the freddie gray arrest and the freddie gray killing which led to this. it was the proximate cause of this arrest in baltimore. the arrest happened on april 12th. if you know anything about this story, you know mr. gray was arrested for a reason that's still rather murky. he was taken into custody by baltimore police. you see that footage here. he's limp as they bring him into the back of a police van. by the time he ended up getting out of that police van -- by the time that police van arrived at its destination at the police station he was unconscious. this happened on april 12th. freddie gray then went into a coma and he died on april 19th. his family says that when he died his spinal cord was nearly severed and they believe that whatever killed him happened to him after he was taken into custody either before he was put into that van or once he was in that van. now what has happened this evening is that for the first time some information has surfaced about what maybe the police investigation into freddie gray's death. an affidavit part of an applicat

demonstrators demand answers in the death of freddie gray. the man mysteriously injured during his arrest. this morning, explosive new allegations about how gray may have become injured in police custody. we are live. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans in new york this morning. >> and i'm john berman live in baltimore. about 30 minutes past the hour. standing in front of city hall where there are national guard and maryland state troopers and baltimore police on watch in this park which is empty this morning, but was filled with demonstrators at dusk overnight. now the story here this morning is calm. the crowds disbursed quickly as the curfew set in at 10:00 p.m. as quiet as it was here last night, it was busy on streets across the country. thousands of protesters out calling for justice in the death of freddie gray. this all coming as we learn more new information about what may have caused gray's fatal spinal injury in police custody. it is an explosive new report in "the washington post." i want to bring in cnn's athena j

we're just getting reaction from the family of freddie gray. jim handly has that. jim? >> blocks away from where this violence erupted was the funeral for freddie gray just two hours after they celebrated his life. the family spokesman, the family attorney spoke with family members and supporters gathered around him at the church today. here's what he had to say. >> this isn't a white/black issue. it's an issue of how do we treat ourselves as human beings. we love this city and we are here to work as hard as we can and as long as we can until this problem is solved. this is not going away. >> loretta lynch, the new attorney general just sworn in today, also issued a statement today saying the civil rights investigation into gray's death will continue and she also condemned today's violence. at the live desk jim handly. >> thank you, jim. maryland's governor, larry hogan, activated an emergency request after a request from the mayor. jackie bensen is live. jackie? >> reporter: doreen the effort to restore order on the streets in baltimore is being coordinated here from t

we saw that freddie gray was hurt going in that van. we also know that when he got in that van none of us know what happened other than he was hurt going into the van. so if you're hurt going into the van and you're in excruciating pain you're going to continue to be in pain. i don't know how that the reports are saying that now that means that he hurt himself and that he broke his own back. he injured his own spine. it's just not logical. and it's telling us what we saw in the video is not what happened. and that's just not fact. >> that is a frustration. you know people on social media have been saying it looks like he was injured getting into the van. how could you be saying it happened in the van. dee, what's your reaction? if there ends up being no charges in this case our justice reporters are saying that's a real possibility, right, that there may not be, what will the reaction be? is there any way to convince the community that the investigation has been fair and thorough? obviously we don't have dee's audio. he could hear me bu

they're calling for justice for freddie gray. that's a 25-year-old black man who died days after being arrested by white police officers. he had been in a coma. gray's family says police severed his spine. we're showing you right now live pictures of the protests in baltimore at 7:00 eastern. these protesters as we said thousands at this hour calling for an end to police brutality. they're also holding signs that read "black lives matter." the crowds at this moment making their way to the site where gray was originally taken into custody. at that time police dragged him into a van. he was screaming in pain. let me play that for you. >> ah. [ bleep ]. ah! >> the outrage has been building ever since this video of gray's arrest was made public and tonight, we can report that the justice department has now launched a civil rights investigation into gray's death. miguel marquez begins our coverage in baltimore. he's with the protesters tonight. miguel what are you seeing right now? >> very much with the protesters. these young men are

scott, and now, sadly, freddie gray. all of these african-american young men were killed at the hands of local police officers. ultimately, they are tragic examples of the risk of racial profiling and the use of excessive force. amy: that is congressmember john conyers after richard using a bill against racial profiling. lawrence bell, would you call stopping a man while he is running racial profiling? again, the police union attorney said yesterday in the news conference that if they are running in a high crime area that is cause enough. i was just watching on television, the former police chief of baltimore being interviewed come a and he said, no -- former police chief. he said, no, running is not enough. lawrence bell, your thoughts? >> i think these people need to study the law. it is a concept of probable cause exists. it is absurd to say somebody be simply running after making eye contact with the police officer is probable cause. it makes you wonder where these people are being trained and where they get this men

freddie gray's family denies that gray was trying to injury himself. their attorney said we disagree with any implication that freddie gray severed his own spinal cord. i wanted you to know what the post report says. we are hearing from the baltimore police officers under investigation. a family member of one of the officers involved in the arrest talked with don lemon. >> what did he say happened? >> he believes that whatever happened to mr. gray happened before he was transported. >> according to your loved one, what took so long to get medical help? >> they don't know. they have not discussed that with us. what took so long. we didn't ask what took so long. i think the officers that chased him and handcuffed him and had him on the ground and he said that he was hurting, i think they should know he needed medical attention. shouldn't that be their call to make? >> is the department racist? >> that's a fair question. are there some bad apples? yes. >> again, you have this report with this family member speaking to don lemon suggesting that the notion

also saying they're going to fight for freddie gray. all night, all day, we will fight for freddie gray, things like that. freddie gray has become a very very passionate cause and it's been palpable on the streets of baltimore for the fourth night runninging. >> all right, thank you very much brian todd. we'll go back to brian as he gets more. as you can hear more and more people are gathering as rush hour finishes up there, blocking streets on the streets of baltimore again. now, what's interesting is that today the baltimore police officer union is strongly defending all six officers. they've been suspended from the force. the union said today that officers had the right to arrest freddie gray. they say that they were doing exactly the right thing when gray took off running with a knife on april 12th. joe johns is out front in baltimore. >> something happened in that van, we just don't know what. >> reporter: what exactly happened to 25-year-old freddie gray remains a mystery tonight, even after an attorney for the baltimore city poli

at the western district freddie gray an ambulance was called rather for freddie gray. mr. gray was placed in an ambulance and he was transported to shock trauma where he died a week later. our investigative team is dedicating every resource at our disposing to each and every one of these sites. it's come flex. it involves a minutia of details. it requires our full talents, our full time. and we're going to get this right. but in order to get it right, we've got to fully investigate our interactions with mr. gray at each and every stop along the way. we have to identify civilian witnesses who may have been present at each and every stop along the way. we have to identify police officers who may have been present at each and every stop of the way. and we're continually combing through video footage to identify additional footage that will help us in the investigation. in fact yesterday -- you're going to receive at least a still photo that we recovered from a cc tv camera yesterday that shows our police officers interacting with mr. gray at the of the apprehension along the

the family of freddie gray pleading for peace. the police commissioner warned outside agitators, outside demonstrators to not try to stir things up but if you look at the hometowns of the more than 30 people arrested on saturday into the early morning sunday most of them were from baltimore. what are you seeing where you are? >> that they were from baltimore and this is a very, very disturbing development. in this neighborhood where freddie gray was arrested a couple weeks ago. they were very much over it after saturday's event. thought it got too heated, to violent between protestors and police. and now this on the day of freddie gray's funeral and just a half mile from the church a very very powerful service for 25-year-old freddie gray, and now this. the city is is going to have a tough time putting this back in the box. this is how they are reacting on this particular day, because they did not expect it. i think that the police at western district which is in the epicenter of the protest here most angry, but mostly people prot

not very far from where freddie gray was picked up. also not far from the western district chds why ma police van was headed. as you mentioned, this was just revealed today in the press conference that the police gave a short while ago in conjunction with turning over those findings to the state's attorney's office. this is a grocery store, owned by a korean family. we understand from a neighbor who knows the family that they don't speak english very well. and we also believe that we note the neighbor told us that this store was looted on monday night, which is when we believe the cameras, you can see the security cameras outside of that store. those wires have been cut. but we believe, of course, they were working, and that's how the police were able to get this video. but of course this is a new, this is a new piece of information. it doesn't lead us closer to knowing exactly what happened inside that van, but it's very interesting to learn there is a second stop. let me quickly go with you through what we knew before. we knew as of

how did freddie gray die? what was the cause of death? and there is no guarantee that an autopsy will present the answer to that question which means you may have to bring more experts. so i think a month, two months is far from out of the question. it is far better though i think to be late, to be slow than to be wrong. and i think if it takes a while it's going to take a while. but it really is important for prosecutors and police to get this one right. >> on another subject, you're friends with the mayor, today she came out and said basically that she got it wrong, that she shouldn't have called the young people who were being violent on the streets monday thugs. she regretted that. it's interesting she's now come forward and said that. >> i have been critical of the mayor in terms of those remarks. she is a very close friend of mine. but i was surprised she chose to use that word. she is very measured, she's a critical thinker. sheesz she's sensitive to the issues facing communities of color. what is also interesting to me is that peo

a lot of people want to tie it to freddie gray. freddie gray was the last straw for some of these children that want everyone to feel their pain. >> talking so eloquently there councilman about the perspective of kids and teenagers in your district and in west baltimore, what do you think's going to happen tomorrow with schools being closed? it putting a lot of families in a difficult situation, particularly if parents are in a place where they can't get time off in short notice. i can imagine being the parent of a west baltimore teenager and not wanting my child to be unsupervised and on his or her own in this environment when there's been so many kids in these situations today, but what's going to happen with the schools closed tomorrow. what do you expect with the kids at west baltimore. >> imagine if you are the parent of a first grade irr. it throwing offers off the day. i'm not sure how that adds into a productive day. what we've done is basically for the folks who are causing the desfrux, who are causing the violence we've b

it's not only about freddie gray, there are a lot of freddie grays everywhere in america and everybody's tired of it. we're tired of it. it's never going to be no justice. the system never was made to be justice for us. it was never made like that. so it's never going to be. if this is what takes for all y'all to be here this what it takes, this right here, strtfor the destruction of baltimore to happen don't act like baltimore is spanking brand-new. y'all took all of that. when we tried to y'all still wanted to take it away. it's only going to get worse. >> rev, i think you can hear -- thank you very much. thank you both. i think you can hear the passion. this is what we've been hearing all day, rev. people are very passionate and angry, but everyone was peaceful. as they were marching was, we love baltimore, we want peace. that was the chant all the crowd was doing as they got here. very passionate and angry, but a very peaceful gathering here at city hall. >> you're right, joy, i've heard that all over baltimore today. joy, stay with us. i want to bring in msnbc's trymaine lee. what d

avenue, and that's when freddie gray ran from the police. we made an apprehension1700 blo pressberry. we stated earlier and confirming again today that the first stop of the wagon after the apprehension site was at mount and baker. the second stop has been revealed to us during the course of our investigation and was previously unknown to us. we discovered this new stop based on our thorough and comprehensive and ongoing review of all cctv cameras and privately owned cameras and in fact, this new stop has been -- was discovered from a privately owned camera. so the new stop by our wagon was at freedmont and mozer. again, that's new to us. and from there, the wagon stopped next at druid hill and dolphin, then at north avenue and pennsylvania avenue, to pick up an additional prisoner, and then the wagon arrived at the western district. from the western district, mr. gray was then transported to shock trauma, where he died a week later. our investigation continues. we continue to work in partnership with the state's attorney office. major stan

she's covering the investigation of the death of freddy gray. jane, your reaction to tonight's report in "the washington post," which in effect is a leaked document of a police detective's account, which in effect says freddie gray did it to himself. i'm going to read it again to the audience here. the lead of "the washington post" article breaking within the hour is a prisoner sharing a police transport van with freddie gray told investigators that he could hear gray banging against the walls of the vehicle and believed that he was intentionally trying to injure himself according to a police document obtained by "the washington post." jane, your reaction? >> we reported previously long before this that by the time that stop is made to pick up that privileger, that according to or sources freddie gray was unresideble. >> just a second. you're saying freddie gray was first alone in the van -- >> no, no. . >> how long was he alone in the van before the second prisoner gets in the van? >> he was alone in the van about 8:42 on the morning of april 1

this didn't start with freddie gray. if you look at the arrest record in baltimore, you can see it's been going on for a long time. in fact, the police department paid $5 million just a few months back to settle lawsuits in over 60 different cases where they were found to have violated the rights of individuals. so, it's a real frustration. it is unfortunate that the ugly part of it is showing its head and we're just calling on men throughout the community to come out, like i'm out, and like others are out tonight, go into the crowds talk to these young men, as a way that only a man can talk to another man, and to stand there and try to find a way to tell them that this is not the way to do it. if there's a better way, at the end of the day, if we don't get justice for freddie gray we would have failed. >> what do you think we're going to get here? are we going to get a report from the police that's going to tell us how a guy gets his spinal cord broken during police custody? i mean there can't be any good reason for tha

i think it is more than just what happened to freddie gray. i think it is people are saying how come we are living in the richest country in the history of the world, our kids can't go to college, we don't have child care for our kids rkts, no jobs. i think that's significantly what it's about. >> senator, why are you running, doing this? >> i tell you why i'm doing it. this is my first day out there, and i'm feeling good about it. this country today, ed faces more crises than we have faced since the great depression and if you throw in climate change which the scientists are telling us is the major global crisis that we face, is probably worse off than the great depression. i don't see people talking about this issue. i don't see politicians working on this issue. and i think it's time that we address it. and getting back to your point. the only way that change takes place in my view is when millions of people stand up and say, enough is enough. and it's not just with police brutality. enough is enough when the great middle class of this coun

gray and what happened to freddie gray. and what they want to see is justice for what happened to freddie gray. still, so many unanswered questions. there had been a big expectation among some people and i talked to one of the pastors who was in schools today, trying to tamp down young people's expectations for what's going to happen on friday. because a lot of the young people he was talking to were saying to him they were thinking charges might be brought on friday or at least some kind of resolution or answer would be given from authorities about what happened to freddie gray. the message, the pastor was getting out, the message the gray family attorney was trying to get out to a crowd here last night when we were on the air is that we're -- the public is not going to learn friday probably not going to learn anymore details about what happened to freddie gray and to try to tamp down expectations. so there's not high expectations and a lot of disappointment. i want to bring in our legal analyst, sunny hostin, who has work

because we knew freddie gray. but we're all here because we know lots of freddie grays. amy: we will speak to reverend jesse jackson after headlines. not far from the upheaval in baltimore, loretta lynch was sworn in as the nation's first african-american woman attorney general at a ceremony in washington, d.c. >> is a little girl from north carolina who used to tell her grandfather to f on the back of his mule so she could see way up high granddaddy, can grow up to become the chief law enforcement officer of the united states of america, we can do anything. amy: lynch released a statement on the situation in baltimore, vowing to -- "bring the full resources of the department of justice to bear in protecting those under threat, investigating wrongdoing, and securing an end to violence." the justice department is investigating freddie gray's death. the prime minister of nepal has warned the death toll from saturday's devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake could reach 10,000. the toll now stands at over 4,300 and is c

freddy gray. and the young guys out here showing their frustration and venting and being angry and doing it in an unproductive way, they are carrying their father's and grandfather's burden. >> you are a democrat right? >> yes. >> and is this on you guys the democratic rule here and is this an idea that you haven't gotten it done as a party or structure here and is that the focus on the blame? >> leadership is not based off of party lines, and at the end of the day, have there been failed policies? yes. all of these things directly play into recidivism and it's all about leadership and not about parties. >> since you have grown up is it different today than it was? is it better? >> no not in certain communities, no. certain communities have been stagnant. >> o'malley saying i am going to run on the back of how i changed baltimore, and you are saying that's not impressive? >> i am not saying there is nothing impressive about o'malley and we are talking about baltimore. >> one in every three is in p

we will get justice for freddie gray. believe you me, we will get justice. we're going to do it because we're going to work together. with the nation watching three black women at three different levels can't get justice and healing for this community, you tell me where we're going to get it in our country. so i want to thank the department of justice for coming here today. community relations service, independent. i can't remember what you told me but i know you don't prosecute and you don't do something else but what you do is stand in the middle and make sure the process is right and the communities are able to heal while we seek justice. i want to thank you for being here. they're going to discuss at some point some training of community marshals. what we saw in baltimore were people standing up against the rioters, against the people who were looting and stealing. those people i want to thank and those people we want to make sure they get more resources. i want to thank the department of justice for doing that. i want to thank you for your indulgence. i

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this is not just about freddie gray at this point. this is about economics. 2/3 you go to baltimore, it's like north philadelphia. it's one of the cities that has not come back like new york or some of these other places, washington, d.c. is another one. we have a big economic problem in this country. and a lot of it has to do with race. and we are not doing a good job in our inner city schools. and that's the pass out. so we still have a lot of stuff to discuss that is an echo of 196. and we ought to be using this to discuss that and get something done. and i hope it isn't just papered over with an autopsy report and all this stuff. it's not just about freddie gray. >> first thing we need is the autopsy. >>> still ahead, the pastor who helped fund and develop that senior citizen center that was burned down on monday night. what he thinks what has been happening. he'll be with us in just a minute. >>> and we're awaiting a news conference by baltimore police coming out in just a few moments that will be interesting when they tell us th

gray freddie gray was arrested and loaded into a police van. by the time he got out of the police van he had a nearly severed spine and the crushed voice box. although baltimore has had peaceful protests since then many people in baltimore have been calling for peace, even putting themselves between police officers and the enraged public public, we have seen people throw rocks and bricks at police officers, and police responded with some of the same bricks and with projectiles and tear gas. 15 officers were hurt in today's clashes. most of them minor injuries, but two injured seriously enough that they are still hospitalized tonight. in just the last hour we have heard from the family of freddie gray and the family's supporters. they've been calling for an end to violence. the family's lawyer spoke about the ongoing investigations into mr. gray's death. >> we don't want to rush to justice. we don't want that. we want justice. we want accurate fact finding, no matter how long it takes, as long as it doesn't get stretched out unreasonably. we wan

freddy gray his mom might have beat him, too. there is no evidence to say beating my kid will stop him from being arrested or going to jail. what is difficult for me is what seems to be the ease that we have with black girl pain and violence and how it seems like entertainment, and this is what we loop over and over again, whether it's a beatdown in mcdonald's, right, or whether it's glamorous women beating each other up side the head with a bottle. you know what i mean? we are so comfortable with seeing black women violently expressing themselves desperate in whatever measure. so this image, over and over and over again, it plays into that troep of the angry black woman. we have to negotiate all the angles of it and look at the sassy black girl that got her son. it represents so much. >> so interesting. thank you so much. i appreciate you being here. i'll be right back. vo: today's the day. more and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about long-acting levemir®. as my diabetes changed it got harder to control my blood

but first, new details about the arrest of freddie gray. it's thursday april 30th and this is "now." >>> major marches are set to begin at any moment in baltimore. the demonstrations come just hours after baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake sounded defiant at the national action network. >> i know we have problems. and i was determined to fix them. we will get justice for freddie gray, believe you me we will give you justice. we're going to work together because if with the nation watching, three black women at three different levels can't get justice and healing for this community, you tell me where we're going to get it in our country. >> shortly before that the baltimore police announced they have completed their initial investigation into the death of freddie gray who 25-year-old baltimore man suffered fatal injuries in police custody earlier this month. >> this does not mean that the investigation is over. if new evidence is found, we will follow it. if new direction is given by the state's attorney's we will obey it and follow th

>> so this is about freddie gray? >> it's not just about freddie gray. let me finish. we haven't heard anything within the 15 days so this is the condition we're in right? so the same point. we're at a moment in this country where we're looking at policing practices and patterns all over this country. there's heightened tension everywhere. so i think when we see it here we also see remnants of ferguson, missouri. i've been on your show a couple of times in october and in august reporting around this. so we're seeing very similarities around how the mayor is covering here and baltimore as well as in ferguson. >> all right. dante, stand by a second. we're going to take a quick break. we've going to have the coverage of the governor's press conference coming up in just a few minutes, and our live coverage of the protests and the violence in baltimore continues after this. just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. f

this is not just about freddie gray. this is about a national problem. one girl i just spoke with a young woman named angela told me this is about police ignoring the cry for treating everyone equally. she said we want answers, and we want them now. there is a sense here that they're not getting answers. i know the process takes time, but they want answers from baltimore and they say nationwide they're seeing this happen. i did have an interesting conversation jake with a chief inspector of the philadelphia police here. joe sullivan. here's what he told me. he said protestors are citizens, not suspects. our job as police is to keep them safe while they exercise their first amendment rights. he is not worried about violence tonight. he said we have a history in this city of peaceful protest, that's what tonight is going to be. look around me people are voicing opinions but very peaceful and in terms of police presence they are very well equipped tonight to handle whatever happens, but thousands certainly expected, jake. [ applause ] [ cheers and applause

gray, but they know so many freddie grays. tell me about that. >> every one of us knows somebody that's been the victim of police brutality whether seriously injured or not. many of us know people have died, or knew people who died because of it. this is something that causes the cup to runneth over, for us to reach the boiling point. i think you see this violence as a result of these kids getting tired of being harassed and senselessly treated, unjustly treated by the police. but that doesn't justify violence against anybody. chances are overwhelming that the police who arrived at the scene didn't do anything to these kids or anybody else. the chances are overwhelming that innocent adults are going to be caught up in this who didn't have any reason to be hurt. merchants in the community will be scared to do business and close their doors. we've seen this scenario before. it's not a pretty picture. we should not be involved in violence. what we probably need to do is have a huge peace march in all of these neighborhoods to let

he delivered a eulogy at freddie gray's funeral today. jamal bryant tell us about that funeral today and how much time lapsed between the end of the funeral and when this activity broke out this afternoon? >> the funeral really was a heartwarming moment for the family. gave them a peace and solace and prayerfully some closure. we were actually en route back from the cemetery when getting the news of the uprising taking place across baltimore. it was disturbing and disenchanting considering we called for a day of no marching and no protesting. to be met with this news is painful and regrettable. it gives a black eye to the legacy of what we've been doing over the last seven days. >> you said hours ago from the scene there in the street that you were going to help activate people from your churches, from other churches, men to go out there into the streets and help bring calm to those streets. how has that been working so far? >> it's been moving. yesterday, what the news did not cover is the blood and krips gangs signed a peace treaty. i e

you can see a balloon memorial over here to freddie gray posted at the spot where freddie gray was arrested and dragged into that van. within the hour the protesters are expected to gather here. and we're also told they may be gathering at local churches to converge on the west baltimore police precinct. and that's going to proceed down this way. the protests are going to proceed down here, we believe. that's what they've been doing over the last few days. the rain has let up. so maybe more of a gathering than we may have anticipated a few hours ago. five of the six officers suspended in this case have given statements to investigators we are told by baltimore police and we are expected to hear soon this hour from the lawyer for those officers who were suspended in the freddie gray case. so that hopefully will garner more information. five of the six officers involved in the case have given statements to police, we are told this afternoon, jake. >> and, brian, of course, there's a presumption of innocence. we still don't e know what the story is from the six police officers in question. and

today was freddie gray's funeral. that is going to take second seat to the disruption that is going on right now. >> jayne, for those folks who are tuning in now and are unfamiliar with the geography of baltimore, we're looking at west baltimore right now. is that correct? >> are you looking at the -- >> northwest baltimore. it's about ten minutes from where the freddie gray incident started. >> and the funeral was nearby that. >> the funeral was on the other side of town. northeast baltimore. >> northeast versus northwest. >> i'm sorry, no. that's not correct. the funeral was -- i'm sorry. the funeral was -- i was thinking of the viewing. the viewing was in northeast baltimore. the funeral today was also in northwest baltimore. not far from the mall where you're seeing the service is now. >> we were talking to benjamin wallace. he was saying a lot of the kids involved in this protest would have been near the mall anyway at the close of school which was around 3:00. >> it's a big transit stop. so it's a normal flow. i

. >> all of this follows the funeral for freddie gray. he's the young man from baltimore who died just over a week ago about a week after he was arrested and was in police custody. >> we have team coverage now of all that's been going on up there for quite a long time. we begin with tisha thompson. with a report on the very latest developments up there in baltimore. >> jim, that's right. we have been here since this began and wanting to start with new video of mondawmin mall. video from the ground. this is what it looked like we of course have been showing folks video from helicopt this is the first you are getting from the actual street level. >> this was recorded earlier. this was the initial area the genesis at mondawmin mall where the social media and the fliers said start here and move towards city hall. this is where all that video we were seeing from 3:00 coming here and from a chopper and now seeing it at eye level down on the ground. >> you can see quite a few police officers. we want to let you know that there are at least 30 po

riots breaking out over the death of freddie gray. a man who died after mysteriously being injured after an arrest this month. buildings set on fire. stores looted. police officers attacked. breaking news coverage begins right now. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. it is tuesday, april 28th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. west baltimore may be described as a war zone after 12 hours of rioting. new fires this morning. new stores looted. overnight, police officers under attack from rioters. baltimore schools are closed today in the interest of student safety. a 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. curfew begins tonight. correspondent jason carroll is out in it all. good morning, jason. >> reporter: good morning, christine. if you look behind me, this is where much of the rioting broke out here last night. you can still see state police. they are still out here in riot gear standing there holding that position there. a bobcat and an armorred vehicle next to them. such sad night for baltimore. 15 officers injured. businesses burned. cars looted.

he also vowed anyone who harmed freddie gray will be prosecuted. >>> we are learning now freddie gray is not the first person to come out of a police van with some political injuries or the first to have died from them. turns out court records show us baltimore cops have a disturbing history of being accused of intentionally roughing up handcuffed prisoners who can't brace themselves from being given what people on the street call the cowboy ride. our scott broom is live in baltimore with more on that. scott, the cowboy ride? >> reporter: yeah. they call it the cowboy ride or the rough ride, sort of a version of street justice where bliss throw somebody in the back of a street van. they can't -- police throw somebody in the back of a street van. they can't protect themself and slam on the brakes or take tight turns. turns out baltimore has been on the losing end of millions of dollars of lawsuits involving this practice. his name was jeffrey alston, like freddie gray he ended up with a spinal cord injury after a rough ride after a baltimore arrest. a jury awarded him 39 million. >> wh

freddie gray's eulogy gave a broader picture. pastor jamal bryant said gray "had to feel at age 25 like the walls were closing in on him." baltimore's use needs a way to push back no question about it and maybe this time they've got the attention of the country. joining me this evening, davon love. great to have both of you with us tonight. dr. peterson how do we reverse the hopes and dreams of a neighborhood that has been decimated by economic conditions, and no one has really said that they're going to step up and invest in the economic job training or the infrastructure that's going to be needed to turn this around. >> what's next? >> acknowledge the history, acknowledge the post-industrial conditions of a city like baltimore. secondly is to -- if we want to start to identify the resources that need to be channelled toward communities, is to better understand that baltimore is a tale of two cities. it's a city where there's great institutions like johns hopkins university. some interesting and profitable businesses there. grea

is about freddie gray/this isn't about freddie gray, this is about larger things, about hooligans being opportunistic. what is your sense of it? >> you know, it stemmed definitely from, you know the freddie gray situation, but at the end of the day, as i stated before, there's been a bunch of freddie grays that the world don't even know about. there's been a bunch of you know young guys brutalized by the police that's not even being seen right now. or even -- or even being, you know publicized right now. so at the end of the day, what i'm saying to the world, what i'm saying to you, i'm saying that we're going to react as peacefully and positively and we're going to promote peace, positivity, and love as much as we can. but at the end of the day, we're waiting for that verdict. and i cannot promise you that you know we won't react in a manner that you know that they won't understand. >> like we saw last night. keenan richardson, thank you for coming out. for what you're doing. >> i appreciate it. >> i believe we have tanesha mart on the phone right now, is that correct? >> that's correc

you can check in each and every -- >> is this about freddie gray or is this about freddie gray. this is just icing on the cake. this is letting the people know. >> leland we're talking -- sean i want you to ask us. if the minority. what is it about them that she does not like. how did she get to so strong bus tekt. the police department here as mostly minorities. >> why do you think you have a police department and these things yet we're hearing the same kind of affair out of you when there's alone, or are there other problems. >> i certainly got roads around merlin you understand? >> you mean on a break. >> we have to take a break here. leland vitter by the way, thank you for great reporting, courageous reporting on the ground in baltimore. we have to take a quick break. we'll come back. we'll have more of our continuing coverage as baltimore burns, as looting continues tonight on "hannity." ♪ if you're looking for a car that drives you... ...and takes the wheel right from your very hands... ...this isn't that car. the first and only car with direct adaptive steering. ♪ the

freddie gray would not want this. you can't allow him to die -- and violence does not beget violence. violence just brings more violence. it does not bring justice. and just stop. this is really sad. really extremely disappointing. especially since i've been on the ground and seeing all the positive work. i mean it's amazing to see so many children who felt so voiceless and so disenfranchised from the process all week you know, push and push and push and act in a very peaceful way of protesting, what they know the wrongs have been for decades. unfortunately, this is all we'll see the next couple of days. >> and councilman, i do understand when you see this because this is your home. this is your neighborhood. >> this is my community. i live five minutes away tr herefrom here. >> the sadness you're feeling as you look at those pictures and if you were down on that corner you understand there's the issue of trust, because you brought it up. it's trust of the police department. it's trust of the elected government. and t

this centers on the death of freddie gray while in police custody. his family is going to speak any moment now, and we have team coverage of the situation with our reporters in every corner of the city. leon: we get started with maryland bureau chief brad bell. you were standing by for a statement? brad: yeah, that is happening right now at the shiloh church. a quick look at the family. i think perhaps we can play a sound bite from a moment ago. the family is pleading with the city for peacce. >> this is a wonderful coming together tonight, and my main interest is facilitating this. everybody has been asking us everybody wants to know. now you know. now, these ministers appear, men from all walks of life, they came together because to a person they are interested in stopping the violence, and they are to a person they are interested in police brutality and to a person -- let me ask you all a question -- how any of you know somebody close to you or yourself have been victims of police brutality, please raise your hand. look all around. look all around

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freddie gray's sister spoke at the press conference. freddie wouldn't want this. baltimore's mayor was disappointed to see the city and see the violence in our city this evening. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake pointed out 95% of the protesters were peaceful and a handful were violent. she called that violence unacceptable. >>> now we turn to the investigation. what we do know, baltimore police admit freddie gray should have received medical attention before he was put inside a police van. gray should have been buckled in and he was not. six officers involved have been suspended with pay. police commissioner, anthony, said they will release the result of their investigation next friday. >>> prince georges county man who grew up in the housing projects where freddie gray was arrested returned there this week to gauge community police relations. west baltimore has become more dangerous. tensions between the community and police had gone from bad to worse, he says, even before the 25-year-old gray was arrested and later died in police custody. >> police relationship g

this is where freddie gray called home. it's also home to more people held in state prisons than any other area in the state of maryland. i met this phenomenal woman. she's 24-year-old kiarra. she's been clean for a year she told me. she's turned her life around after growing up with what she referred to as limited options. and really no parents around. she knows these streets almost better than anyone. what do you think will happen in these communities? >> i'm hoping what will happen in these communities is that people will sign a petition, people will initiate petitions, people will do the right thing and fight rightfully. i hope we instill some intelligence into our youth about the importance is of where we are and where we're from and how to rightfully fight, how to effectively fight for our rights where we're from. >> what what i'm hearing around here if people don't see change or see charges, which is not likely i'm hearing people will -- we thought monday was bad. are you hearing any of that? >> no. >> good. good. so

new video of the arrest of freddie gray. an attorney for the officer says something happened in that van that took freddie gray away adding, we just don't know what. >>> u.s. warships and thousands of u.s. military personnel are ready to block any iranian attempts to arm rebels in yemen. but could it turn into a showdown with iran's navy? >>> and drone scare. a drone carrying radioactive material is found on the roof of japan's equivalent of the white house. could it happen here? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room"." let's begin with the breaking news. angry baltimore residents get ready for a new protest over the death of freddie gray. his fatal spinal cord injury while in police custody has released pent-up rage in the city. a police union lawyer for the arresting officers says something happened in that van, we just don't know what. new video has emerged appearing to showing gray being shackled. five of the six officers suspended after the incident have given statements to investigators. but there are many un