People in Baltimore mourn man who died after police broke his spine
A large number of mourners have gathered at a funeral home in the US city of Baltimore to remember an African-American man who died last week after white police officers broke his spine in their custody.
The funeral ceremony for Freddie Gray was held on Sunday afternoon, a day after the largest demonstration yet since he died on April 19 was staged in the predominantly black city.
The 25-year-old man died of the spinal injury he sustained during his April 12 arrest.
Gray's cousin, Jasmine Lee, said outside of the funeral home, "I am very happy that people who don't even know him still cared enough to come."
On Saturday night, thousands of people took to the streets of Baltimore to protest the brutal killing.
The protesters marched through one of this city’s most downtrodden neighborhoods to the district police station where Gray arrived with a broken spine after he was tortured by police.
The demonstrators were carrying placards bearing the message “Black Lives Matter” and “Justice 4 Freddie Gray”.
They also chanted slogans against racial discrimination and police brutality in the United States, with many shouting “No Justice No Peace,” which has become a centerpiece of the persisting protests over the past week.
The tragic incident, which was captured by an eyewitness on his cell phone, shows an injured Gray being dragged into a van by police officers.
The killing was just one of a succession of fatal police brutalities in recent months.
In recent months, large-scale protests were held across the US after a series of high-profile incidents of white police officers killing unarmed African-American men, including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri; Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York and Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina.
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