WHY THIS CITY IS HAVING A VERY %
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN SO
MANY OTHERS.
>> AS MANY CITIES ACROSS %
AMERICA BURNED OVER THE WEEKEND THERE WAS A NOTABLE ADMISSION
THERE WAS A NOTABLE ADMISSION
IN BALTIMORE.
THE CITY IS NO STRANGER TO %
RACIAL TENSIONS HAVING
EXPERIENCED CIVIL UNREST AFTER %
THE 2016 DEATH OF FREDDIE GRAY %
IN POLICE CUSTODY. %
DEMONSTRATIONS FOR GEORGE FLOYD
WITHOUT A CURFEW HAVE BEEN LARGELY PEACEFUL. MONDAY THE %
LARGELY PEACEFUL. MONDAY THE %
YOUTH LED TO MARCH ELECTION.
>> AT TIMES A LOT OF ANGER. %
>> ATTENDING THE PROTEST TODAY %
I WAS BEYOND MOVED I THE
VULNERABILITY AND THE POWER THE
PEOPLE OF COLOR PRESENTED. %
>> YOUNG PEOPLE LED THE MARCH.
I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE THERE WERE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PROTEST IN %
LTIMORE SO CLEAR.
>> I’M REALLY INSPIRED AFTER
BEING SURROUNDED BY SO MANY
EMPOWERING WOMEN AND MEN TO %
COME TOGETHER FOR ONE COMMON %
GOAL.
>> THE STORY THAT NEEDS TO BE % TOLD IS NOT JUST RIOTS BUT %
TOLD IS NOT JUST RIOTS BUT %
YOUNG PEOPLE STANDING UP FOR %
JUSTICE. %
>> ON TUESDAY THE GOVERNOR %
TWEETED I’M PROUD THAT %
BALTIMORE IS SHOWING THE NATION
HOW YOU CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD A
MORE PERFECT NATION. %
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND %
COMMUNITY LEADERS EXPRESSED THIS
BUT THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF %
EXTREMISTS WITH A VIOLENT %
AGENDA. %
>> IN BALTIMORE AT THE NATIONAL
EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
TO ENGAGE AND WITHOUT %
WIDESPREAD BREAKING OF THE LAW.
>> EVEN AS THE PROTEST GREW %
TENSELY THEY ACTIVATED %
REINFORCEMENTS AND POLICE AND
PROTESTERS AVOIDED VIOLENT %
ESCALATION.
AFTER THEY HELP DISPERSE THE %
CROWDS AND TURNOVER AND %
AGITATOR WAS SETTING OFF %
FIREWORKS TO AUTHORITIES.
>> WE CAME HERE WHAT WE DID TO
DO TONIGHT.
DO NOT TURN IT INTO SOMETHING % IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE. %
IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE. %
>> WE WANT TO REMAIN SAFE AND %
NOT CONTROL IT IN A MANNER THAT
IS STRATEGIC.
>> THIS IS NOT TO SAY THERE HAS
NOT BEEN UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOR BUT %
THE ROUGHLY 20 ARRESTS OVER %
FOUR DAYS OF PROTESTS PALED IN %
COMPARISON TO THOSE IN OTHER %
U.S. MAJOR CITIES. %
DOZENS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN UNDER
CURFEW. %
>> I WENT TO THROUGH THIS IN %
2015 FOR THE RIGHTS IN
BALTIMORE AND I WANTED TO LOWER
THE TEMPERATURE
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE %
AGREED ON A CONSENT DECREE TO %
IMPLEMENT REFORM IN THE POLICE %
DEPARTMENT INCLUDING DE-%
ESCALATION TRAINING AND
ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY.
>> THE COMMUNITY STILL LOOKS
THE SAME. %
>> WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK
TO DO.
IT JUST PROVES AGAIN THAT WE %
HAVE A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER. %
>> WE ARE EXCEPT QS UPSET AND %
ANGRY BUT THE DESTRUCTION WILL %
NOT WORK HERE. %
WE HAVE SEEN HOW IT IS % AFTERWARDS. WE DID NOT LOOT.