Thursday, April 30, 2015

Mayor 'told police to STAND DOWN while Baltimore began to burn during riots' claims damning new report


News from the Front.

  • New report claims that Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake told police to stand-off from rioters on Monday 
  • Baltimore police also said they did not expect the police report into the death of Freddie Gray to be released this Friday 
  • The streets of Baltimore saw only sporadic trouble last night, with 10 arrests reported during last night's curfew
  • Children returned to public schools after they were closed all of Tuesday following Monday's fiery riots 
  • Maryland Governor Larry Hogan deployed 2,000 National Guardsmen and 1,000 police officers to enforce a 10pm-5amcurfew in Baltimore Tuesday night 
  • Baltimore will keep its curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. for the next week 
  • A group of about 100 defiant protesters remained in the streets after curfew, when law enforcement began to march
  • However, the group mostly dispersed when cops in riot gear shot tear gas and fired rubber bullets into the crowd
  • At a midnight press conference, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said 10 were arrested on Tuesday - seven for violating curfew
  • Baltimore has been the center of demonstrations since April 19, when 25-year-old Freddie Gray died of a severed spine he suffered in police custody  

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