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Demonstrations Over Freddie Grey’s Death in Baltimore Turn Violent

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thinkstock 4.26.15 police?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1430058646187Laryn Bakker/iStock/Thinkstock(BALTIMORE) — An otherwise peaceful demonstration turned violent in the streets of Baltimore Saturday night, as some protesters, angry over the death 25-year-old Freddie Grey while in police custody, broke shop windows and fought with police.

Police said on Sunday that officers arrested 34 people after a small group of protesters got violent outside of Camden Yards.

A total of six officers suffered minor injuries in the violent clashes downtown and in west Baltimore on Saturday.

“They started to throw objects, they picked up aluminum barricades, they smashed out windows at our bars and our pubs, that are located on the northwest side and just wreaked havoc,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said late Saturday night.

Aerial footage from television helicopters showed some protesters smashing out police car windows and storefronts near Camden Yards, where the Baltimore Orioles were playing a game against the Boston Red Sox. The outbreak in violence prompted a request by the Orioles for fans stay inside for a time after the ten-inning game with the Red Sox.

In the game’s ninth inning, the ballpark’s digital scoreboard asked the crowd to remain inside until further notice while police got the situation under control. 

Citing public safety concerns, the University of Maryland Baltimore also ordered its students to shelter in place Saturday night during the protest, sending out a campus-wide alert warning “Do not leave buildings.”

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said she was disappointed with the small group of what she called agitators, and said violence was unacceptable.

“Now is a time of calm – for peace and for prayer,” she said.

At a news conference late Saturday evening, Grey’s twin sister Fredricka pleaded for peace.

“Freddy’s father and mother does not want no violence – – violence does not get justice,” Grey said.

 



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