Baltimore Rising Page #7

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disclosed.

- As the verdict is being read.

- Ideally, before it comes out,

we're already out...

- I got you.

- 'Cause we know it's coming.

- Right.

- I would just like to say

it's humbling,

it's encouraging,

and I will be there

whenever you guys say

we need to move.

- There were

some eyebrows raised

across the city

when word got out

and some pictures surfaced

of outside police

law enforcement agencies

assembling riot gear

and things of that sort

at Druid Hill Park

here in Baltimore.

- You think they really

gonna turn up if he get off?

Like, the whole city...

you think it's gonna be

like how it was last time...

if he get off?

- I think it's gonna

be protest, yeah,

but I don't think people

gonna burn sh*t down.

- To be honest, I hope it's not

another riot,

for real, like...

I don't know, yo.

- You know when

the verdict coming?

The verdict.

You know when it's coming?

I don't know.

- No justice!

- No peace!

- No racist...

- Police!

- No justice!

- No peace!

- No racist...

- Police!

- Indict, convict!

Send these killer cops to jail!

The whole damn system

is guilty as hell!

- We have just confirmed

that a mistrial

has been declared

in the case of Freddie Gray...

the case against William Porter,

police officer...

one of several police officers

accused of killing Freddie Gray.

- Your reaction now

to the judge's declaration

of a mistrial.

- I mean, a mistrial, in short,

is a miscarriage of justice.

- We need justice now,

not tomorrow.

So we got to go through this

five more times?

- This is exact...

this is the system working.

It's not supposed to convict

one of its own.

- The evidence was there.

What more do you need to know?

A man was killed

in police custody.

- So what happens now?

- We shut the city down.

We continue to march

and demand for justice.

We continue to make

our voices heard,

and we continue

to let the world know

that Baltimore will be

the place where justice

is served for the lives

of black people

who were killed

in the presence of police.

- I do think, ultimately,

we have to focus

on how to get the structural

changes necessary,

so that way we can prevent

these types of trials

from having to happen

in the first place.

- Let's move away from them.

I think they're following me.

- You are impeding...

- We do not have to disperse!

- The flow of traffic...

- This is public property!

Thugs with badges

is all y'all are!

There are no riots.

We have not been violent.

We are being peaceful.

When did this become unlawful?

- Come here, sir.

- What the...

- Come here, come here.

Come here.

Put your hands

behind your back.

- What did I do?

- He didn't do anything!

- So, Kwame, what happened?

- Excuse me.

- Sir, why did they arrest you?

- I don't know.

- Step back!

Step back, step back,

step back.

- Get out the way!

Move!

Free Kwame Rose!

Free Kwame Rose!

Free Kwame Rose!

Free Kwame Rose!

Free Kwame Rose!

- Impeding the flow

of vehicular

and pedestrian traffic.

- F*** all y'all!

- No, Mom, I'm protecting

my colleagues

that are protesting.

I'm not protesting.

Yes, Mom.

I'm fine.

I'm not gonna get arrested.

- All right.

- I was standing over here,

and all of the sudden,

you see a swarm

of the sheriff's deputies,

and then they arrested him

in here.

That's why they're

standing out here.

I'm gonna try to get

this gentleman's name, though,

'cause...

he threatened me, so...

What's your name?

Could I have your name, please?

What is your name?

You have to give me your name.

You're a public servant.

What is your name?

Who is your ranking officer?

Who's, like, the sergeant?

Who's the lieutenant?

Who's here?

You don't know

who you f***ing with.

What's up, yo?

You all right?

- Mm-hmm.

You know Kwame

got arrested, right?

- Jason, are you still

representing Kwame?

He just got arrested,

which is why I'm calling you.

I wish I was kidding.

- It's bad...

- Well...

- 'Cause he was on probation.

- And we are from one city

with what?

One purpose!

- One city...

- One purpose!

- One city!

- One purpose!

- Again, who knows

the serenity prayer?

- I do!

I do!

- That is the prayer we chose.

However, if you have

a private prayer

that you would like to say

or you just so happen

to be Muslim

and you want to make Salaat

or you just so happen

to be Jewish and you want to...

You know what I mean?

However that works.

We got more people...

excuse me...

on the news, saying that

the tensions are high.

Does anybody here feel tense?

- No!

- No!

- Are we sure?

- Yes!

- We're not gonna go looting,

like, tomorrow

'cause of whatever, right?

No!

- Y'all hear me?

- Yes!

- Loud, come on!

- Yeah!

- God...

Grant me the serenity

to accept the things

I cannot change,

the courage to change

the things that I can,

and the wisdom to know

the difference.

- Louder!

God, grant me the serenity...

- Hallelujah!

- Thank You, Lord Jesus, God...

- Yes, God.

Yes, God!

Hallelujah!

- We're gonna let the devil

know that we... Guess what.

We're gonna take

our streets back!

- Amen?

- Amen!

- Amen. And unity?

We're gonna have unity

in Baltimore City. Amen?

- We pray right now

in the name of Jesus,

oh, God, that You

bring peace and love,

oh, God, and kindness, oh, God,

in the name of Jesus.

- Lord God, go beyond

race and politics, oh, God.

Lord God, we pray and ask

that You would go

into the hearts of people,

oh, God,

Lord God, and get at

the root of it, Lord God,

the sin, Lord God.

- What God does

is indescribable.

There's not a drug on Earth

that can get you higher

than Jesus.

All-powerful,

untamable

Awestruck, we fall

to our knees

- Clergy, city leaders,

and police officers stood

shoulder to shoulder

with neighbors at Penn

and North Tuesday night,

just steps from the CVS store

that was looted and burned

during the unrest in April.

They're linked

by a shared disappointment

over what happened and a hope

that it won't happen again.

- You a activist, this

is where you need to be at.

This is real activism

right here.

You know, it ain't just

about going out

and marching every day.

- Oh, yeah!

- Freedom!

- Freedom!

- Racist-ass cops!

- We don't need 'em!

- Are y'all serious?

Y'all let this man walk

into court with no shackles

on him?

But when we get locked up,

y'all beat us up,

tighten the cuffs

off our wrists.

Do you know how

that sh*t feels?

That is not a pretty...

it ain't nothing...

nothing... this city

doesn't have nothing.

We don't have nothing to do.

I'm 17, smoking cigarettes.

Why? Because I'm stressed every

day that I'm going to die.

It's either I'm scared that

I'm gonna die by a stray bullet

or a cop-killer like Porter.

- Tell me what democracy

looks like!

This is what

democracy looks like!

- Tell me what

democracy looks like!

This is what

democracy looks like!

- Tell me what

democracy looks like!

This is what

democracy looks like!

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