Ciambotti

Gray dies in the hospital after entering a coma during his arrest six days prior. Protests begin in earnest outside the police station.
A march shuts down main roads to the Inner Harbor. This is the fourth straight night of demonstrations.
Protests intensify, but remain nonviolent. The Governor of Maryland sends in state troopers.
The sixth straight day of protests is the largest one yet. Evening sees a turn towards violence; burning and looting begin.
Peaceful protests during the day continue to be eclipsed by nighttime riots. The Mayor institutes a weeklong city curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Students across Baltimore stage mass peaceful protests, followed by demonstrations in cities across the US, including DC, Manhattan, Minneapolis, and Boston.
The six arresting police officers are charged in Freddie Gray's death.

by Isabella Ciambotti, Data Visualization Final Project. All event updates sourced from The Baltimore Sun; their timelines can be found here and here. All Twitter data publicly released from the 2016 Center for Media and Social Impact Report, Beyond the hashtags: #Ferguson, #Blacklivesmatter, and the online struggle for offline justice. Authored by Dan Freelon, Charlton D. McIlwain, and Meredith D. Clark. The data and report are available freely online.
University of Virginia, May 2017.

SIX NIGHTS OF PROTEST

twitter activity after the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore | April 18 - May 1 2015