Baltimore waits for answers on black man`s death in police custody

  30 April 2015    Read: 813
Baltimore waits for answers on black man`s death in police custody
Residents of Baltimore and activists across the United States waited on Thursday for official word on the cause of a black man`s death in police custody earlier this month, as protests over the case spread to other cities.
More than 100 people were arrested in New York overnight on Wednesday during protests against police violence, while Baltimore saw a largely peaceful night as a curfew held after rioting over the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray.

Thousands of National Guard troops and police remained in the mostly black city of Baltimore on Thursday morning to maintain order and enforce a 10:00 p.m. curfew set after unrest on Monday saw buildings and cars burned, stores looted and 20 officers hurt.

Cities across the country also held demonstrations on Wednesday as part of a movement against racial profiling and police use of lethal force sparked by the deaths of African-American men in Cleveland; Ferguson, Missouri; New York and elsewhere over the past year.

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