Baltimore Report Due, No Hands Clapping
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Vol. 4, No. 120
Baltimore: Thousands of people marched yesterday in Baltimore and other cities including Boston, New York, and Washington to protest the death of 25-year-old Freddie who was fatally injured in police custody.
Investigators have yet to explain Gray’s death, but they say they are turning over their report to the State’s attorney in Baltimore tomorrow. City officials say the findings will not be immediately released, contrary to what has become the public expectation.
The Washington Post reports that another prisoner who was in the police van with Gray said he heard Gray banging against the walls, as if he was trying to hurt himself. The two were separated by a metal wall and the second prisoner could not see Gray.
Play Ball: The Baltimore Orioles’ first baseman Chris Davis hit a three-run homer in Camden Yards yesterday against the Chicago White Sox and not a single fan cheered. Baltimore went on to win 8-2 in front of nearly 46,000 empty seats. The stadium was closed to spectators in the wake of this week’s rioting in Baltimore, something that’s never been done in the history of Major League Baseball.
Nepal: The United Nations says 70,000 homes were destroyed in the Nepal earthquake that killed an estimated 5,500 people and injured at least 10,000. The UN has put out a $400 million fundraising appeal to bring help to the country where desperate citizens are beginning to clash with authorities. Riot police are reported to have confronted people trying to leave the stricken city of Katmandu and some villagers have stopped food trucks. Thousands of people in remote areas are cut off from help. Helicopter crews say villagers have pleaded to be airlifted out.
The Amazing Race: Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders told the Associated Press yesterday he should not be counted out as a presidential candidate. “People should not underestimate me,” he said. “I’ve run outside of the two-party system, defeating Democrats and Republicans, taking on big-money candidates and, you know, I think the message that has resonated in Vermont is a message that can resonate all over this country.” Sanders describes himself as a “Democratic socialist.”
Space: After four years orbiting and mapping the planet Mercury, the Messenger spacecraft is expected to crash into the planet’s surface today. Messenger’s cameras have created a 360-degree composite picture of Mercury and studied its surface.
The Obit Page: Peter Cronkite, 22, the grandson of the legendary CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite, was found dead in his Colby College dormitory in Maine, an apparent suicide. He was the son of Walter “Chip” Cronkite III. His brother, Walter Cronkite IV, is a producer at CBS News.
Moving Day: This is a slightly truncated report today. It’s moving day. The Rooney Report and staff have determined that perpetual blue sky, warm weather, hundreds of Asian restaurants and a city full of aspiring actresses in yoga pants are all highly overrated. We are travelling across country for the next three weeks and establishing ourselves in a permanent East Coast deadline.
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