Numerous police officers in riot gear have responded to a mall in northwest Baltimore and the mall is closed.
Images broadcast by WJZ-TV show a line of officers with helmets and face shields blocking off the mall’s parking lot. Some people were throwing objects at officers and a police armored vehicle.
It’s not immediately clear if the response was related to a Freddie Gray protest. One man held his arms up as the police moved toward him, an action that has been repeated throughout the Gray rallies.
Gray died of an unexplained spinal injury he suffered in police custody.
It’s a shame that in every protest worth having, a group of people take advantage of the situation and ruin it for the people who are actually trying to get things done in a constructive, non-violent way. My heart goes out to the family of Freddie Gray.
I would bet a big fat cop donut that new big fat right-wing GOP guv Larry Hogan is just itchin’ to send in the National Guard and really make some strange fruit hang from the city’s lamp posts.