These Reactions To #FreddieGray Aren't Surprising, And That's A Problem
July 27, 2016#FreddieGray has been trending on Twitter since the prosecutor in the case, Marilyn Mosby, dropped the charges against the three remaining Baltimore officers on Wednesday.
Many Twitter users have expressed dismay, anger and frustration. With seemingly everyone sounding off on the social platform, here are some of the most attention-grabbing #FreddieGray tweets.
The system we allow has failed him. Our shame. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/04EhTJAf8k
— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) July 27, 2016
....ruled a homicide, with no murderer #FreddieGray
— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) July 27, 2016
If #AllLivesMatter then why aren't you out here with us?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. #FreddieGray
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) July 27, 2016
This is awful. Where is the justice. #FreddieGray #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/Mv3rqOJQR9
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) July 27, 2016
So #FreddieGray's death was ruled a homicide but no one is responsible for his murder? pic.twitter.com/hI0EZO2ecz
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 27, 2016
I'm confused... If the cops aren't responsible for #FreddieGray's death, why did the city of Baltimore agree to pay his family $6.4M?
— NUFF$AID (@nuffsaidNY) July 27, 2016
Not only did nobody kill Freddie Gray, apparently nobody tracked him, arrested him unlawfully, or roughed him up
— Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths) July 27, 2016
The system is broke and we need to fix it. #FreddieGray
— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) July 27, 2016
The police get away wit murder. #freddiegray
— YG (@YG) July 27, 2016
so….no one is responsible for the death of #FreddieGray? this is beyond disgraceful https://t.co/bAhXPlqtEP
— Franchesca Ramsey (@chescaleigh) July 27, 2016