ERE WE ARE GOING.
WE
GO BACK TO BALTIMORE IN APRIL
20 7, 2015.
-- APR 27
, 2015.
>> WE NE YOU RIGHT NOW, LORD.
DONN APRIL 27, 2015, BEGINS
WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS, PERHAPS
THE FUNERAL FOR FREDDIE GRAY,
CAN AT LEAST, FOR A
SHORT WHILE, KEEP SIMMERING
TENSIONS IN BALTIMORE CITY
FROM BOILING OVE
>> THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING.
DONN BUT EVEN BEFORE FREDDIE
GRAY IS TAKEN TO HIS FINAL
RESTING
PLACE, BALTIMORE POLICE
COMMANDERS RECEIVE WOR
SOCIAL MEDIA IS ABUZZ WITH TALK
OF A PURGE, HOURS OF
LAWLESSNESS AND UNREST,
FICTIONALIZED BY HOLLYWOOD,
ABOUT TO COME TO LIF
ON LIBERTY HEIGHTS AVE, SHORTLY
AFTER SCHOOL LETS OUT,
TENSION IS VISIBLE AND PALPABL
>> ARE THEY GO.
DONNA: IN THE FIRST SIGN, THIS
MAY BE THE DAY'S REALITY, YOUNG
PEOPLE RUSH TO THE 7-11 ACROSS
FROM MONDAWMIN MALL AND
BEGIN TO LOOT IT
A SKIRMISH LINE FORMS.
AND POLICE OFFICERS SOON BECOME
TARGET
THE KIDS THROW WHATEVER THEY CAN
FIND
STONES, ROCKS, BRICKS, AND
CONCRETE.
DUSTED OFF RIOT GEAR ADORNS
OFFICER, AFTER OFFICER.
>> IT'S YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE
WREAKING HAVOC HERE.
DONNA: A TACTICAL UNIT VEHICLE
CIRCLES THE AREA, ALSO BECOMING
A
TARGET.
THE VIOLENCE FANS OUT.
>> OBVIOUSLY ITS A LARGE GROUP
OF PEOPLE SPREAD OUT OVER A
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AREA,
OUR OFFICERS ARE DEPLOYING AS
QUICKLY AS THEY CAN.
>> IT'S TOTAL CHAOS OUT HERE.
DONNA: BY 4:00 A BALTIMORE CITY
, POLICE OFFICER IS
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
HIS COLLEAGUES FERRY HIM TO
SAFETY.
>> THEY'RE STILL ATTACKING AS
THEY ARE TRYING TO GET HIM OUT.
DONNA: POLICE LAUNCH TEAR GAS IN
AN EFFORT TO DISPERSE THE
CROWDS AND PROTECT THEMSELVE
>> THEY HAVE BROKEN BONES, ONE
IS UNRESPONSIVE.
THIS IS NOT
OK.
>> THIS IS JUST ONGOING, AND NOT
STOPPING.
DONNA: SOON, THE CHAOS MOVES
WEST, TO PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTH
AVENUES.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE EMPTY OUT A CVS
PHARMACY
A TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY CAR,
SET ON FIRE.
A CHECK CASHING BUSINESS,
LOOTED.
A CITY POLICE CAR DESTROYED, AS
SOME JUMP ON TOP AND
TAKE PICTURES.
PROTESTORS TARGET A LIQU
STORE, AND A PHONE STORE.
>> LOOK AT THEY ARE STANDING, IF
YOU WANT TO CALL IT, GUARD.
DONNA: THE NATION OF ISLAM STEPS
IN TO PROTECT LIVES AND
PROPERTY
AND THEN, THE ANCHOR BUSINESS OF
NORTH AND PENNSYLVANIA,
THAT RANSACKED CVS BEGINS TO
BURN.
>> THEY JUST SET THE CVS ON
FIRE.
DONNA: AROUND 7:30, MONDAWMIN
MALL BECOMES THE NEXT FRONTIER
FOR LOOTER
>> IT'S JUST AN AWFUL SIGHT TO
SEE.
DONN AND ANOTHER VEHICLE
BURNS.
THE CROWD TURNS ON NEWS CREWS
COVERING THE STORY.
>> HEY, WE GOT TO GET OUT OF
HERE, THEY ARE BEATING UP A
PHOTOGRAPHER
DONNA: AROUND THE SAME TIME, IN
A MOMENT THAT HEARKENS BACK
TO THE 1960'S, AN ARMY OF CLERGY
MEMBERS MARCH UP NORTH
AVENUE, IN AN EFFORT TO FIGHT
FIRE WITH FAITH.
THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE HOLDS HER
FIRST NEWS
CONFERENCE.
>> TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SPENT
GENERATIONS BUILDING UP THIS
CITY FOR IT TO BE DESTROYED BY
THUG
DONNA: IT IS NOW MORE THAN FOUR
HOURS INTO THE UNREST.
GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN AND THE
NATIONAL GUARD ASSEMBLE
AT MARYLAND'S EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT CENTER.
>> I HAVE DECLARED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY AT THE REQUEST OF
BALTIMORE CITY.
DONN SHORTLY BEFORE 9:00 A
, MAJOR FIRE ERUPTS ON THE
CITY'S EAST
SIDE A SENIOR CENTER UNDER
, CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S UNCLEAR
WHAT IGNITED I
WEARY FROM GREAT, FREDDIE GRAY'S
FAMILY MAKES A PLEA FOR
PEAC
>> I WANT YOU ALL TO GET JUSTICE
FOR MY SON, BUT DON'T DO IT LIKE
THIS HERE.
DON'T TEAR
UP THE WHOLE CITY, JUST FOR HIM.
DONNA: EVEN GANG MEMBERS FROM
OPPOSING FACTIONS, UNITE AND
ECHO GRAY'S FAMILY.
>> THIS IS THE BLOODS, PAH-ROOS,
WE STAND AS ONE.
WE ARE RUN UNITED.
-- BLACK MEN UNITED.
DONN AS THE DAY COMES TO AN
END, THERE ARE FEW CERTAINTIES
THE NEXT NIGHT WILL BRING A
CITY-WIDE CURFEW, AND A NEW
CHAPTER IN BALTIMORE HISTORY,
WILL NEED TO BE WRITTEN.
>> THIS IS ONE OF OUR DARKEST