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News Brief - Baltimore Uprising 10 Years on: PR Co-option vs Genuine Reform

Added 2025-05-07 15:59:28 +0000 UTC

The 10th anniversary of the killing of Freddie Gray recently passed, on April 19, 2025. Freddie Gray died on April 19, 2015, after suffering severe injuries to his spinal cord while in police custody in Baltimore.

A new documentary from The Real News Network entitled Freddie Gray: A Decade of Struggle reflects upon the ten years since the police killing of Gray. We are joined today by reporters behind the documentary, Taya Graham and Stephen Janis.

Guests

Taya Graham and Stephen Janis are award-winning investigative reporters and hosts of The Real News Network's "Police Accountability Report." Taya is also producer and co-creator of the award-winning podcast "Truth and Reconciliation" on Baltimore's NPR affiliate WYPR. Stephen has co-authored several books on policing, corruption, and the root causes of violence including Why Do We Kill: The Pathology of Murder in Baltimore and You Can’t Stop Murder: Truths about Policing in Baltimore and Beyond.

Show Notes

Freddie Gray: A Decade of Struggle

Taya Graham and Stephen Janis | April 19, 2025 | The Real News Network

10 Years Ago, Baltimore Cops Killed Freddie Gray. Here’s How the City Rose Up.

Baynard Woods | April 9, 2025 | Baltimore Beat/Truthout

A Mass Movement: A History of the Baltimore Uprising, From the Ground Up

Baynard Woods | April 9, 2025 | Baltimore Beat

Media’s Baltimore ‘Teen Purge’ Narrative Falling Apart

Adam Johnson | April 29, 2015 | FAIR

Unverified ‘Threats,’ Uncritically Reported: A Tradition as Old as Protest

Adam Johnson | May 2, 2015 | FAIR

Friedman Turns Baltimore Uprising Into Commercial for Wife’s Charter School

Adam Johnson | June 3, 2015 | FAIR

Federal Documents Debunk Baltimore ‘Gang Threat’ Narrative

Adam Johnson | June 24, 2015 | FAIR

An ethics expert says Sinclair Broadcasting should disclose its business conflicts with Baltimore. I was part of the problem.

Stephen Janis | May 2, 2025 | The Real News Network

‘They Killed Freddie Gray’: New Book Reveals Dark, Hidden Truth About Gray’s Death

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg | August 23, 2023 | The Appeal

Justine Barron’s New Book Presents the Fullest Story of Freddie Gray’s Death to Date

Ron Cassie | October 2023 | Baltimore Magazine

Seven years since Baltimore Police killed Freddie Gray, five years into the consent decree

Brandon Soderberg | April 25, 2022 | The Real News Network

White Billionaire Secretly Funds Surveillance Program Aimed at Baltimore’s Mostly Black Population

Adam Johnson | September 5, 2016 | The Real News Network/Alternet

News Brief: Detailing the Connection Between Gentrification and Racist Police Harassment

Adam Johnson and Nima Shirazi | August 11, 2020 | Citations Needed

The Baltimore Police Department’s Troubled Homicide Unit

Adam Johnson and Amelia McDonell-Parry | April 18, 2019 | The Appeal Podcast

Baltimore After Freddie Gray

Marc Steiner | August 10, 2018 | The Real News Network

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Transcript

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