Event Tracking: Baltimore

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Justice Department Plans Investigation of Baltimore Police at Mayor's Request

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1994 American Music Awards

Great Song, to remind Black Men who they are.

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Chris Hayes Spoofs White Power Structure Has No Clue How To Stop Culture Of White On White Violence

Riffing off an article by Gawker columnist Cord Jefferson yesterday, Jefferson and MSNBC host Chris Hayes satirized the right's concern with "black on black ...

It’s a shame that this only happens outside the mainstream. A great critique of media culture that speaks to the hegemony and differences between how media content frame blacks and whites. 

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A Baltimore activist was snatched up by police, black-bag style, on live TV

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Kerry Coddett, Seaton Smith and Phillip Agnew sit down with Larry to examine the anti-police riots in Baltimore and the media's problematic coverage of the crisis.

This is a great illustration of the stereotyping and how that influences news content, and the issue of media content today.

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10 Images of the Baltimore Riots You Won't See on TV

There's so much more happening than destruction of property.

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[democracynow]

How many black males were hurt after we protested peacefully for Trayvon Martin? But now we have their attention. Now there’s a state of emergency. So if this had to happen for them to get a clue, then it has to happen.

A Baltimore resident protesting the killing of Freddie Gray in police custody. Watch Democracy Now! for on the ground coverage of the protests in Baltimore. (via democracynow)

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BREAKING UPDATE: State attorney: Warrant issued for arrest of 6 officers in Freddie Gray case; various charges including murder, manslaughter, assault being leveled: http://abcn.ws/1ApGBbR