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Daily Video December 17 2015

Trial of first officer in Freddie Gray case ends in mistrial
The trial for one of the six Baltimore police officers implicated in the death of Freddie Gray while in their custody last April ended in a mistrial Wednesday after the jury failed to reach consensus.
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Daily Video November 25 2015

Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder of black teenager
A seventeen-year-old black teenager was shot 16 times by a white police officer in October of last year for allegedly puncturing a police car’s tire with a folding knife.
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Daily Video June 10 2015

Police response to Texas pool party prompts outrage
Video of an altercation between a white police officer and black teenagers outside a pool in a Dallas suburb gained national attention due to the officer’s behavior.
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Student Voices May 22 2015

“Change is coming to Baltimore”: youth debate the legacy of Freddie Gray
Some feel that our city was misrepresented by the media, and some feel that the riots are the only way Baltimore’s distress can be heard. The issues are still there, connecting and restricting us like an invisible thread.
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Daily Video May 05 2015

Curfew lifted, Baltimore residents move forward
Life in Baltimore is returning to normal after weeks of protest that followed the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray while in police custody.
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Daily Video April 29 2015

Distrust of police was rampant in Freddie Gray’s Baltimore neighborhood
Baltimore police commissioner Anthony Bratts acknowledged that the city’s police force had failed to form a strong relationship with the community.
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Daily Video April 28 2015

Baltimore protests after Freddie Gray dies in police custody
The death of a man in Baltimore who was in police custody has sparked a series of protests, violence and calls for change to the Baltimore Police Department.
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Daily Video August 12 2014

Anger and unrest in Missouri after police kill unarmed teenager
Witnesses say that Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old from a suburb of St. Louis, did not resist officers and put his hands over his head even as he was shot repeatedly.
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