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Baltimore is new york. alexandra field in the protests. >> reporter: john protesters followed by police officers for a lot of the night. it started in union square. hundreds of demonstrators coming together. they were there to express sadness and outrage over the events in baltimore. police were prepared for a large group to gather there, but they started the evening warning people over a loudspeaker that if they obstructed the sidewalks or got into the streets, arrests would be made for disorde...

Are they walking away? are they walking in the direction that the police want them to? are they walking away from confrontation, basically? >> its been a mixture. they basically are going where the police are not. theyve been trying to take over the streets. theyve been saying whos streets? our streets. thats been the chance and theyre trying to get through it. the police have done it. chuck is going to let me close as soon as those sidewalks -- so far it doesnt look like the protesters are tryi...

Snarled traffic in manhattan and chanting new york is baltimore. baltimore is new york. cnns alexandra field was in the middle of the protests. >> reporter: john protesters followed by police officers for a lot of the night. it started in union square. hundreds of demonstrators coming together to express their sadness and outrage over the events in baltimore. police were prepared but they started the warning over the loud speaker if they obstructed the sidewalks or got into the streets, arrests ...

Of the night. demonstrators coming together to express sadness and outrage over the events in baltimore. police were prepared for a large group to gather there, but they started the evening warning people over a loudspeaker that if they obstructed the sidewalks or got into the streets, arrests would be made for disorderly conduct. once the crowds started to move out of union square and to 17th street. police cut them off making a number of arrests. crowds moved uptown on to the west side highway...

Hold them back. th put some people into wire hand ties. weve seen them make the first few arrests. were hearing nypd come? over the loud speakers warning people that they will be arrested for obstructing sidewalks. you saw a few trying to resist arrest now a great deal of the crowd has been pushed back onto the sidewalk. part of this street clearing out. youve got this influx of nypd officers who are trying to keep control of this crowd. ive heard a lot of people in the crowd chanting now "balti...

Baltimore with a special edition of "americas newsroom." martha: the police lifted the curfew and reopened the streets. while looting was stopped there were protesters who powered into the streets and the police had to use pepper spray and gas to hold the protesters back. bill: day two the headline is "unsettled peace." martha: peter doocy is with us now. >> reporter: the sun is shining and the air has cleared. the streets and the sidewalks are still littered with these cannisters of smokes, bom...

Tactic than in the winter. before the protest started, police brought vans set up a loud speaker. they warned people if they walked in the streets and obstructed the sidewalks, they could be subject to arrest for disorderly conduct. this is not something we saw last time around. they are handing out fliers trying to control or warn the crowd before this gathering started this evening. wolf? >> innya lot of signs saying #blacklivesmatter. well get back to you. in the piano time i want to bring in...

Maybe a fight broke out and a few arrests. david lee miller is live on the ground. >> greta, we are in new yorks union square for the last hour or so. a rally has been taking place. that rally billed as one that would be peaceful is now over. the new york city police department is here in great number. they have warned the participants there would be arrests if they obstruct the sidewalks or the streets. the rally is now over. and as you can see the more than 1500 or so people taking part are no...

Right off union square. and about five minutes into the protest here we saw about the police were in a line and there was a major clash with the protesters here. and there have been several arrests made. we have seen several people hauled to the ground. i was trampled on the ground while we were in the middle of the streets. please make clear that they did want to see anyone blocking major roadways. they did not want to see anyone blocking the sidewalks. they have been pushing people out on to t...

Other antipolice rallies. so far this rally has been nothing but peaceful. one of the prevailing themes from this rally that we have heard speaker after speaker those in new york city must show solidarity with those in baltimore. wuvment chants the crowd has repeated over and over is that black lives matter. also during the demonstration taking place here in union square, greta there has been a lot of outrage and frustration focus canned on new york city police department. here in great number, ...