More Than 1,000 March In Baltimore To Protest Death Of Man In Police Custody

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

April 21, 2015 at 11:45 PM, updated April 21, 2015 at 11:58 PM

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Justice Department said Tuesday it has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who suffered a fatal spinal-cord injury under mysterious circumstances after he was handcuffed and put in the back of a police van.

After the probe was announced, at least 1,000 people gathered at a previously planned rally at the site of Gray's arrest. Protesters marched to a police station a couple of blocks away, chanting and holding signs that read "Black Lives Matter" and "No Justice, No Peace" — slogans that have come to embody what demonstrators believe is widespread mistreatment of blacks by police.

Pricilla Jackson carried a sign reading, "Convict Freddie's killers," that listed the names of the six officers suspended with pay while local authorities and the U.S. Justice Department investigate the death. Jackson, who is black, said she wants Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to know that she and others have been brutalized by police.

"They're hurting us when they throw us to the ground and kick us and punch us," said Jackson, 53.

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[SummerSnow]

1. waiting for some idiot person say it was a pre existing back condition or he did it himself

These thugs will say anything through their hate. I know it sounds dumb but hate makes you stupid

[lonestarnot]

2. There should have been 100k

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

4. Yes.

This needs to stop.

I haven't always seen every case the way some folks have here (I agreed with the Justice Dept. re Michael Brown), but it's obvious there is too much police brutality in this country, and a huge portion of it is aimed at the black community. When are these idiots going to realize that their brutality is not going to stay in the closet any longer, and that they are going to get caught?

There's a significant criminal element in our police departments and their asses need to get fired!

[lonestarnot]

8. Fill up the private prisons with their asses.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

11. Well that, too!

The ones that can be prosecuted, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

[Enthusiast]

3. Kicked

and recommended a whole bunch!

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. K & R....n/t

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. Thank you, Baltimoreans. Keep it up.

[qwlauren35]

7. I wonder?

Will having a black mayor make a difference?

We'll see!

[appalachiablue]

9. K & R. Brave Baltimore people. This widespread, brutal treatment of black people

has to stop.

[romanic]

10. Take note Berkeley

THIS is how you do a real protest.