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GRIEVOUS INJURIES sustained by
25-year-old Freddie Gray of Baltimore,
Md., during his arrest on April 12, 2015,
sparked this standoff in front of a police
station. Gray died the day after the protest.
CHANTING “Wake up, wake up! This is
your fight, too!” a demonstrator summons
bystanders to a Black Lives Matter protest
DEVIN ALLEN in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 12, 2020.
( top
); JUSTIN AHARON
( bottom
)