100 lasting images from the Freddie Gray protests and aftermath in Baltimore

Freddie Gray is seen in an undated family photo.

Freddie Gray is seen in the hospital after being injured after being detained by Baltimore Police. (Family handout)

Freddie Gray is seen being taken into custody by Baltimore Police on April 12th in this still from a cell phone video. (Kevin Moore/Special to the Sun)

Members of the Justice League of NYC walk along Wilkens Ave. in West Baltimore on April 19th to protest the police custody death of Freddie Gray. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

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)

About 600 protestors including the family of Freddie Gray protested his death while in the custody of Baltimore police by marching from the site of the arrest, the corner of N. Mount and Presbury streets, to the Western District station about six blocks away. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Protesters return to the spot as Rev. Jamal Bryant reaches his hands skyward while the family grieves where Freddie Gray was last seen alive in public. (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. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Rev. Jamal Bryant, left, along with Gloria Darden, the mother of Freddie Gray, center, march from the site of the arrest, the corner of N. Mount and Presbury streets, to the Western District station about six blocks away. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

A man reacts in anguish at the site where Gray was arrested. About 600 protestors including the families of Freddie Gray protested Gray’s death while in the custody of Baltimore police by marching from the site of the arrest. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Marshelle Lowery, 47, a resident of Gilmor Homes, tries to put the sign with handwritten messages for Freddie Gray back on the brick wall after it had fallen down. It was posted on the corner of Bakbury Court and Presbury Street at Gilmor Homes, near the location where Freddie Gray was arrested. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)

Jacqueline Jackson, 53, lives in a Gilmor Homes apartment that overlooks the 1600 block of North Mount Street, just north of the intersection with Baker Street. She witnessed from this window the police interaction with Freddie Gray on April 12. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)

Hands are clasped, shutting down Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd on April 22, as marchers take to the streets for another day of protests over the death of local resident Freddie Gray, while in police custody. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Their arms locked together, Baltimore Police prevent marchers from entering the Jones Falls on ramp during another day of protests over the death of local resident Freddie Gray, while in police custody. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Angela Hazel is overcome with emotion at a protest rally led by Rev. Jamal Bryant of the Empowerment Temple AME Church at War Memorial Plaza Thursday, April 23. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)

An unidentified man at right challenges Baltimore City police officer C. A. Thompson, as they stood in a line behind a barricade in front of the Western District police station Thursday evening. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony Batts is seen April 24 during a press conference about the death of Freddie Gray. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

(Amy Dewan, (left) of Hampden, and Rhema Wojcik, of Charles Village, attend a rally where Freddie Gray was arrested. The demonstrators then marched to City Hall Saturday March to protest the death of Freddie Gray while he was in police custody. (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/Baltimore Sun)

A large protest heads east on Pratt Street on the way to Baltimore’s City Hall. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

A protester confronts a motorist trying to get to the ball game at Oriole Park during Saturday’s Freddie Gray protest. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Police and protestors line up against each other across from the Sports Legends Museum as protests continue on April 25 in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death while in police custody. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

A protestor smashes the back window of a Baltimore police car with a trash can. (Colin Campbell/Baltimore Sun)

A protestor smashes the window of a parked car on Pratt Street. (Colin Campbell/Baltimore Sun)

Demonstrators destroy the windshield of a Baltimore Police car as they protest the death Freddie Gray, an African American man who died of spinal cord injuries in police custody, in Baltimore, Maryland, April 25, 2015. Protesters returned to Baltimore’s streets Saturday to vent outrage over the death of Gray on April 12. (Jim Watson/Getty Images)

A Baltimore police car is seen with smashed windows at Pratt and Howard during the protests on April 25. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Protester Morgan Lee Malachi of Philadelphia taunts an African-American police officer at Pratt and Howard during Saturday’s protest. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore police officers take a protester into custody at Pratt and Howard during Saturday’s Freddie Gray protest. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

A protester jumps on a Baltimore City police car during protests on Saturday, March 25. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

The interior of a looted 7Eleven is seen on St. Paul Street following Saturday’s protest. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake holds a press conference at City Hall to talk about the unrest in the wake of a march to protest the death of Freddie Gray. Standing with her is, right, Dr. Jamal Bryant, Empowerment Temple, and, left, Dr. Donte Hickman, Sr., Southern Baptist Church. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Fredericka Gray, twin sister of Freddie Gray, speaks during a press conference at City Hall as Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake listens. The mayor, Fredericka Gray and local ministers talked about the unrest in the wake of a march to protest the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Rep. Elijah Cummings, at podium, speaks at a press conference held at Bethel AME Church. From left are: the church’s pastor, Frank M. Reid III; executive director of Coldstream-Homestead-Montbello community, Mark Washington; Rep. Cummings, and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. The press conference addressed peaceful protests in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death while in police custody. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Freddie Gray’s twin sister Fredericka Gray, foreground, is comforted by family members at the funeral for her brother. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

The crowd presses in as the casket for Freddie Gray is moved towards the hearse during his funeral at New Shiloh Baptist Church on April 27. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

An unidentified man touches the hearse carrying the body of Freddie Gray after Gray’s funeral which was held at New Shiloh Baptist Church. Gray died while in police custody. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

Police and protesters clash near Mondawmin Mall on Monday afternoon. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

A Maryland Transit Authority patrol car burns at North Ave. and Pennsylvania during Monday’s riots. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Looters empty the CVS at Pennsylvania and North Ave during Monday’s riot. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

A protester with a stolen police vest taunts Baltimore Police on Pennsylvania Ave during Monday’s riot. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

A cyclist does a wheelie in front of two burning police cars on at North Ave near Pennsylvania Avenue on the day of Freddie Gray’s funeral. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

A protestor rides his bike in front of a police line at North and Pennsylvania Avenues after rioting and looting broke out throughout the city. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

An injured police officer is carried away by his fellow officers on Westbury Avenue in west Baltimore. (Erica Green/Baltimore Sun)

Police officers in riot gear block Howard Street near Lexington Market to prevent looting. (Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun)

A Baltimore police officer chases down a possible rioter near Lexington Market. (Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun)

A Baltimore police officer approaches a man near Lexington Market before arresting him. (Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun)

With their backs to the camera (from left) Baltimoreans Victoria Thobe and Noah Smith hold hands in front of lines of police on Howard Street at the Convention Center after a large protest dispersed from Baltimore’s City Hall. A number of people have been arrested and there have been reported injuries as a small faction damaged vehicles and store fronts. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore firefighters battle a three-alarm fire at Gay and Chester Streets in East Baltimore during an afternoon and evening of rioting in the city. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Shameeka Dream Smalling, 34, burns sage and gives, “Reiki to the space,” which she says brings balance, love and light. She says journalists, police and activists need all three. Police officers continue to man the intersection of North Ave. and Pennsylvania Ave. on April 28, the morning after the riots. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

A man stopped to take pictures of a wig store, at 2100 block of West Pratt Street, that has been ransacked by looters as Baltimore City. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Police officers stand at North Ave. and Pennsylvania Ave. twenty-four hours after the rioters destroyed several businesses in the area. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

From left: Neil Jennings, 34, from Cherry Hill; Noah Smith, 25, from Pennsylvania Ave.; Terry Mitchell, 32, from Park Heights, 32; and Ryan Johnson, 28, formerly from Baltimore. The mood is festive at North Ave. and Pennsylvania Ave., twenty-four hours after rioting in the same intersection. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

The mood is festive at North Ave. and Pennsylvania Ave. twenty-four hours after the riots sparked by the death of Freddie Gray on April 19th while in police custody. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

The remains of an apartment building for senior citizens that was under construction are seen at N. Chester and N. Gay streets in East Baltimore. The building burned Monday night during the unrest. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Store owner Otis Knight walks through Variety -n- Cellphone Center, which was breached overnight by looters and rioters on Fulton Avenue south of North Ave. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

(The interior of the CVS pharmacy on West Franklin Street at Evergreen stands as a burnt shell after being hit during Monday’s rioting. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Shoe boxes are strewn throughout The Sneaky Feet store in the 3200 block of Eastern Avenue which was looted during the riots Monday night. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Volunteers work to help clear out the debris from the CVS on North Avenue that burned Monday. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Local residents walk across North Avenue at Fulton Avenue cleaning up the mess from a night of unrest throughout the city. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Jerrie McKenny, left, can’t hold back the tears as she gets a hug from her sister Tia Sexton during a peaceful protest at North Ave. and Pennsylvania Ave. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

A Baltimore firefighter inspects the burned out the CVS on North Ave. to check out a possible fire in the CVS that burned during rioting yesterday. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Protesters follow a police vehicle out of the protest area of North Ave. Tuesday. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Devante Hill of Baltimore makes a heart with his hands after he was hit with pepper spray after someone threw a bottle at police. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

A worker boards up the Weis grocery store near the Security Square Mall in anticipation of more unrest. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

Civic leaders stand behind Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (left) and Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts who address the media following an uprising that resulted in numerous injuries, arrests and fires. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Shawna Eaton pleaded for protesters gathered at the corner of North and Pennsylvania avenues to go home after the 10 p.m. curfew on Tuesday night, a day after a riots and widespread looting in the city. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore City police use smoke canisters as they advance to clear protesters gathered at North and Pennsylvania avenues to enforce a 10pm to 5am curfew on Tuesday night. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

A protester kicks a smoke canister toward the police line at North and Pennsylvania avenues on Tuesday night, one day after a riot and wide spread looting resulting from the Freddie Gray protest. Baltimore City police use smoke and tear gas canisters to clear protesters to enforce a 10 pm to 5 am curfew. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Conductor Marin Alsop, center, with the BSO musicians during a free concert, organized by oboist Michael Lisicky, outside the Meyerhoff at lunchtime on Wednesday. They wanted to offer an opportunity for all Baltimoreans to come together in the wake of the riot. The riot that followed Freddie Gray’s burial has led to a curfew and the cancellation of some events. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez throws the game’s first pitch to White Sox lead off hitter Adam Eaton to start the game in an empty stadium. The men in the seats are Major League Baseball scouts working during the game. The Orioles plays the Chicago White Sox to an empty Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Wednesday. The first two games of the series were cancelled due to the wide spread riots and looting on Monday in Baltimore resulting from protest over the death of Freddie Gray. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Fans watch from outside Oriole Park at Camden Yards as the Orioles play the Chicago White Sox to an empty stadium because of recent unrest in the city. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

A number of men react to the smell and sight of freedom, released from central booking as the sun sets. Over 100 people were released of the of the more than 200 arrested during the recent protests. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Marchers, mostly college students, gathered at Pennsylvania Station to march down to Baltimore City Hall in protest of the Freddie Gray’s death. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

Rachel Fisher of Baldwin reacts as she is held by her boyfriend Andrew Rickers of Bowie after she was released from central booking. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Freddie Gray protesters march along Calvert Street near the intersection with Centre Street in Baltimore. (Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)

Ravens’ Jimmy Smith, right, borrows a police hat from Baltimore police officer Monica Cooper, left, as they and officer Chantell English, center, walk to Matthew Henson Elementary School. Baltimore Ravens players, coaches and staff visited Matthew Henson Elementary School and Frederick Douglass High School to provide positive support in light of the recent riots and looting in the city. The Ravens helped unload donated food at the elementary school. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Former Raven Ray Lewis hugs Azariah Bratton-Bey Jr., 17, a senior running back on Frederick Douglass High’s football team. Baltimore Ravens players, coaches and staff visited Matthew Henson Elementary School and Frederick Douglass High School to provide positive support in light of the recent riots and looting in the city. The Ravens helped unload donated food at the elementary school. John Harbaugh and Ray Lewis spoke with students at Frederick Douglass High. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

A clothing store remains boarded but open at the Westside Shopping Center after being targeted during Monday’s rioting. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

The exterior of the DTLR clothing store on Pennsylvania Avenue is seen after being burned during the initial uprising. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Addressing the group of investigators, Dr. David L. Higgins, MD, P.C. gives his opinion about injuries or blood flow to the lower extremities at the position demonstrated by police training instructors (left) while Baltimore Police Major Stanley Brandford (standing next to Higgins) as the instructors attempt to mimic the position known as a “leg lace” in which Freddie Gray was when he was placed under arrest after watching a cellphone video of the arrest. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore State Attorney Marilyn Mosby at a press conference outside the War Memorial Building talking about the arrests of police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

Officers charged in Freddie Gray case: Top l-r) Caeser R. Goodson Jr., Sgt. Alicia D. White, Officer Garrett E. Miller.; (Bottom l-r) Lt. Brian W. Rice, Officer William G. Porter, Officer Edward M. Nero. These Baltimore police officers are charged for alleged role in the death of Freddie Gray. (Baltimore Police)

Kevin Moore is overwhelmed with joy on the news of the charges brought against six Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. Moore’s video of Gray’s arrest at Gilmor Homes has been seen around the world. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Kevin Moore hugs Kiona Mack in a courtyard at Gilmor Homes after news of charges brought against six Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. Both captured cellphone video of Gray’s arrest that has been key in getting national attention for the case. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Self-described rival gang members come together at North Ave and Pennsylvania Ave to celebrate the decision to charge six Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Rev. Pamela Coleman (right) prays with Baltimore residents at the corner of West North Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue after charges were brought against six Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

A protester holds a sign as the 300 Man March stands at the intersection of Cold Spring Lane and Park Heights Avenue at sunset. The city state’s attorney today announced charges against six officers who confronted and then placed Gray into custody on April 12, eventually resulting in what was ruled a homicide of the 25-year-old West Baltimore resident seven days later. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Salyn Kelly, center, a resident on North Avenue near Pennsylvania AVenue, poses for pictures with Staff Sgt. Hopkins, of the Maryland National Guard, as hundreds of people gathered at North and Pennsylvania Avenues to celebrate the news that six Baltimore City police officers have been charged for the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Several protesters sit in a police transfer van when police aggressively pushed defiant and peaceful protesters off the City Hall lawn at the start of the daily curfew. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Congressman Elijah Cummings, center, and state Senator Catherine Pugh, right, led a group of demonstrator out of North and Pennsylvania Avenues ahead of the 10 p.m. curfew. Hundreds of people gathered at North and Pennsylvania Avenues to celebrate the news that six Baltimore City police officers have been charged for the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

A child from the Gilmor Homes neighborhood play near the area where Freddie Gray was arrested on April 12, 2015, now marked with a mural. About 500 people marched to Baltimore City Hall to join the National Rally at 2 p.m. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

Kaeshawn Stewart of Baltimore waves a flag during Saturday’s rally at War Memorial Plaza. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Asad Ali, 9, of Washington, DC, gives a high-five to Sgt 1st Class Joe Hatcher with the Maryland National Guard during Saturday’s rally at War Memorial Plaza. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Miyana Stokely, 7, of Columbia insisted on hugging Baltimore police officer Eva Tomin before getting on the Metro at Penn North. Miyana and her mother had attended the rally and march from city hall. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun)

Dilan Price, 7 dances as people enjoy another day of celebration on North Avenue near Pennsylvania following the announcement of charges against six police officers in the fatal arrest of Freddie Gray. The city state’s attorney yesterday announced charges against six officers who confronted and then placed Gray into custody on April 12, eventually resulting in what was ruled a homicide of the 25-year-old West Baltimore resident seven days later. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

Choir member Terry Pulliam, left, embraces Kareema Mills during the morning church services at Fulton Baptist Church at 1630 W. North Ave. on the Sunday following the city uprising last Monday. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

The crowd raises their hands in prayer and victory on Sunday, May 3. Members of the clergy held a interfaith rally on the War Memorial Plaza Sunday after a week of turmoil following the police custody death of Freddie Gray. (Paul W. Gillespie/Baltimore Sun)

Maryland National Guard prepare to leave Baltimore in their trucks in Harbor East on Sunday afternoon. (Amy Davis/ Baltimore Sun)

100 lasting images from the Freddie Gray protests and aftermath in Baltimore

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