April 25, 2015
- Why Freddie Gray ran, Baltimore Sun
- One Tweet Shows How Far We As Americans Still Have To Go, Ben Dreyfuss, Mother Jones
April 26, 2015
- A Photo from Baltimore, jpmassar, Daily Kos
April 27, 2015
“Violence doesn’t accomplish anything.”
Well, damn. That makes the US military budget an even bigger waste. Let’s fund schools now instead.
— May Malaise (@dyrbert) April 27, 2015
April 28, 2015
- Freddie Gray primer: Who was he, how did he die, why is there so much anger? Peter Hermann and John Woodrow Cox, Washington Post
- Obama on the Baltimore Riots: It’s About Decades of Inequality, AJ Vicens, Mother Jones
- The Dominant White Response to Baltimore Shows Why Black Residents are Justified in their Anger, Grizzard, Daily Kos
- The Absence of Legitimate Authority in Baltimore, David A. Graham, The Atlantic
- Eyewitnesses: The Baltimore Riots Didn’t Start the Way You Think, Sam Brodey and Jenna McLaughlin, Mother Jones
- The History of ‘Thug’, Megan Garber, The Atlantic
- The NRA Is Already Lying About What’s Happening in Baltimore, Sam Biddle, Gawker
- Baltimore official battles CNN host: Just call rioters ‘n*****s’ if you’re going to call them thugs, Arturo Garcia, Raw Story
- Orioles Executive on Baltimore Unrest: It’s Inequality, Stupid, Edwin Rios, Mother Jones
- For Baltimore, Alice Isak, Coffee and a Blank Page
- Go home, David Simon. Without justice in Baltimore, there can be no peace, Lanre Bakare, The Guardian
- Toward a New ‘Broken Windows’ Theory, Mychal Denzel Smith, The Nation
April 29, 2015
- Why is America celebrating the beating of a black child? Stacey Patton, Washington Post
- Dear White America: Toya Graham Is Not Your Hero, Julia Craven, Huffington Post
- Baltimore councilman tells Maddow: Violent protesters are “children crying out from abject poverty” who have lost hope, Scott Eric Kaufman, Salon
- 11 things white people can do to be real anti-racist allies, Kali Holloway, Salon
- Dear white Facebook friends: I need you to respect what Black America is feeling right now, Julia Blount, Salon
- United States of Amnesia: What White America Doesn’t Understand About the Baltimore Protests, Chauncey DeVega, AlterNet
- 10 Things All White Folks Need to Consider about the #BaltimoreUprising, Jamie Utt, Everyday Feminism
- Protester perfectly explains why nonviolent protesting is not always effective, Joanna Rothkopf, Salon
- Baltimore’s history of mistrust: ‘When police come up, everybody runs’, Donna Leinwand Leger, USA Today
- Sean Hannity blames Freddie Gray’s death on Freddie Gray: “Don’t run…when you see a cop”, Joanna Rothkopf, Salon
- The truth about Freddie Gray’s ‘pre-existing injury from car accident’, Mark Puente and Doug Donovan, Baltimore Sun
- How Baltimore’s Police and Poverty Fueled a Youth Revolt, Juan Thompson and George Joseph, The Intercept
- Baltimore’s Gang Problem: Is the city overrun with Bloods and Crips—or is the police department just looking for a scapegoat? Leon Neyfakh, Slate
- Civility in Baltimore?: Are we really surprised when people whose lives are endangered, 24/7, resort to violence to be heard? David Palumbo-Liu, Salon
- Baltimore Beset by Protests, Riots, or an Uprising? Katy Waldman, Slate
- Watch a Baltimore protester hand Geraldo Rivera (and the media) his ass, Jen Hayden, Daily Kos
- Baltimore Cop on Why there are Riots, “I Blame the Department..they arrested Gray for some BullS***”, Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project
- Once More, With Feeling, Jim Wright, Stonekettle Station
- Can’t Be Serious: CNN Mistakes Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Members In Baltimore For Gang Bangers, Bossip
- Baltimore Residents Urged To Stay Indoors Until Social Progress Naturally Takes Its Course Over Next Century, The Onion
April 30, 2015
Truth from the streets of #Baltimore. #BaltimoreUprising #BaltimoreRiots pic.twitter.com/Ys43N6YowT — Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) April 30, 2015
- A Brief Legal History of Baltimore Riots, Steve Klepper, Maryland Appellate Blog
- Have Conservatives Lost Their Compassion? Gracy Olmstead, The American Conservative
- Hunger Games Star on Baltimore: ‘Don’t Denounce our Pain as Savage’, Anna Merlan, Jezebel
- The Clock Didn’t Start With the Riots: Black people in Baltimore are subjected to violence all the time, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
- The Other Man In The Van With Freddie Gray Breaks His Silence, CBS Baltimore
- Second Prisoner Disputes Claims That Freddie Gray Tried to ‘Injure Himself’, Matt Wilstein, Mediaite
- Maryland Legislator Discusses Taking Food Stamps from Parents of Protesting Youth, Lee Fang, The Intercept
- Baltimore Teen Encouraged by Parents to Turn Himself in Is Held on $500,000 Bail, Faces Life in Prison, TruthVoice
- Turning Deaf Ear to Baltimore Protesters, Congress Moves Instead to Hike Defense Spending, Lee Fang, The Intercept
- “The facts be damned!”: Sean Hannity’s demented Freddie Gray fantasies, Simon Maloy, Salon
- Ted Cruz blames Obama — saying the first black president has ‘inflamed racial tensions’, Tom McCarthy, Raw Story
- How Western media would cover Baltimore if it happened elsewhere, Karen Attiah, Washington Post
- Latinos ‘in solidarity’ with African Americans in Baltimore, Nicole Acevedo, MSNBC
May 1, 2015
- How Cameras Provide Hard Evidence of Prejudice, Conor Friersdorf, The Atlantic
- Larry Wilmore: Baltimore gang members sound ‘like Noam Chomsky’ compared to the cops, Joan Shipps, Raw Story
- Marilyn Mosby’s amazing press conference, Jonathan Capehart, Washington Post
- Marilyn Mosby, Prosecutor in Freddie Gray Case, Takes a Stand and Calms a Troubled City, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Alan Blinder, New York Times
- The ‘Depraved-Heart Murder’ of Freddie Gray, David A. Graham, The Atlantic
- Freddie Gray’s Second Amendment rights were violated — where is the NRA? Tony Ortega, Raw Story
- Baltimore police union lawyer blames charges on ‘rush to judgment’, David McCabe, The Hill
- What Do Police Officers Think of the Baltimore Indictments? Leon Neyfakh, Slate
- Black Culture Is Not the Problem, N.D.B. Connolly, New York Times
- Few Conservatives Take Police Abuses Seriously, Conor Friersdorf, The Atlantic
- Why the CVS Burned: The rioting in Baltimore wasn’t hooliganism. It was a protest against the depredations of the ghetto economy. Louis Hyman, Slate
- Prosecutor Resigns over Tweet About Baltimore Protesters: ‘Shoot Em. Period.’ Josh Feldman, Mediaite
- Police Accountability: Is It An Unfixable Problem? Coyote Blog
- Angry CNN Reporter Goes Off On Baltimore Cop: ‘Are We Under Martial Law?’ Josh Feldman, Mediaite
- Wells Fargo Is Baltimore’s Real Looter, Marc Belisle, Reverb Press
- Inside the Military-Police Center That Spies on Baltimore’s Rioters, Adam Weinstein, Phase Zero
- Middle Eastern States Debate Whether to Intervene in Baltimore, Roger Pumper, The Israeli Daily
May 2, 2015
- Bail set for charged Baltimore cops less than what was set for those arrested for rioting, The Guardian
- Whistleblowing Ex-Baltimore Cop Shows the Price He Paid for Threatening the Blue Code of Silence, Sean Conners, If You Only News
- The rebellion in Baltimore is an uprising against austerity, claims top US academic, Ed Vulliamy, The Guardian
- We Ain’t Choosing No Sides; We Just Choosing Our Side”: The gangs of Baltimore believe they can do a better job policing their community than the police. Amy K. Nelson, Medium
- Twitter Reveals Inequity of Baltimore’s Curfew Enforcement, DC Brand 99
- Right-Wing Media Publishes Sexist Story Ogling Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby, Keith Brekhus, PoliticusUSA
May 3, 2015
- Baltimore’s new plantations: Race, police and how little things have changed since Frederick Douglass, Corey Robin, Salon
- Why Fox News Had the Best Baltimore Coverage, Ana Marie Cox, The Daily Beast
- Paul Ryan: Baltimore is stuck in ‘poverty trap’ because welfare benefits are too lucrative, David Edwards, Raw Story
May 4, 2015
- ‘The Game Done Changed’: Reconsidering ‘The Wire’ Amidst the Baltimore Uprising, Dave Zirin, The Nation
- ‘Our Demand Is Simple: Stop Killing Us’, Jay Caspian Kang, New York Times
- Baltimore FOP Launches ‘My Life Matters’ Campaign After 6 Arrested For Murder, John Prager, Addicting Info
May 5, 2015
- Black Protesters Aren’t Thugs—They’re Patriots, Imani Gandy, RH Reality Check
- Helpful Responses To Baltimore* (*Helpfulness Not Guaranteed), Tom Tomorrow, The Nib
- Freddie Gray officer threatened to kill himself and ex-partner’s husband, court document alleges, Jon Swaine and Oliver Laughland, The Guardian
- Surveillance planes spotted in the sky for days after West Baltimore rioting, Craig Timberg, Washington Post
- Angry White Man Tears Baltimore Protesters Apart In Jaw-Dropping Rant, Elisabeth Parker, Reverb Press
May 6, 2015
- This isn’t 1968 and Clinton isn’t Dukakis, Radley Balko, Washington Post
- Another CNN Fail: The Myth of the “Professional Protestor”, Kevin Gosztola, AlterNet
- Baltimore mayor requests federal investigation into city’s police, Oliver Laughland, The Guardian
- Why Cops Like Me Are Quiet, Graham Campbell, BuzzFeed
- Key and Peele Take a Hard Jab at Police Brutality and Racism in America, Laura Donovan, attn:
May 7, 2015
- Why do we applaud rebellion in film, but not in Baltimore’s streets? Christopher R. La Motte, Baltimore Sun
- Politics of Freddie Gray incident spills into case of officer who slit dog’s throat, Doug Donovan, Baltimore Sun
May 8, 2015
- A rush to judgment against 6 Baltimore police officers for the death of Freddie Gray? Hardly. Lisa Bloom, Avvo Naked Law
- Violence surges as Baltimore police officers feel hesitant, Justin Fenton and Justin George, Baltimore Sun
- Officer in Freddie Gray case demanded man’s arrest as part of personal dispute, Jon Swaine and Oliver Laughland, The Guardian
May 9, 2015
- White America’s half century of shame: How the media’s Baltimore racism reveals a shocking lack of progress, Chauncey deVega, Salon
- Report: Cop in Freddie Gray Case Demanded Arrest of Ex’s Husband, Brendan O’Connor, Gawker
May 11, 2015
- Records: Thousands too injured to enter Baltimore jail, Associated Press, via MSN
- Increased Violence, Dejected Officers Spark Fear of Baltimore Police Slowdown, Evan McMurry, Mediaite
May 17, 2015
May 20, 2015
- One month later, exposing the lies of the Baltimore Police in the death of Freddie Gray, Shaun King, Daily Kos
May 21, 2015
- Six Officers Have Been Officially Indicted for the Death of Freddie Gray, Jon Levine, News.Mic
May 26, 2015
- Why Baltimore Blew Up, Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
May 28, 2015
- Baltimore Police Union Now Says Officers Afraid To Do Their Jobs After Freddie Gray Case, Nicolás Medina Mora, BuzzFeed News
June 1, 2015
- Please listen, white Facebook friends: This is what you need to understand about race and the police, Musa al-Gharbi, Salon
June 18, 2015
- Criminal Neglect: By refusing to police the streets, Baltimore’s cops are fueling the city’s lawlessness and violence. Jamelle Bouie, Slate
June 25, 2015
- Baltimore police rebuked for ‘uncorroborated’ gang threat report on day of Freddie Gray funeral, Alison Knezevich, Ian Duncan and Luke Broadwater, Baltimore Sun (h/t socialistexan)
June 27, 2015
- Baltimore Police Called Out For Making Up ‘Gang Violence’ Stories To Scare Public, Reagan Ali and S. Wooten, Counter Current News (h/t socialistexan)
September 3, 2015
- Former commissioner says Baltimore police intentionally let murders spike because their feelings were hurt, Bonnie Kristian, Rare
See also:
- Police: Dog’s throat cut; Officer charged with animal cruelty, Jayne Miller, WBAL-TV, June 18, 2014
- Baltimore police officer slashed dog’s throat, authorities say, Faith Karimi and Kevin Conlon, CNN, June 19, 2014
- Ex-Baltimore cop labeled ‘rat’ after police brutality claim, Rich Schapiro, New York Daily News, January 14, 2015
- Cop Who Held Small Dog Down While Another Officer Slit Its Throat Won’t Face Charges, John Prager, Addicting Info, January 16, 2015
- Baltimore to send water turn-off notices to 25,000 delinquent customers, Luke Broadwater, Baltimore Sun, March 26, 2015
