Meet The People Who Are Cleaning Up West Baltimore

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"BALTIMORE — Crowds of people armed with brooms took to the streets of West Baltimore on Tuesday morning, determined clean their neighborhood after protests demanding justice for an unarmed black man who died in police custody became violent on Monday night."

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"The cleaning efforts did not appear to be centrally organized, but rather seemed to be a spontaneous effort on the part of a wide cross section of residents. Byron Murphy, a 45 year-old who works for the city’s health department, said that he had taken time off to come help his neighbors clean. Across the street, a group of teenagers with red bandanas covering their faces could be seen chatting and holding brooms.

Many among those cleaning were children, who had the day off after the city announced that none of Baltimore’s public schools would be open on Tuesday as a precautionary measure."


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