Violence erupted on Monday in Baltimore, just hours after the funeral for Freddie Gray, a man who died after suffering a severe spinal injury while in police custody. Rocks and bricks were allegedly hurled at police officers in riot gear, with seven officers reportedly injured, including one left unconscious from the fray.
Protestors turned to looting a CVS pharmacy as police struggled to disperse the crowd.
Here are some of the images of the clashes photographed by the Associated Press:
Baltimore police officers detain a demonstrator after clashes with police. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Demonstrators throw rocks at the police after the funeral of Freddie Gray. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A boy throws a brick at a police van, during a skirmish between demonstrators and police. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
A man carries items from a store as police vehicles burn. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
No Justice, No Peace
The TV coverage of this is becoming completely idiotic, as usual. A lot of the pundits are blaming the situation on what time the kids where let of school. That’s what this is all about,bad timing by school officials
Black lives matter, especially if getting involved in the protest allows them to steal a really big TV. Reminds me of the Vietnam war protests when I was in college. “Stop the war”. But actually what was going on was that stores were being trashed and people were stealing cameras. Pretty soon, we are gonna see another reminder of those great '68 riot days - Republicans saying “Do you want this kind of crap?” and running on law ‘n’ order.
It’s funny how no one ever says that when it’s white people happy/upset that their team/bar won/lost a game/closed early for daylight savings time.
This riot is getting really ugly in Baltimore with a pharmacy on fire, lots of looting and violence toward the police (rocks, bricks whatever is handy). As it gets dark this could really get serious.
And black live DO matter.