(WASHINGTONTIMES) — Al Sharpton announced Monday that he’s heading to Baltimore to help protesters organize a two-day march for Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died this month after sustaining serious injuries while in police custody.
“I have been asked by many in the Baltimore area since day one to get involved in the justice for Freddie Gray movement,” the civil rights leader said in a statement on his National Action Network website. “I will come to Baltimore this week at the invitation or Rev. Westley West, who has led vigils daily there, along with local clergy, and morning radio show host Larry Young who has headed our Baltimore chapter of NAN for the last decade.”
Mr. Gray died April 19 after his voice box was crushed and his spine nearly severed while in police custody. The police department has suspended with pay the six officers who played a role in apprehending and transporting Mr. Gray as they investigate his death.
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