Police Were Harassing Students Before Monday's Outrage

anonymous source have obtained documents that suggest a pattern of harassment over the past two weeks since the death of Gray. Police officers have been arresting mostly young african american students after they got let out of schools and after they refused police orders to get on the bus and go home. According to the Baltimore Police arrest reports acquired by THE REAL NEWS, officers arrested teenagers as young as 14 and 15 years old. According to the documents, Police were asking students which bus they were waiting for. When the bus arrived and students didn’t board, presumably in an act of protest, the police officers placed them under arrest for trespassing and loitering on MTA property. Many students yelled back. For example, one 16 year old girl who we won’t name defended her cousin, calling the police “fake […] y’all don’t have to lock her up,” she said. While it’s unclear whether those sorts of arrests repeated themselves on Monday and maybe even triggered the uproar, it’s very likely that it contributed to the deep sense of anger and frustration that has rocked Baltimore since the death of Freddie Gray.