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Lessons From 2015 Uprising Inform Non-Violent Protests In Baltimore

Unlike the demonstrations that rocked the city five years ago after Freddie Gray, 25, died in police custody, this week's unfolded peacefully. Local activists are helping to avoid unplanned violence.
Kwame Rose, holding a megaphone, helps lead a group of several hundred people in Baltimore during a march protesting police on May 2, 2015.

Thousands of people in Baltimore have joined multiple marches over the past week, mourning the violent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and calling for less funding for the Baltimore Police Department and more money for education, health and local groups in predominantly African American neighborhoods in the city.

The Baltimore Police Department is one of a handful of major city police departments that is currently operating under a after the

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