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Baltimore Riots, Baltimore, Md., 2015


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    • Baltimore Protests, Baltimore, Md., 2015
    • Freddie Gray Protests, Baltimore, Md., 2015
    • Freddie Gray Riots, Baltimore, Md., 2015
    • Gray Protests, Baltimore, Md., 2015
    • Gray Riots, Baltimore, Md., 2015
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    • found: Work cat.: 2016057100: Steiner, L. News of Baltimore, 2017:CIP galley (protests and urban revolt followed the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of the Baltimore police in 2015; the April 2015 arrest of Freddie Gray and his death a week later from a severe spinal cord injury suffered while in Baltimore police custody precipitated political debate as well as an eruption of protest and rage about extra-judicial killings by police of black people; on April 18 hundreds of people gathered in front of the police station where Gray had been taken; on April 19, having never regained consciousness, Gray was pronounced dead; the protests became violent; on April 20, Baltimore officials announced the suspension of the six police officers involved and the Justice Department launched a federal investigation into Gray's death the next day, but protests continued; on April 23 Gov. Larry Hogan deployed the state police to Baltimore as protests grew; after Gray's funeral on April 27 city-wide rioting and looting erupted; fifteen structures and at least 144 vehicles, including police cars, were set on fire and 200 people were arrested)
    • found: Freddie Gray: From Baltimore Arrest to Protests, a Timeline of the Case, article on NBC News website, dated May 1, 2015, viewed April 26, 2017(April 12: Freddie Gray arrested; April 18: first protest is held; April 19: Gray pronounced dead, protests resume; April 23: governor deploys the state police to Baltimore as the protests grow; April 25: protesters arrested; rocks thrown, windows smashed; April 27: "Baltimore explodes into violence. Cars are set on fire, cinder blocks are thrown at police and stores are looted across the city. Hogan declares a state of emergency as state police and the National Guard are called in."; April 30: protests continued)
    • found: Washington Post, via Google site search, April 26, 2017("Freddie Gray riots:" 1 hit; "Freddy Gray protests:" 18 hits; "Baltimore protests" and "Freddie Gray:" 47 hits; "Baltimore riots" and "Freddie Gray:" 151 hits)
    • found: New York Times, via Google site search, April 26, 2017("Freddie Gray riots:" 4 hits; "Freddy Gray protests:" 4 hits; "Baltimore protests" and "Freddie Gray:" 29 hits; "Baltimore riots" and "Freddie Gray:" 52 hits)
    • found: London Telegraph, via Google site search, April 26, 2017("Freddie Gray riots:" 3 hit; "Freddy Gray protests:" 2 hits; "Baltimore protests" and "Freddie Gray:" 1 hit; "Baltimore riots" and "Freddie Gray:" 56 hits)
    • found: Baltimore Sun, via Google site search, April 26, 2017:("Freddie Gray riots:" 121 hits; "Freddy Gray protests:" 516 hits; "Baltimore protests" and "Freddie Gray:" 102 hits; "Baltimore riots" and "Freddie Gray:" 681 hits)
    • found: Christian science monitor, via Google site search, April 26, 2017("Freddie Gray riots:" 3 hits; "Freddy Gray protests:" 28 hits; "Baltimore protests" and "Freddie Gray:" 9 hits; "Baltimore riots" and "Freddie Gray:" 27 hits)
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    • 2017-04-18: new
    • 2017-07-13: revised
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