It began with hope. It ended with fire: Baltimore's day of chaos

BALTIMORE — The lasting images from Baltimore on Monday are likely to be those of people clashing with police in the streets, of riots and looting, and of fires burning into the night

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But the day of Freddie Gray's funeral began on a somber yet hopeful note.

A little after 9 a.m. on Monday, people began packing the pews of New Shiloh Baptist Church for the funeral of Gray, a black Baltimore resident who died in police custody on April 19

Mourners listened to speakers talk about the life that Gray might have led. They cried over his body, laid in a white casket near the altar Read more...

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