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This unidentified woman is quickly being hailed as mother of the year. The Baltimore mother saw her son live on television throwing rocks at police and obviously had enough. Her response has gone viral. Watch above! Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. (Photo/Video: ABC7 News)
Rev. Jesse Jackson talk to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the injustices in Baltimore and reveals why the residents are angry in light of not only the death of Freddie Gray but also due to unemployment and a host of other issues. Click the link above to hear the entire interview.
Fifteen police officers have been injured and one officer was knocked unconscious during the violent protests that started near Mondawmin Mall and rippled out across West Baltimore, according to Capt. Eric Kowalczyk. Other officers have suffered broken bones. Also, demonstrators set a police vehicle on fire at North and Pennsylvania avenues and have looted a nearby CVS store. The […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — A mix of mourning and civil rights protest took center stage Monday at a funeral attended by thousands paying tribute to a man who died after suffering a severe spinal injury in police custody. Freddie Gray‘s death under mysterious circumstances is the latest touchstone amid the national debate over police use of […]
Following week-long protests in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore police admitted there were mistakes made in the 25-year-old’s arrest, Think Progress reports.…
In the midst of protests and backlash against the Baltimore Police Department after the death of Freddie Gray, another witness video has emerged. The new video shows…
T.I. believes that he’s pinpointed the source of rampant police brutality against people of color. When the rapper spoke on CNN, he told Don Lemon…
Why did Freddie Gray die from a severed spine while in police custody? His family desperately wants an answer. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says she wants an answer, too. And, as a journalist who writes far too often about Black men being killed disproportionately by police, I’d also like to know what happened to Gray. In […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s top police officials, mayor and prosecutor sought to calm a “community on edge” Monday while investigating how a man suffered a fatal spine injury while under arrest. Six officers have been suspended, but investigators say they still don’t know how it happened. A week after Freddie Gray was pulled off the […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — The driver killed in a violent confrontation at a National Security Agency gate identified as transgender and was a sex worker in Baltimore, according to a friend. Ricky Shawatza Hall, 27, was killed Monday when NSA police opened fire on a stolen car that then crashed into a police vehicle. A […]
In a grim reminder that safety can be elusive at even the most hallowed public places, there was a stabbing incident at HBCU Morgan State University, the third violent incident on the campus in the last week. The Baltimore Sun reports: The stabbings happened outside the entrance to a cafeteria about 2:05 p.m., after a […]
