'Do not give them a reason': Baltimore man divides police and rioters in hope of avoiding violence
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Version 0 of 1. One man in Baltimore yesterday had seen enough black men die as a result of contact with the police in the US over the past year to stand by and let another tragedy unfold. "Do not give them a reason" he repeatedly bellowed, standing, arms spread wide, between a line of officers in riot gear and a group of angry protestors approaching them. Just as a side note – that t-shirt he's wearing bears the emblem of violent vigilante comic book antihero The Punisher, a little ironic given his message of pacifism. They not showing this on the news #BaltimoreRiots https://t.co/ZRS1Vvvco2 Riots broke out in the city just hours after the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died of a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody. Grey's family denounced the violence, which saw stores looted and vehicles burned. "I want y'all to get justice for my son, but don't do it like this here," his mother told the press. "I don't think that's for Freddie," Gray's twin sister, Fredericka, added of the riots. "I think the violence is wrong." Nothing screams justice like destroying your own town and stealing innocent people's property #BaltimoreRiots pic.twitter.com/2xQD4Hv7GY |