Protests Erupt As Police Brutality Continues Unabated in Baltimore

[Jefferson23]

27-year old Freddie Gray dies one week after a violent arrest as protests and mobilizations and hearings over the issue of police brutality continue - April 20, 2015

JAISAL NOOR, PRODUCER, TRNN: It's another death in police custody that has prompted protests across the city and beyond. Hundreds turned out over the weekend to express rage over the death of Freddie Gray, a 27-year-old African-American resident of West Baltimore.

The arrest, captured on video, has raised more questions about police tactics. Police say Gray was fine when he was placed in a van and transported. But his family says his spine was severed 80 percent from his neck. The question: what happened, and when. Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has promised transparency and a full investigation, but the Gray family attorney said in a statement they believed the police are keeping the circumstances of Freddie's death secret until they develop a version of events that will absolve them of all responsibility.

Gray's death comes three days after hundreds attended the Department of Justice first town hall meeting to discuss police brutality. Participants shared stories of routine police abuse and lack of accountability. The city invited the Fed's Office of Community Oriented Policing to examine police practices in the wake of several high-profile cases of misconduct and a Sun expose revealing the city had paid out more than $6 million to alleged victims of police brutality since 2011.

Among those speaking out was Tawanda Jones, whose brother Tyrone West is another unarmed black man who died after a violent arrest. Jones notes that unlike a full civil rights investigation, the Office of Community Oriented Policing in Baltimore can't compel changes.

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[rafeh1]

1. the prime directive

is innocent until you run out of money.
those with money get instant lawyers. instant bail and polite cops.
Those without money dont

[Jefferson23]

2. Don't be a person of color..don't have a disbility that isn't physically obvious, either. n/t