Baltimore (CNN) Latest developments:
• While light rail “is operating normally,” three Baltimore subway stations — Mondawmin, Upton and Penn-North — were “temporarily closed” Tuesday morning, the Maryland Transit Administration tweeted. Trains were bypassing those stations. Several “bus diversions” were in place, and the Mondawmin bus station was closed, according to the MTA.
• A lawyer for Freddie Gray’s family condemned Monday’s violence, saying it has turned the focus away from the family’s quest for justice.
“Nobody is talking about all the information that the police have that hasn’t been released. No one is talking about what happened between the Police Department and Freddie Gray,” the attorney, Mary Koch, told CNN. “In order for there to be no more Freddie Grays, we have to investigate this.”
• Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake tweeted Tuesday morning, “Today we are working to ensure that most government services can operate normally.”
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Charred cars and buildings. Hospitalized police officers. Looted and damaged businesses. No school, because it might not be safe for children to venture onto the streets.
That was the stark reality Tuesday after a night of riots, fires and heartbreak in Baltimore, parts of which looked more like a war zone than a place where people live, work and play.
“Too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs who — in a very senseless way — are trying to tear down what so many have fought for,” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said.
At least 15 officers were wounded in the unrest, six of them seriously, the city’s police commissioner said. Getting them healthier is one top priority. So, too, is making sure that they’re not joined in local hospitals by others — be they more law enforcement officers or civilians — in further unrest.
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The Muslim Times supports every one’s right to peaceful protests. There is no room for violence.
Violence and crime actually hurts the peaceful protests and genuine Afro-American cause. Just like the Baltimore mayor said there was a clear difference between those seeking justice and “thugs” inciting violence.