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A city in celebration after the announcement this morning of charges being filed against the six officers involved in freddie grays death, people here have been taking to the streets and expressing their satisfaction and their relief because so many here say they believe the whole process would be ground to a halt and they would not see justice served but this development, they say they all understand is just the very beginning. But it is a positive step forward. Were just hours away from the cu...

First we will hear from the representative of the gray family who has brief remarks to make. Then ill make brief remarks and then well take a handful of questions. My name is richard. Im one of freddies two fathers. We are satisfied with todays charges. These charges are an important step in getting justice for freddie. And we ask that whoever comes through our city, a city that we love, a city that we live in, come in peace. And if you are not coming in peace, please dont come at all. Because t...

Signs out here. Its all about those charges coming down and the reaction to it. I spoke to a minister who has a church not far from here, and i asked him what he makes of this. Heres what he said. It was the spirit that was hovering over everybody that was in a sense evil. There was a spirit that we were defeated. There was a spirit that we were being taken advantage of. And i think now what youre seeing is that the spirit of liberation, the spirit of freedom, the spirit of justice is being rele...

A Bowie man accused of setting off "bottle bombs" at Washington-area movie theaters on six days earlier this year has pleaded guilty to charges in one Prince George's County incident and is expected to resolve other charges within months.