Kathianne
04-28-2015, 10:53 PM
Nice.
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac-cn-riots-0428-20150427,0,5977193.story
Naval Academy midshipmen, caught in Baltimore protests, direct families to safety"You're in the military and a midshipmen — you should be in the front"
- See more at: http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac-cn-riots-0428-20150427,0,5977193.story#sthash.vFZBbzJT.dpuf
Tim Prudente, tprudente@capgaznews.com6:50 p.m. EDT, April 27, 2015
A patio chair smashed the sandwich shop window.
Glass fell around Midshipman Brad Kadlubowski, seated before a window, at the Subway shop in Baltimore.
Inside, a father steered his wife and two children to the back of the shop on Saturday. His son has asthma; the father worried about tear gas.
Another chair smashed another window.
Everyone to the back, the midshipmen instructed.
Families and Naval Academy midshipmen had come for dinner before Saturday's Orioles game. Protests over the death of Freddie Gray (http://www.capitalgazette.com/topic/crime-law-justice/freddie-gray-PENM00040.topic) began peacefully that day, but ended with confrontation. By Monday, the day of Gray's funeral, protests escalated with violence. At least seven officers were injured Monday afternoon and the Orioles game was postponed.
Some midshipmen didn't know about the ongoing protests when they arrived Saturday in Baltimore.
"I didn't realize it would be so close to Camden Yards," said Midshipman Madisen Grinnell, 18, of Sacramento, Calif., on Monday.
She and nine other midshipmen found themselves caught in the protests.
These midshipmen directed families to the back of the Subway. Then they lined up, in front of families, as protesters passed outside, some throwing rocks. Women and children gathered farthest from the windows, except for Grinnell, the only female there from the Naval Academy.
"You're in the military and a midshipmen — you should be in the front," she insisted.
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http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac-cn-riots-0428-20150427,0,5977193.story
Naval Academy midshipmen, caught in Baltimore protests, direct families to safety"You're in the military and a midshipmen — you should be in the front"
- See more at: http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac-cn-riots-0428-20150427,0,5977193.story#sthash.vFZBbzJT.dpuf
Tim Prudente, tprudente@capgaznews.com6:50 p.m. EDT, April 27, 2015
A patio chair smashed the sandwich shop window.
Glass fell around Midshipman Brad Kadlubowski, seated before a window, at the Subway shop in Baltimore.
Inside, a father steered his wife and two children to the back of the shop on Saturday. His son has asthma; the father worried about tear gas.
Another chair smashed another window.
Everyone to the back, the midshipmen instructed.
Families and Naval Academy midshipmen had come for dinner before Saturday's Orioles game. Protests over the death of Freddie Gray (http://www.capitalgazette.com/topic/crime-law-justice/freddie-gray-PENM00040.topic) began peacefully that day, but ended with confrontation. By Monday, the day of Gray's funeral, protests escalated with violence. At least seven officers were injured Monday afternoon and the Orioles game was postponed.
Some midshipmen didn't know about the ongoing protests when they arrived Saturday in Baltimore.
"I didn't realize it would be so close to Camden Yards," said Midshipman Madisen Grinnell, 18, of Sacramento, Calif., on Monday.
She and nine other midshipmen found themselves caught in the protests.
These midshipmen directed families to the back of the Subway. Then they lined up, in front of families, as protesters passed outside, some throwing rocks. Women and children gathered farthest from the windows, except for Grinnell, the only female there from the Naval Academy.
"You're in the military and a midshipmen — you should be in the front," she insisted.
...