More than 120 people were detained in New York during the march in support of protesters in Baltimore

A wave of protests in connection with the death of the black-haired Freddy Gray from Baltimore reached New York. On Wednesday, April 29, in the march, which was planned as a promotion of protesters in Baltimore, the New York police detained more than 120 people, writes The New York Post .

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the junion scver in Manhattan, but by half past eight in the evening the march turned into riots: the participants of the action broke into several groups and scattered through the streets, chanting the slogans and entering into skirmishes with the police.

Separate groups tried to block traffic on several streets, contrary to the instructions of the police. After that, the detentions began, and some activists who were resisting had to be carried to the autozaks by the arms and legs, the newspaper writes.

The audience shouted the slogans "Black lives matter" and "no justice, no peace."

Meanwhile, in Baltimore itself, the second night in a row after the introduction of the commandant, passes without incidents.

Protests were held in other cities of the United States. In Washington, the participants went to the White House with slogans in support of Freddy Gray and Michael Brown, shot down by the police last year in Ferguson. In Ferguson itself, demonstrations also resumed, this time activists also come out with the slogans about Freddy Graha.

The 25-year-old African American Freddy Gray was detained by Baltimore police officers on suspicion of involvement in the “criminal activity” on April 12. According to reports, Gray tried to hide from the police, but they caught him and took him to a minibus. Soon after, he was called an ambulance that took the detainee to the hospital. As it turned out, Gray was broken by the spine, he died in the hospital on April 19.

After the funeral of Gray in Baltimore, mass unrest began, as a result of which several hundred people were detained.