Freddie Gray Protest Marchers Not Bothering Orioles Fans

From a Freddie Gray protester rally in front of Baltimore City Hall, which is eight city blocks northeast of the video's location, some of those protesters decided to march to Camden Yards to shut down an Orioles ballgame that was just then getting started. Those protest marchers did take over one side of Conway St. there and shut down vehicular traffic, but they did not not pay any attention to the many baseball fans who were walking on the sidewalks of Conway St..

This was shot out my front window. I was working at my computer there when they came walking by. And because there were so many other photographers (some very good, some practically worthless) all over the ongoing situation, I, at first, was staying out of it. By the time I had decided to get into it, because it was right there and I am one of the best, I only managed to video about half the marchers. When you view the videos on here that I shot of the police and protesters' standoff near Camden Yards, you will see that only a small percentage of the marchers got into that - somewhat violent, potentially more violent - action.

I rarely do work that is showing the news, and most always am creating honest, historical documents. That is how I worked on the Freddie Gray unrest in my hometown Baltimore.

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Photography by David Robert Crews

{a.k.a. ursusdave}

Ball Game's On With Freddie Gray Protesters Positioned By Cops April 25, 2015

The Orioles ball game was still on, with Freddie Gray Protesters strategically positioned by cops - on April 25, 2015 - despite the protesters declaring they would shut the game down. Ten minutes before I shot this video, hundreds of Freddie Gray protesters were marching along Conway St. there. They had shut down vehicular traffic, while they walked in the street, then the police had kept them out of Camden Yards and moved them up about a block away. You can see that those sidewalk vendors - who are there for every ball game time - had not been ransacked or robbed by the protesters. The people you see walking are going to the Orioles Game. This was on Saturday, it was the following Monday when the riotous ransacking, robbery and destruction of businesses happened - mostly 30 to 40 some city blocks northwest of there. 

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Photography by David Robert Crews

{a.k.a. ursusdave}

Freddie Gray Protesters Location Near Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Freddie Gray protesters standoff with police near Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland - on April 25, 2015.

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Photography by David Robert Crews

{a.k.a. ursusdave}

Baltimore City Mounted Police Move Up on Freddie Gray Demonstrators

Baltimore City Mounted Police move up on Freddie Gray  demonstrators, near Camden Yards, April 25, 2015.

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Photography by David Robert Crews

{a.k.a. ursusdave}

Dumb Drivers Making U Turns Near Freddie Gray Protesters April 25th

Dumb drivers making u turns near Freddie Gray Protesters on April 25, 2015. They just kept driving towards the protest expecting to drive through it or to just squeeze past it. A good way for a driver to instigate a riot all around and at the dumb driver.

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Photography by David Robert Crews 

{a.k.a. ursusdave}

Freddie Chant by Protesters Near Camden Yards April 25th

Protesters chant "Freddie" near Camden Yards on April 25, 2015. 

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Photography by David Robert Crews 

{a.k.a. ursusdave}

Arrested Walked Backwards at Freddy Gray Protest April 25th

They had said they were going to shut down the Orioles Game, but the riot police lines there blocked off Camden Yards and moved the protesters a block away up the street.

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Photography by David Robert Crews 

{a.k.a. ursusdave}