The signs of the Baltimore protests
Freddie Gray, 25, died on April 19 — a week after he was injured while being arrested by Baltimore police. Video of an arrest surfaced, and an investigation is under way. Throughout the week, thousands of protesters have marched through the city, holding signs calling for reform and justice. Follow our comprehensive Freddie Gray coverage here.
- Protesters gather at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and North Avenue Tuesday, a day after riots broke out in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- A day after the riots in Baltimore, Lisa O’Reilly of the York Road Partnership holds a “Honk for Peace” sign. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)
- Protesters gather at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and North Avenue Tuesday, a day after riots broke out in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)
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- The York Road Partnership gathered members of the Govans community to rally for peace and justice on York Road between Woodbourne Avenue and East Northern Parkway. They waved signs and urged motorists to honk for peace. The rallies followed a morning cleanup by Loyola University students and others at several stores along York Road near Woodbourne Avenue that had been looted Monday night. Some stores that had been looted were closed. The riots were sparked by anger to the death of Freddie Gray, who died after sustaining injuries while in police custody. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)
- A passenger in a car crossing Belvedere Avenue at York Road gives a thumbs up to a group from The York Road Partnership who gathered to rally for peace and justice on York Road between Woodbourne Avenue and East Northern Parkway. The rallies followed a morning cleanup by Loyola University students and others at several stores along York Road near Woodbourne Avenue that had been looted Monday night. Some stores that had been looted were closed. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)
- A woman runs for safety as police throw tear gas canisters while enforcing curfew, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Baltimore, a day after unrest that occurred following Freddie Gray’s funeral. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
- Brendan Hurson, 37, Evergreen, a public defender who took the day off, holds a sign “Don’t Forget Freddie Gray” as he stands with other fans outside Oriole Park at Camden Yards. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
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- Demonstrators gather at City Hall to protest the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)
- Saturday March and rally related to the death of Freddie Gray. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
- Saturday March and rally related to the death of Freddie Gray. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
- Saturday March and rally related to the death of Freddie Gray. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
- Saturday March and rally related to the death of Freddie Gray. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
- Saturday March and rally related to the death of Freddie Gray. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
- Saturday March and rally related to the death of Freddie Gray. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
- Saturday March and rally related to the death of Freddie Gray. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
- Left to right, Amy Dewan, Hampden, and Rhema Wojcik, Charles Village, attend a rally where Freddie Gray was arrested. The demonstrators then marched to City Hall to protest the death of Freddie Gray while he was in police custody. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
- Second from left, Tawanda Jones, sister of Tyrone West, who died while in police custody in 2013, takes part in the march to protest the death of Freddie Gray, who was in police custody. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
- Saturday March and rally related to the death of Freddie Gray. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
- Saturday March and rally related to the death of Freddie Gray. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
- Demonstrators gather at CIty Hall to protest the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)
- Protestors begin to gather for the march where Freddie Gray was arrested. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
- Maurina Richardson-Frierson, Edgewater, and her son, Amir Frierson, 9, watch the rally at City Hall from an elevated position. Amir holds a sign that reads “I Am Not A Threat” that was created by his father. March from Mount Street and Presbury Streets in Sandtown/WInchester where Freddie Gray was arrested to CIty Hall to and rally related to protest the death of Gray in police custody. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)
- Demonstrators gather at CIty Hall after marching from Mount Street and Presbury Streets in Sandtown/WInchester where Freddie Gray was arrested. They are protesting the death of Gray in police custody. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)
- Tynu Wells, 38, E. Baltimore, holds up a sign that reads “Freddie Gray We Love You” outside City Hall. March from Mount Street and Presbury Streets in Sandtown/WInchester, where Freddie Gray was arrested, to CIty Hall to protest the death of Gray in police custody. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun)
- Police and protestors line up against each other across from the Sports Legends Museum as protests continue in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death while in police custody. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)
- University of Maryland Baltimore law students gather to march on City Hall over the recent death of local resident Freddie Gray. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)
- People hold signs during another day of protest against alleged police violence and corruption at the Western District of the Baltimore Police, following the death of resident Freddie Gray while under the custody of the Baltimore Police. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)
- Michael Pulley with his two 4-year-old grandsons watch from a second floor balcony in support of the family as residents return from a march to the Western District of the Baltimore Police following the death of local resident Freddie Gray on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)
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- Family members raise their hands together at the front steps of the Western District of the Baltimore Police following the death of local resident Freddie Gray. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)