A Baltimore police captain is imploring his colleagues to act more like guardians and less like warriors in an attempt to heal some of the unrest between his department and the city its sworn to protect.
There are still many unanswered questions around the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old who died from spinal injuries while in police custody. In a scene captured by Baltimore Sun reporter Colin Campbell, a protestor tells captain Desmond Carter-Bey that, “he asked for the paramedics three times.”
“It’s not fair, captain.”
Carter-Bey agreed.
Conversation between an officer at today’s #FreddieGray protest pic.twitter.com/FJx6cfbh0M
— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) April 25, 2015
Gray was put in the back of a police transportation vehicle on April 12. According to Baltimore’s police commissioner, Gray wasn’t properly buckled up in that vehicle, and suffered spinal injuries that would later lead to his death on April 19.
“The difference between warriorship and guardianship is a necessity for us to flip the switch,” Carter-Bey told The Guardian.
Capt. D.A. Carter-Bey talks to a young protester. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/YSzGX00Hyh
— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) April 25, 2015
The morning after riots tore through Baltimore, its citizens began cleaning up the debris.
Large group of volunteers cleaning up that burnt out CVS in Baltimore pic.twitter.com/84BVzu7SWS — justin jouvenal (@jjouvenal) April 28, 2015
Let’s hope we see more pictures like this today from #Baltimore after #BaltimoreRiots. Volunteers cleaning up. pic.twitter.com/NX7khBjboa — KFYI’s Rob Hunter (@robhuntermedia) April 28, 2015
Impressive sight: Hundreds helping clean up blocks around epicenter of riots. Strangers hand out bags, water. pic.twitter.com/XDKXxmX2rp — justin jouvenal (@jjouvenal) April 28, 2015
