Friday, shortly after State Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced six Baltimore police officers now face criminal charges for the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) said, “I have come here today to thank God Marilyn
Maryland Defense attorney Kush Arora told Breitbart News he was at the press conference in Baltimore this morning where six police officers were charged in the death of a black man. He said his office believes the charges were appropriate.
Michael Davey, an Attorney with the Fraternal Order of Police declared, “these officers did nothing wrong” and that charges brought against six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray are driven by “the publicity in this case” and “politics”
President Obama said that the officers charged in Freddie Gray’s death are “are also entitled to due process and rule of law” and that “it is my practice not to comment on the legal processes involved. That would not be
The Fraternal Order of Police lodge in Baltimore City is asking for Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby to remove herself from the Freddie Gray investigation and appoint a special prosecutor. On Friday, Mosby announced she was filing charges against six officers in the death of Freddie Gray.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (D) vowed “I will continue to be relentless in changing the culture of the police department” in a press conference in reaction the charges filed against police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray on Friday.
“What I think the people of Baltimore want more than anything else is the truth,” President Obama says. “That’s what people around the country expect.”
Friday, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced that six officers will face multiple charges for the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. Mosby said Gray had been illegally arrested, detained and suffered “a severe and critical neck injury”
Baltimore police officials said 98 officers have been injured since riots broke out after the funeral of Freddie Gray. Thirteen of the officers had to be placed on medical leave, and 15 were relegated to light duty. Police Capt. Eric Kowalczyk said protesters had fired bricks, bottles, and chunks of cement at officers.
News broke Wednesday that a second prisoner in the Baltimore police transport van with Freddie Gray reported that he heard Gray slamming himself around inside the vehicle in order to “injure himself.” Now that prisoner has gone public with his story.
An ABC news affiliate reported Thursday afternoon that the injuries which ultimately killed Freddie Gray took place inside a police van and not during his arrest. It remains unclear whether those injuries were the result of a failure to secure Gray with a seat belt or caused by some actions of the police officers involved.
Breitbart News covers breaking updates from Thursday night’s protests over the death of Freddie Gray. After two nights of relative peace, demonstrators are still confronting police as the sun sets, but the city is hopeful for continued calm.
Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman bashed the state of mainstream media in a recent interview, calling most of the major cable news networks “just commentary.”
Hundreds took to City Heights area streets calling for greater law enforcement transparency following the example of protests over the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore and other “BlackLivesMatter” protests in recent months.
In an echo of protests this week in Baltimore, demonstrators in Jerusalem, Israel have taken to the streets to oppose police brutality against Ethiopian Israelis. The immediate trigger for the protest, which drew hundreds of people to the streets near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence, was a surveillance video showing two policemen beating a black Israeli soldier in uniform. Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat rushed to the scene to listen to the demonstrators’ concerns.
As the internal investigation continues into the death of Baltimore resident Freddie Gray, a document has leaked that claims a fellow prisoner in the van with Gray told police that the deceased man was “trying to injure himself.”
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (D) blasted “failed liberal government policies” for miring people in cities like Baltimore in “generational poverty” and argued that change in Baltimore “needs to start in the politics, the failed liberal Democrat policies” on Wednesday’s
Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis was in Baltimore when the riots got violent on Monday, and he says he personally heard Baltimore officers being “told to retreat” over police radio.
HOUSTON, Texas – Protesters supporting the Baltimore protests came out in Houston on Wednesday evening. The protest in Houston is small in numbers at this time and is peaceful. The Houston Police Department is highly visible with patrol units and the Houston Mounted Patrol officers that are specially trained in crowd control.
MSNBC host Alex Wagner said that President Obama, who she pointed out is “half-white,” is “doubling down” on calling rioters in Baltimore thugs on Wednesday’s “NOW.” Wager asked Salon contributor Brittney Cooper, “you bring up this point in your writing today
Breitbart News covers breaking updates from Wednesday night’s protests over the death of Freddie Gray. Will they be a repeat of Monday night’s riots and looting? Or will the police keep the peace with a mandatory curfew, as they did Tuesday night?
The sixth season of the Science Channel’s Morgan Freeman-fronted series Through the Wormhole premieres Wednesday, and its first episode could hardly be more timely. The episode’s title: “Are We All Bigots?”
A new analysis of social media posts spanning the last two years reveals a link between the instigators of the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, last year and this week’s unrest in Baltimore.
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News just a few days before she is set to enter the 2016 presidential race, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina shared her thoughts about the riots and unrest in Baltimore.
Vietnam War veteran Robert Valentine discussed his decision to confront rioters in Baltimore on Tuesday’s “AC360” on CNN. Valentine said he wasn’t concerned about his safety, rather, “I’m concerned about the youth, what’s going to happen to them. They go
After a night of violence, arson, and disappointment on Monday, the city of Baltimore waited in uneasy silence for night to fall on Tuesday.
Former Mayor of Baltimore from 1999–2007, Maryland Gov. from 2007–2015, and now prospective Democrat presidential candidate Martin O’Malley joined a prayer circle outside Simmons Memorial Baptist Church in Baltimore on Tuesday. It’s hard to imagine anyone more steeped in the politics of the area than O’Malley, who was heckled by some when he appeared.
On Tuesday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel, Jeniece Andrews, whose antiques shop was destroyed by rioters in Ferguson, MO said that rioting “is not part of protesting,” that rioters are simply hurting business owners who
As rioters rushed through the streets of Baltimore, torching police vehicles, looting local stores, and attacking police officers and reporters alike, some intrepid leftists justified the activity.
“No man, woman, or child should fear for his or her safety in America–not in their schools, not in their neighborhoods, not in their cities–but today families are scared,” Sen Ted Cruz says.
While rioters were burning and looting their way through Baltimore, MD Monday night following the funeral of Freddie Gray, one Michael Jackson impersonator decided to use the cameras to show off his dance moves.
The cast and creator of HBO’s Baltimore-set police series The Wire called for an immediate end to the violent protests that had erupted in Baltimore on Saturday night.
CNN Commentator Marc Lamont Hill argued that while “I’m not saying we should be hurting people, I’m not saying we should be killing people,” “we do have to understand that resistance looks different ways to different people” “the city is not burning because of protesters. The city is burning because the police killed Freddie Gray” during CNN’s coverage of the riots in Baltimore on Monday.
After Baltimore police reported a “credible threat” that some of the notorious gangs around the nation—including the Black Guerrilla Family, the Bloods, and the Crips—have ordered their members to target officers, various police departments are taking steps to protect their officers.
Baltimore City Council President Bernard “Jack” Young (D) criticized the media for its coverage of riots in the city during a press conference on Monday. While Young said the riots were “unacceptable” and he was “deeply saddened,” while blasting the
John Legend appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday for a wide-ranging discussion on America’s criminal justice system.
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Dr. Alveda King, niece of the great civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said if he saw these Baltimore riots, “he’d be heartbroken, I am.”
Former Baltimore City Councilman, Congressman, and NAACP President, and President of the Board of Regents of Morgan State University, Kweisi Mfume said “the protesters seem to be more organized, in some respects than the police,” and “I haven’t seen this
CNN’s cameras caught a rioter in Baltimore cutting a hole in a fire hose that was being used to fight a fire at a CVS that had been looted during violence in the city on Monday. Two holes were cut on
Steve Klein, an attorney from the Pillar of Law Institute, also discussed the violence with Breitbart News. “Baltimore residents–including kids–can protest publicly and loudly. They can even do or say very offensive things when they protest, and the police cannot stop them,” Klein said to Breitbart News. “But protesters can’t hurt people or destroy public or other people’s private property.”
