Violence and Unrest in Baltimore Are No Accident
The systemic causes and deliberate policies that led to the killing of Freddie Gray and the protests that followed -- and policy solutions that would address these problems -- are discussed by former Baltimore City Council President Lawrence Bell, attorney A. Dwight Petit and Paul Jay, senior editor of "The Real News Network."The systemic causes and deliberate policies that led to the killing of Freddie Gray and the protests that followed — and policy solutions that would address these problems — are discussed by former Baltimore City Council President Lawrence Bell, attorney A. Dwight Petit and Paul Jay, senior editor of “The Real News Network.”
The Network’s Jessica Desvarieux hosts the discussion.
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