As the back-to-back trials for the six police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray get underway, Chris Hayes goes back to Baltimore for a special in-depth look at what’s happened since the cameras left - and what needs to happen next.
Back to Baltimore: April 2015
Dec. 12, 201510:47Back to Baltimore: 'It was bound to happen'
Dec. 12, 201506:41Back to Baltimore: Witness to History
Dec. 12, 201503:41Back to Baltimore: Seven months later
Dec. 12, 201506:42Back to Baltimore: 'I’m no different'
Dec. 12, 201505:34Back to Baltimore: What is next
Dec. 12, 201506:44Chris Hayes spoke with many people, from residents to business owners to officials to activists, getting their perspectives on life in Baltimore. We couldn't fit every story into the one hour special, so we've posted the web exclusive extended interviews below:
According to a lawsuit, Freddie Gray and his sisters were poisoned as children by chipping lead paint in their home. Their story is a familiar one in Baltimore's low income neighborhoods, as housing advocate Ruth Ann Norton explains.
Baltimore's toxic legacy
Dec. 15, 201503:05Deon Beasley, a 27-year-old barber in Baltimore, talks about the experience of growing up in West Baltimore where many residents live in fear of the police.
Baltimore resident: ‘The scars are deep’
Dec. 11, 201506:45Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings talks with Chris Hayes about how the lack of economic opportunity in Baltimore can lead to a sense of hopelessness in the city.
Rep. Cummings on anger in Baltimore
Dec. 11, 201503:41Former Baltimore high school teacher and champion debater Dayvon Love, who grew up in the Northwest part of the city, describes a tense interaction he had with police when he was 17 years old.
Life as a young black man in Baltimore
Dec. 11, 201502:58Watch Chris Hayes’ reporting from Baltimore earlier this year, in the immediate aftermath of Freddie Gray’s death and the explosion of protests and violence in the city.