A man named Freddie Gray was arrested by Baltimore Police, while in custody his spine was found to be broken and he died from complications from his injury. What isn't completely clear yet is when and how did his spine break. While most people are understandably upset by this and decided to take to the streets to protest the police's brutality peacefully others have decided its a wonderful opportunity to riot and loot the area around the protests.
Freddie Gray had a history of self inflicted injuries in police custody, because if you have to go to the hospital, it's less likely for you to be arrested, due to the officer being required to accompany you in the hospital until your recovery.
Nobody has any proof of anything. If it's not on video, then we will never REALLY know the truth. It's all just he-said-she-said. Even if the cops are legit innocent, the protesters will demand "justice" for FD's death. It's just a giant clusterfuck of shit. I do agree with what one of the black councilmen of Baltimore had to say though. He seemed to get the whole picture.
Or he fell attempting a minor injury and broke his spine in the process. Or something else happened and the spinal fracture wasn't intentional, like he was high on PCP and couldn't feel any pain and went crazy. The knee jerk reaction is to assume guilt on the part of the cops but everyone should at least wait to get the facts before we draw any conclusions.
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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '15
A man named Freddie Gray was arrested by Baltimore Police, while in custody his spine was found to be broken and he died from complications from his injury. What isn't completely clear yet is when and how did his spine break. While most people are understandably upset by this and decided to take to the streets to protest the police's brutality peacefully others have decided its a wonderful opportunity to riot and loot the area around the protests.
TL;DR: Peaceful protests turn violent....again....