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Looks like Ferguson is playing out again in Baltimore after death of Freddie Gray. According to ABC News, a gathering of hundreds of protesters near a Baltimore mall turned violent today when some of them hurled various objects at cops, with several officers injured in the clash, including one whose condition police described as “unresponsive.”
The standoff occurred at Mondawmin Mall in the northwest part of the city, the Baltimore Police Department said on Twitter, as the group threw bricks, rocks and other objects at officers.
Protesters were seen climbing on a police cruiser and damaging several others. Police tweeted that people were also looting businesses and setting cars on fire.
Police Capt. Eric Kowalczyk declined to speculate at a news conference on the reason for the violence, but called the group “criminals.”
“Right now it is a group of lawless individuals with no regard” for safety, he said.
Kowalczyk said seven officers were injured, many with broken bones.
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