Nationwide protests for Freddie Gray

Caption from Flickr user: April 29, 2015 – About 1500 people demonstrated and marched through Minneapolis in solidarity with the people in Baltimore. Recent Baltimore protests and riots were occurred after the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. Freddie Gray was arrested in Baltimore on April 12, 2015 “without force or incident” according to police reports, but he died whlie in police custody due to his neck spinal cord being 80% severed at his neck.

Some rights reserved under a Creative Commons license – see orignal photo from user Fibonacci Blue for full license information.

Daniel H Smith demonstrates outside City Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday, April 30, 2015. The event in Philadelphia follows days of unrest in Baltimore amid Freddie Gray’s police-custody death. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Protesters clash with police in Philadelphia on Thursday, April 30, 2015. The event in Philadelphia follows days of unrest in Baltimore amid Freddie Gray’s police-custody death. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Police stand between protesters and the entrance to the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia on Thursday, April 30, 2015. The event in Philadelphia follows days of unrest in Baltimore amid Freddie Gray’s police-custody death. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Protesters pause during a march at City Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday, April 30, 2015. The event in Philadelphia follows days of unrest in Baltimore amid Freddie Gray’s police-custody death. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Kya Henley, President of Racial Justice Coalition, stands for a photo while holding a bag displaying the name of Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody, during the Luminary Candlelight Vigil on the Law Quad Thursday, April 30 2015, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (Nicole Hester/The Ann Arbor News via AP)

Protesters march after a rally at City Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday, April 30, 2015. The event in Philadelphia follows days of unrest in Baltimore amid Freddie Gray’s police-custody death. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Isham Christie, of Manhattan, who was arrested during the demonstration near Union Square on the night before, holds up a sign during a news conference to to demand an end to violent, hyper-aggressive policing in front of New York City Police headquarters, Thursday, April 30, 2015, in New York. Protesters are complaining about police tactics and the arrest of more than 100 people at a protest Wednesday night in Manhattan’s Union Square over the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Protesters clash with police in Philadelphia on Thursday, April 30, 2015. The event in Philadelphia follows days of unrest in Baltimore amid Freddie Gray’s police-custody death. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Local personality, Michael Grant, “Philly Jesus” poses with a protestor outside city hall at a demonstration over the death of Freddy Gray on April 30, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Freddie Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Protestors demonstrate over the death of Freddy Gray on April 30, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Freddie Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

A protestor marches with a Guy Fawkes mask while demonstrating over the death of Freddy Gray on April 30, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Freddie Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Mounted police form a line in center city to monitor street activity after protestors marched over the death of Freddy Gray on April 30, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Freddie Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Protestors march over the death of Freddy Gray on April 30, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Freddie Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Protestors march over the death of Freddie Gray on April 30, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Freddie Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Micaiah Bakues-Freeman, 9, joins protestors demonstrating over the death of Freddy Gray outside City Hall on April 30, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Freddie Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

NBA star Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks marches with protesters from the Sandtown neighborhood to City Hall demanding better police accountability and racial equality following the death of Freddie Gray on April 30, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

People protest near Union Square, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in New York. People gathered to protest the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who was critically injured in police custody. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Protestors hold signs during a protest to support the rallies in Baltimore, in front of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in Washington. Freddie Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a Baltimore police van. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A young girl holds a sign during a protest to support the rallies in Baltimore, in front of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in Washington. Freddie Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a Baltimore police van. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A protestor holds a sign during a protest to support the rallies in Baltimore, in front of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in Washington. Freddie Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a Baltimore police van. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Protestors lay in the street to stage a die-in at Herald Square, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in New York. Several hundred people gathered in New York on Wednesday to protest the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who was critically injured in police custody, and more than a dozen were arrested. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Protestors walk through Times Square Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in New York, to protest the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who was critically injured in police custody, and dozens were arrested. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

New York City police escort a woman off the street and back onto the sidewalk where she was released during a protest, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in New York. Several hundred people gathered in New York on Wednesday to protest the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who was critically injured in police custody, and more than a dozen were arrested. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Protestors lay in the street to stage a die-in at Herald Square, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in New York. Several hundred people gathered in New York on Wednesday to protest the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who was critically injured in police custody, and more than a dozen were arrested. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

New York City police officers watch as protestors walk along Ninth Avenue, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in New York. Several hundred people gathered in New York on Wednesday to protest the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who was critically injured in police custody, and more than a dozen were arrested. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

A woman takes part in a Solidarity With City Of Baltimore rally at Union Square on April 29, 2015 in New York City. in Baltimore, Maryland remains on edge in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, though the city has been largely peaceful following a day of rioting this past Monday. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

A man takes part in a Solidarity With City Of Baltimore rally at Union Square on April 29, 2015 in New York City. in Baltimore, Maryland remains on edge in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, though the city has been largely peaceful following a day of rioting this past Monday. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

NYPD Officers stand watch during a Solidarity With City Of Baltimore protest on April 29, 2015 in New York City. Baltimore, Maryland remains on edge in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, though the city has been largely peaceful following a day of rioting this past Monday. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

NYPD Officers stand watch during a Solidarity With City Of Baltimore protest on April 29, 2015 in New York City. Baltimore, Maryland remains on edge in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, though the city has been largely peaceful following a day of rioting this past Monday. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Demonstrators face off against New York police officers as they try to block an entrance to the Holland Tunnel during a solidarity protest of the death of Freddie Gray on April 29, 2015 in New York City. Baltimore, Maryland remains on edge in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, though the city has been largely peaceful following a day of rioting this past Monday. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police. (Michael Abbott/Getty Images)

A woman is arrested during a Solidarity With City Of Baltimore protest on April 29, 2015 in New York City. Baltimore, Maryland remains on edge in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, though the city has been largely peaceful following a day of rioting this past Monday. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

A man is arrested during a Solidarity With City Of Baltimore protest on April 29, 2015 in New York City. Baltimore, Maryland remains on edge in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, though the city has been largely peaceful following a day of rioting this past Monday. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

A protester yells as he takes part during a protest on Solidarity With City Of Baltimore on April 29, 2015 in New York City. Baltimore, Maryland remains on edge in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, though the city has been largely peaceful following a day of rioting this past Monday. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

A woman takes part in Solidarity With City Of Baltimore at Union Square a rally on April 29, 2015 in New York City. Baltimore, Maryland remains on edge in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray, though the city has been largely peaceful following a day of rioting this past Monday. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore’s west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

A Ferguson police officer stands on West Florissant Avenue as protesters block traffic in Ferguson, Mo., Tuesday night, April 28, 2015. Looting, fires and gunfire broke out overnight in Ferguson during protests in response to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody in Baltimore. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Protesters block the intersection of West Florissant Avenue and Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Mo., Tuesday night, April 28, 2015. Looting, fires and gunfire broke out overnight in Ferguson during protests in response to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody in Baltimore. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

A man, right, tends to his leg inside Northland Chop Suey, 9240 West Florissant Avenue, after getting shot outside the former Original Reds BBQ during a protest in Ferguson, Mo., on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. A second man takes off his sweatshirt to tie around the leg. Looting, fires and gunfire broke out overnight in Ferguson during protests in response to the mysterious death of Freddie Gray, a black man in police custody in Baltimore. Post-Dispatch photographer David Carson and bystanders helped carry the wounded man to safety. Police arrested a suspect and recovered the gun. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Nationwide protests for Freddie Gray

Leave a Reply Cancel