A boy talks to a police officer near North Ave and Pennsylvania Ave in Baltimore, Maryland
After Monday night's
chaos, Tuesday
was a day of community, cleaning up and peaceful protests. And now the 10 PM ET curfew is fast approaching, with hundreds of protesters still in the streets.
Hopefully it will remain peaceful. And hopefully updates to this post will not be necessary.
Tue Apr 28, 2015 at 7:03 PM PT: Rep. Elijah Cummings is on the scene, calling for calm, urging people to go home and for the police to allow them to peacefully "make their way home."
Tue Apr 28, 2015 at 7:21 PM PT: While there a probably no more than 100 protesters remaining–more police and media—there have been sporadic throwing of rocks and bottles by a very small number of people. Police line has advanced slightly, so mostly maintaining their positions. And in the midst of all this tension, community members (including Rep. Cummings) are calling for people to go home.
Tue Apr 28, 2015 at 7:25 PM PT: Some sort of fireworks just thrown into police line (perhaps smoke bombs) and police are moving and media is moving out. Chris Hayes of MSNBC reported that it was not tear gas and also noted that there was also some molotov cocktails, rocks, etc. Getting ugly here, folks.
Tue Apr 28, 2015 at 7:32 PM PT: Conflicting reports on who was throwing what and what was thrown. Smoke bombs perhaps because reporters saying it absolutely is not tear gas. Police now saying they're deploying pepper balls.
Tue Apr 28, 2015 at 7:56 PM PT: At this time, things seem to be relatively calm.
Tue Apr 28, 2015 at 8:58 PM PT: Baltimore Police Commissioner Batts announced at a press conference a few minutes ago that so far there have been 10 total arrests since curfew began and declares it a success. We shall see.