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And that's the end of that.

- Today a judge will decide

if the charges

against the six officers

should be dropped,

if State's Attorney

Marilyn Mosby

should be taken off the case...

- Freddie Gray!

All night...

All day!

- We will fight

for Freddie Gray!

All night...

- Well, once people realized

that there were charges,

people felt like, "What are we

protesting for still?"

We will fight for Freddie Gray!

- Sidewalk!

Hey, get on the sidewalk!

- But, you know, I knew,

like, I wasn't done.

I had a mission

that convictions

was to be expected

and Freddie Gray got justice.

- What do we want?

- Justice!

- And when do we want it?

- Now!

- Police admit they were once

caught off guard

during the riots,

but now they're prepared.

Hey-hey! Ho-ho!

These killer cops

have got to go!

Hey-hey! Ho-ho!

Those killer cops

have got to go!

Hey-hey!

Ho-ho!

These killer cops

have got to go!

- I'm not resisting!

- Hands behind your head!

- I'm hurt.

- Oh, oh, oh, oh!

- Hands behind your back now!

- I'm hurt!

- You're under arrest.

- I'm hurt!

- I'm gonna Tase you!

- I'm hurt!

I got hit by a...

- Illegal arrest!

Illegal arrest!

- You need to back up.

- Move!

- So we thought

it was really important

to have this civil

disobedience training

in the midst

of what's about to happen

in Baltimore with the start

of the Freddie Gray trials.

And we just thought

it was extremely necessary

to have this,

especially for students

who might be

just recently introduced...

into this.

And while I've engaged

in acts of civil disobedience,

I've never organized one.

When I found out that Kwame

had gotten arrested,

I was extremely frightened,

just because I felt like

stakes were getting higher

and that activists

were getting arrested

for things that weren't

necessarily threatening.

Protests are symbolic.

They're effective,

but they're also cathartic

and therapeutic for the people

who are involved in them.

You need to promise

that you're going to be

ride or die...

well, if you're comfortable

with you're doing that.

Like, you're gonna

be ride or die

for the people

that you're with.

Protest truly is the voice

of people who are unheard,

and protest is not always

a passive action, right?

Protest is not always

marching in the streets,

singing "Kumbaya,"

holding hands,

being silent

and non-disruptive.

- We have to stand

for our sons,

because these are our sons,

and we are sick and tired

of being sick and tired

of their blood

being painted on the streets.

- So people are worried

about, like, the safety

of people who are engaged

in this work

of trying to get justice

for Freddie Gray.

It had a lot to do with the way

protestors had been treated

in the past,

the way I was arrested,

and more and more

as the story grew bigger,

the protests got bigger.

- Mayor

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

has announced that she plans

to make interim commissioner

Kevin Davis

the new Baltimore City

police commissioner.

- Protesting is not

a privilege, Commissioner.

Protesting is a right

that you have to respect

as a servant of the people,

and that's all I want to say.

- History will one day

look specifically back

at this very moment in time

and identify this year...

probably more than

any other year...

that will serve to define

when American policing

began to change.

It's a challenging time

to be a police officer,

but it's an exciting time

to be a police officer.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

- Good evening, everyone.

Till this day...

Commissioner Davis

has never apologized...

for how peaceful protestors

have been treated...

- Yes!

- Arrested...

and are now being prosecuted

by the same State's Attorney

that's supposed to be

bringing charges

against six murderers

that killed Freddie Gray.

- Mic check!

- Mic check!

- Mic check!

- Mic check!

- My voice...

- My voice!

- Will not decide...

- Will not decide!

- If you become...

- If you become!

- The permanent commissioner...

The permanent commissioner!

- For my city.

For my city!

- Yet, I will be...

Yet, I will be!

- We will be...

We will be!

- The unarmed black kids...

Unarmed black kids!

- Found unconscious...

Found unconscious!

- In a police van.

In a police van!

- Left dead in the streets.

Dead in the streets!

- No justice!

- No peace!

- No racist!

- Police!

Step up or step down!

Step up or step down!

Step up or step down!

- All right, everybody.

So we're locked inside

of City Hall right now.

They locked the bathrooms.

They've refused to let us

off the balcony

unless we're leaving

the building.

The commissioner

still has not returned.

We just wanted engagement

from Kevin Davis.

It wasn't about

blocking Kevin Davis.

It's mostly about, like,

having a conversation

so that we know what side

Kevin Davis is actually on.

I'm challenging everybody

right now

to use the power

of social media

to demand that

the commissioner comes.

- So thumbs for

are we committed

to staying here?

Yes, maybe, no.

- I want to stay.

- Thumb, thumbs?

- Yes, yes.

- To go home?

- This has just been

the unanimous decision

that we're not leaving

until Kevin Davis

and Mayor

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

are with us.

- Okay.

- Protestors are still

inside City Hall,

refusing to leave.

Now, we've confirmed

that Kevin Davis

is not inside with them.

- You will have to

leave the building.

I don't know. I'm trying...

- Is this a warning

before our arrest?

- To see if we... well...

- Excuse me.

Good evening.

Can I have everybody's

attention?

- Let her finish talking,

'cause that was

very disrespectful

to your colleague.

- Please. I am lawfully

ordering all of you

who are assembled here

inside of City Hall

to leave the building

immediately

and peacefully disperse.

- Kwame, shh.

- You shall leave immediately

or be subject to arrest.

- It is our duty

to fight for our freedom.

Is our duty

to fight for our freedom.

- We have nothing to lose

but our chains!

We have nothing

to lose but our chains!

- It is our duty

to fight for our freedom!

It is our duty

to fight for our freedom!

- We have nothing to lose

but our chains!

We have nothing

to lose but our chains!

- Black lives matter!

Black lives matter!

Black lives matter!

Black lives matter!

- Baltimore City

has a new top cop.

The city council voted

12-2 to confirm Kevin Davis

as the new police commissioner

for Baltimore City.

- It's a exciting time,

but it's also

a very trying time,

because I don't know...

this is her senior year,

and I don't know where

things are going to go

with regard to

the Freddie Gray trial.

Last year was

a very difficult year.

Her grades fell.

I was very disappointed,

because I put you

on a path for success,

and now you're letting it fall

because you're doing

all of this work.

Education, in my book,

comes first, you know?

You know, people always ask me,

"Where does she...

where does she get this from?"

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