood nearby, seemingly amused by what was happening and the failure of authorities to arrive. A police […]

Protestors face police Monday, April 27, 2015, during unrest following the funeral of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. Rioters plunged part of Baltimore, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP) BALTIMORE (AP) — National Guard troops fanned out through the city, shield-bearing police officers blocked […]

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 that overtook parts of the city earlier that day. Joined by Chief of Patrol for the Baltimore Police Department Col. Darryl De Sousa, City Council […]

(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 Shiloh Baptist Church to talk down the folks who rioted and burned in Baltimore, April 27. Two hours later, it was reported that a huge […]

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, “Did you see the body yet?”, many of those gathered at the Vaughn Greene Funeral Home Sunday afternoon were in the mood to reflect. Sitting […]

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 died from a severe spinal injury he suffered in police custody. The governor declared a state of emergency and called in the National Guard to […]

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 a white police officer after he fled a traffic stop, Sunday, April 12, 2015, in North Charleston, S.C. The officer, Michael Thomas Slager, has been […]

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. (AFRO/photo by Roberto Alejandro) (Updated 4/26/2015)  A largely peaceful demonstration that sought to keep the city’s focus on the lack of answers in the death […]

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 a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) BALTIMORE (AP) — Amid tears and cries for justice, demonstrators […]

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 press conference to highlight assistance programs for vulnerable residents and arguing the city’s shut-off policy is simply designed to target those who can pay what […]