8 instances of people being awesome amid the Baltimore riots
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More people tried to help put out fires, keep crowds at bay or even clean up after looters.
Baltimoreans are fighting back against the perception that these riots are a repeat of the 1968 violence that forever changed the city.
Rioters looted dozens of businesses and burned many to the ground. Even as chaos reigned around them, ordinary citizens sprung into action to begin the clean up.
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Angry mobs threw bottles, bricks and rocks at police, at least two officers were caught in images throwing them back at the crowds.
Others threw Molotov cocktails into buildings, setting them on fire or even fired shots at police.
But many other people grabbed brooms, mops, garbage bags or even jumped between angry crowds and police lines to plead for peace.
Now this is what the media should be portraying. Powerful black men protesting the right way #Baltimore pic.twitter.com/pnXtYpcdWD
- Jayrell Cephas (@BuiltToWin_) April 28, 2015
Parents heeded Baltimore Police calls to pull their children off the streets and away from the violence and one protesters dressed as Michael Jackson and danced to "Beat It" on street corners around the city as riots continued around him.
#Baltimore police have asked parents to find their kids amid #BaltimoreRiots. Here's a van @Darielm saw. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/i7j25i6Vmd
- AJ+ (@ajplus) April 27, 2015
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