Captain Eric Kowalczyk has described the city of Baltimore as an ‘absolute war zone’ as clashes between protesters and police over the death of Freddie Gray continue to escalate with police cars being set ablaze, stores being looted and innocent bystanders get assaulted.
‘I have seven injured officers, one is unresponsive and some have broken bones. This is not okay. We will find the people responsible and put them in jail
‘This is a lawless group of individuals.’
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A man walks past a burning police vehicle as another one burns (right) during unrest in Baltimore on Monday. Helicopters circled overhead as groups of roving youths moved through the city. Television footage showed one group of demonstrators pile on top of and ride a car as it drove along the street
Shameless: A looter carries items from a store he has robbed as police vehicles burn outside Mondawmin Mall in the northwest side of Baltimore
Police van ablaze: Television images showed mobs of rioters jumping on top of a police car, destroying a taxi and setting two other patrol cars on fire after teenaged crowds ignored calls to disperse and clashed with lines of hundreds of police. Gangs had threatened to target police officers, local law enforcement said
Looting: A man carries away what he appears to have stolen from a CBS pharmacy as two police cars burn behind him as Baltimore was set on fire by rioters on Monday afternoon
No laughing matter: Protesters who have looted a check-cashing business and other stores in Baltimore rush away with their haul using a trolley
Escape: Cars have been lit on fire and a large group of youths threw rocks, bricks and other items at police as they stole from CVS and a debit and loan business. As people arrived home from work, some yelled at the youths to stop causing trouble
Lawlessness: The riots broke out just a few blocks from the site of the funeral of 25-year-old Freddie Gray in northwest Baltimore and then spread through other parts of the city in the most violent demonstrations since looting in Ferguson, Missouri, last year
Commuters on their way are home attacked: Demonstrators throw rocks at a bus at the Mondawmin Mall during violent clashes that broke out in Baltimore on Monday
Go home: Police tell protesters to move back as protests over the death of Freddie Gray continue in Baltimore, Maryland on Monday
Rushed: A protestor is confronted by officers after huge riots broke out on the streets of Baltimore between hundreds of demonstrators and police on Monday
Aggression: Youths taunt police as protests over the death of Freddie Gray escalate in Baltimore on Monday after the funeral of Freddie Gray
Fire fight: A Baltimore police cruiser burns after being set alight on Monday following the outbreak of riots in the troubled city
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Hundreds of youths outside a mall in northwest Baltimore are clashing violently with police in riot gear, throwing rocks, bricks and bottles at the officers. Baltimore police say on Twitter that several officers have been injured. Officers are using pepper-spray to keep the protesters back
Confrontation: A police vehicle chases protestors away in a parking lot along Reisterstown Road near Mondawmin Malll on Monday
Fight and fright: A young boy throws a rock at a police van while a woman flees from her car after a smoke grenade lands nearby to her
Police are urging parents to locate their children and bring them home after youths clashed violently with police in Baltimore.Baltimore police made the announcement on its Twitter feed. A group of youths threw bricks, rocks and other items at police during a violent clash hours after the funeral of Freddie Gray. At least seven police officers were injured
Clashes: Baltimore police officers push back demonstrators who were throwing rocks at the police after riots erupted in the city on Monday
Violence erupts: Police drag an injured colleague away from an angry mob who began to pelt officers in riot gear hours after the funeral of Freddie Gray had finished
Unified: Baltimore police officers rush towards demonstrators after they threw rocks and bottles at the police
Chaos: A Baltimore police cruiser is set upon by dozens of rioters. They broke the windows and vandalized the car before reinforcements arrived
Protestors threw rocks and stones at dozens of police in riot gear just hours after Gray was laid to rest at a service attend by 2,500
Violence: Demonstrators throw rocks at the police after the funeral of Freddie Gray. The police struggled to contain them at first
Baltimore police officers detain a demonstrator after clashes with police, after the funeral of Freddie Gray
Baltimore police officer sprays pepper spry to demonstrators in an effort to control the crowd on Monday afternoon after the funeral of Freddie Gray
Hundreds: Officers had to battle hundreds of rioters as the protests unfolded on Monday afternoon in Baltimore and the police began to make arrests as they confronted the rioters
The majority of those throwing rocks and smoke grenades at the police appeared to be young men and the violence caused the University of Maryland, Baltimore to close early.
Initially appearing to struggle to contain the demonstrators, police tactical teams arrived and they were pelted with bottles and rocks and the Baltimore Sun reported that ‘several’ officers were injured.
The clashes followed a widely circulated flier promising a ‘purge’ at 3pm to start at Mondawmin Mall which would end downtown.
The popular meme is based on the movie, ‘The Purge’ which imagines a lawless city.
University of Maryland Baltimore’s website said it was closing early based on advice from police.
A demonstrator taunts police near to Mondawmin Mall after violent protests erupted in Baltimore and hundreds of rioters clashes with heavily armed riot police (right)
Looting: The violent protests by the riots quickly descended into looting. This CVS Pharmacy was seen being ransacked as the situation deteriorated in Baltimore
Arrests: Two mean are taken into custody during the riots that broke out in Baltimore on Monday afternoon
‘Due to reports from the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) concerning scheduled activities today beginning at 3 p.m., UMB will close today at 2 p.m. at the recommendation of the BPD. These activities may be potentially violent and UMB could be in the path of any violence. The safety of our students and employees is of paramount importance please vacate the campus as soon as possible.’
Earlier it was announced, police in Baltimore had gone on high alert over fears their officers will now be targeted in revenge killings following the death of Freddie Gray on April 12.
On the day thousands – including luminaries of the civil rights movement – attended the 25-year-old’s funeral, the Baltimore police department said they have received credible information three gangs want to ‘take out officers’.
Despite years of rivalry and street warfare, it is claimed the Black Guerilla Family, the Bloods and the Crips have ‘entered into a partnership to kill officers’.
The Baltimore PD said they were now taking ‘appropriate precautions’ to ensure they safety of their officers, although they did not say what they were.
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