In society today there are several events that are taken seriously by the community, the government and the people. I am going to talk about how the “law enforcement” is handling African American males in regular/irregular situations. In beautiful Baltimore, Maryland on April 19, 2015 a 25-year-old black man died in police custody one week after being arrested. Freddie Gray’s death was ruled to be a homicide and the six officers who were involved had legal charges issued. The charges were not high enough for the people to be satisfied and this caused several protests following his funeral. These protests quickly erupted into riots as the word of Freddie Gray’s death traveled all throughout Baltimore and eventually sky rocketed to the top of social media.
The Baltimore Riots had started on April 25th and by April 28th there was at least twenty police officers injured and at least 250 arrests were made. On April 25, 2015 a peaceful organized protest took place from …show more content…
Baltimore television showed firefighters putting out fires and residents cleaning up after the overnight rioting. Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard arrived to assist police and provide much needed security. In one incident a mother of a protestor was seen on TV pushing and hitting her son in order to prevent him from rioting. She was later interviewed and stated she doesn’t “want him to be another Freddie Gray”, the Police Commissioner heard about this and stated “I wish I had more parents that took charge of their kids out here”. Mayor Stephanie Blake took back her comments calling rioters “thugs”, this is mostly because the majority of rioters were African American. As the police taking action they ordered a 10:00 p.m. curfew for the city of Baltimore and this actually seemed to work with a little bit of smoke bombs or fireworks. With the threat of being arrested for breaking curfew many protestors fled the streets and didn’t
The Baltimore Riots had started on April 25th and by April 28th there was at least twenty police officers injured and at least 250 arrests were made. On April 25, 2015 a peaceful organized protest took place from …show more content…
Baltimore television showed firefighters putting out fires and residents cleaning up after the overnight rioting. Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard arrived to assist police and provide much needed security. In one incident a mother of a protestor was seen on TV pushing and hitting her son in order to prevent him from rioting. She was later interviewed and stated she doesn’t “want him to be another Freddie Gray”, the Police Commissioner heard about this and stated “I wish I had more parents that took charge of their kids out here”. Mayor Stephanie Blake took back her comments calling rioters “thugs”, this is mostly because the majority of rioters were African American. As the police taking action they ordered a 10:00 p.m. curfew for the city of Baltimore and this actually seemed to work with a little bit of smoke bombs or fireworks. With the threat of being arrested for breaking curfew many protestors fled the streets and didn’t