Brooklyn Under Seige: Bloomberg's Riot Continues--Martial Law, Nearly 50 Arrests, 5 Days Of Rioting After Cops Shoot "Unarmed Black Youth"

Riots broke out on the streets of Brooklyn as residents in Flatbush are outraged by the killing of 16-year-old Kimani Gray by NYPD last Saturday (Mar. 9). For three nights straight, protesters have gathered, with demonstrators pitching signs, throwing bricks, garbage and bottles by Wednesday night, as police attempted to control the crowds. At least 46 people have been arrested when violence had reached its height.

Gray was shot by plainclothes officers on E. 52nd Street, where police allegedly approached him with a group of men around 11:30 p.m. According to a statement by the police department, Gray broke from the group, adjusted his waistband and “continued to act in a suspicious manner.” Police claim he then “turned on them” and pointed a .38-caliber revolver. One officer fired four rounds, another fired seven. Gray was pronounced dead at ____. Autopsy results show he received three shots in his back.

Carol Gray, Kimani’s mother, spoke out at the protests, demanding that a thorough investigation be done on the tragedy. Residents of the neighborhood have contested the details given by police, including whether or not Kimani was armed, though a gun was recovered from the scene. MOREHERE

Conventional media reporters remain for the most part absent in the Brooklyn riots Friday, Day 4 of the U.S. “paramilitary” clashing with hundreds of protesters, angry at the Saturday police killing 16-year-old Kimani Gray, shot eleven times.

“How do you spell racist? NYPD!”and “They say get back, we say fight back!” protesters have been yelling at an overwhelming number of officers.

“Stop killing our kids,”a woman yelled through a loudspeaker.

Gray’s family attorney, Kenneth Montgomery, told reporters about the tendency for police to treat black and Hispanic teenagers “in a manner that is paramilitary.”

He said “it is a community that is under siege. MOREHERE