Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: “The senseless killing of Freddie Gray sparked the Baltimore Riots of 2015, but the powder-keg now exploding there is an extension of an accumulative national outrage over homicidal police violence. Specifically the relentless killing by U.S. police of young black men.”
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Ta-Nehisi Coates | Nonviolence as Compliance
Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
Coates writes: “Officials calling for calm can offer no rational justification for Gray’s death, and so they appeal for order, nonviolence, and compliance.”
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Baltimore Police Beat Journalist During Protest
Evan Serpick, City Paper
Serpick writes: “City Paper Photo Editor J.M. Giordano was tackled and beaten by Baltimore City police outside of Western District headquarters last night while covering protests over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.”
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