In an attempt to calm and reassure her city after the death of Freddie Gray, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake asked this question:
“If, with the nation watching, three black women at three different levels can’t get justice and healing for this community, you tell me where we’re going to get it in our country?”
The three black women she referred to were herself, Mayor of the city of Baltimore; District Attorney Marilyn Mosby, and Major General Linda Singh who was brought in to lead the police. In addition to the three women named, we had a black woman assuming the post of Attorney General who was replacing a black man. We also have a black President living in the White House with his black family. All of that and a black victim of police brutality is still denied justice.
Officer in Freddie Gray death, Edward Nero, not guilty on all counts.
What we do know:
Freddie Gray was alive and well before his encounter with the police
Freddie Gray did nothing to warrant arrest.
Freddie Gray did not sever his own spine.
Freddie Gray did not kill himself.
Freddie Gray died while in police custody.
And yet nobody is to be held responsible.
Where? Where can the black man go to get justice? You tell me, where are we going to get it in our country?
