Baltimore riots

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore City Public Schools chief is warning students about the consequences of a violent response or other forms of protest ahead of any verdict in the trial of a police officer charged in Freddie Gray’s death. The letter dated Monday from school system CEO Gregory Thornton was sent home with students. A […]

The city of Baltimore is slated to pay the family of Freddie Gray a settlement of $6.4 million for his unlawful arrest and death.

Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Thursday that a grand jury has returned indictments on all six officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray. Gray,…

An early estimate of the damage done in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray — the 25-year-old man who died in police custody in…

One of the six Baltimore police officers charged in the death and unlawful arrest of Freddie Gray is requesting to see the knife that was…

UPDATED BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say their investigation into the death of Freddie Gray has revealed a new stop the police van made while transporting Gray. Deputy Commissioner Kevin Davis said the stop was previously unknown to investigators. It was one of four stops the wagon made after Gray was put inside. Before Gray was […]

  The protests in Ferguson, New York, and most recently, Baltimore, have been ignited by a rash of violence against young Black people by police. Earlier this week, riots erupted in Baltimore in response to the police custody death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, recalling the 1968 riots after the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King […]

You may not know Toya Graham’s name, but you might remember her pulling her son out of the Baltimore riots on Monday. The proud mother…

A photo of a young Maryland boy handing out bottles of water to police has gone viral. And while we’d like to think the reaction would be positive, we received mixed messages from our friends over on our Facebook page. Pauline Hibler Awesome young man! Patricia Darlene Johnson- Boliver-Hartman Good boy. Show people love. Christi Fotheringham That’s cute […]

Jesse Williams is using the power of social media to question national coverage of the protests in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray. Taking to Twitter on Monday (April 26), the outspoken “Grey’s Anatomy” star expressed his views on the situation with a slew of scathing tweets directed at the media. In addition, Williams […]

6:30 a.m. A city-wide curfew in Baltimore ended at 5 a.m. and the morning rush is getting underway with traffic flowing on most streets downtown. There are still a few road and lane closures around police headquarters and around Pennsylvania and North avenues, where demonstrators have been congregating and a hotspot for rioting Monday night. […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Though protestors stayed out past a 10 p.m. curfew, the police were mostly able to subdue and disperse a crowd after a day of peaceful protest. A line of police behind riot shields hurled smoke grenades and fired pepper balls at dozens of protesters Tuesday night to enforce a citywide curfew, imposed […]