14 Baltimore-area rabbis attend rally for Freddie Gray
Jews United for Justice activists also participate in march for police reform
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Fourteen rabbis in the Baltimore region joined a rally and march for “police reform and justice for Freddie Gray.”
The rally, organized by Baltimore United for Change, a coalition of grassroots organizations that focus on systemic inequality, began Friday at 3 p.m. and was expected to draw hundreds of activists, including “dozens” from Jews United for Justice, a Washington, D.C.-based community organization, according to a news release issued by the organization.
Earlier in the day, one Baltimore police officer was charged with murder, three with manslaughter and two with assault in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African-American Baltimore resident who prosecutors say suffered a broken neck while shackled in a van with police who ignored his pleas for medical attention.
“Jews United for Justice and the Jewish community stand with our neighbors in Baltimore calling for justice for Freddie Gray,” Molly Amster, the Baltimore director of Jews United for Justice said in a statement on Friday.
I always loved Rabbis, but this here is the coolest of them all: Rabbi Yerachmiel Shakira #Baltimore pic.twitter.com/gZWbx0FFxO
— Amara Nwankpa (@Nwankpa_A) May 1, 2015
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— Luis (@tioluisc) May 1, 2015
“We thank State’s Attorney Mosby for her swift and decisive action today in charging all six officers in the homicide of Freddie Gray … The city of Baltimore must also do its part to address longstanding and systematic discrimination against communities of color and make significant investments in housing and job training in West Baltimore.”
The rabbis attended the march came from synagogues and other Jewish organizations in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metro areas.
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