Protests continue throughout downtown Baltimore Monday night

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Monday in downtown Baltimore to protest the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED IT'SRECEIVING HELP FROM THEMARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD.

THEGUARD IS TRANSPORTINGRESOURCES AND PERSONNELDOWNTOWN.

WE HAVE TEAMCOVERAGE OF THE PROTESTS INBALTIMORE TONIGHT.

WMA━2NEWS' RAY STRICKLAND ISSTANDING BY AT CITY POLICEHEADQUARTERS.

FIRST, LET'S GOTO EDDIE KADHIM, WHO LIVE ATTHE PROTEST AT CITY HALL,DOWNTOWN.

EDDIE YOU'VE SEENSOME DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LASTHOUR.((AD LIB SCENE)) ROLL CUE ATTHE MOMENT.:HERE WALKING WITH THEPROTESTERS UP UNTIL THCONVERGED HERE ON CITY HALLNats Their voices echoedthrough the streets for miles.18:11:3━18:11:37“Weof the brutality and we wantit to end.

We want it to end,we want it to end peacefully”Walking and chantingunderneath and on top of tJFX 17:04:19“No justice nopeac” 18:10:3━18:10:49“Thishas become a reality and thisis normal.

I hated that and Ihave a deep feeling so Ineeded something to make mefeel again” They called onpolice to kneel with them andtheir call was heard.

Nats offirst officer and than otherofficers from fb live.18:17:18“Baltimore came outWe is one” George Floyd,Freddie Gray.

Names that manyfelt could have just as easibeen their own.18:16:5━18:16:01 That couldbe my family members.

Thatcould be my brother, it couldbe my cousin it could beanybody.

I feel for him I feelfor his family”LIVE IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMOREDDIE KADHIM WMAR2 NEWS.AND TONIGHT, WMA━2 NEWS RAYSTRICKLAND COVERED ONE OF THEPROTESTS THAT STARTED ATDOUGLAS HOMES WHERE A COUPLEHUNDRED PROTESTERS MARCHED TOTHE POLICE DEPARTMENT ANDOTHER PARTS THROUGHOUT THECITY.

THERE WERE A LOT OFFIRST TIME PROTESTERS THERE,BUT RAY HAS THE STORY ABOUTONE WHOSE FOUGHT FOR CHANGEFOR 6 DECADES.

RAY JOINS USLIVE NOW AT THE BALTIMORE CITYPOLICE DEPARTMENT.AND JAIME IT'S QUIET RIGHT NOWHERE OUTSIDE THE BALTIMORECITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, ASPROTESTERS ARE UP THE ROAD ATCITY HALL AS YOU CAN SEEPOLICE ARE STILL GUARDING THEBUILDING BEHIND THOSEBARRICADES BUT AGAIN IT ISCALM.

NOW WHAT I WANT TO TAABOUT IS WHAT HAPPENEARLIER.

TAKE A LOOK.

THIS ISVIDEO OF ONE OF MANY PROTESTSTODAY THIS IS ONE THAT STARTEDAT DOUGLAS HOMES FROM THERE,ABOUT A COUPLE HUNDREDPROTESTERS THEN MARCHED TO THEPOLICE DEPARTMENT ANDTHROUGHOUT THE CITY CHANTINGNO JUSTICE NO PEACE AMONGOTHER THINGS BUT THEY ALSONAMED PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLEDBY POLICE INCLUDING OF COURSEGEORGE FLOYD AS WELL ASFREDDIE GRAY.

SOMEONE WHOSTOOD OUT IN THIS PROTEST ISREVERAND ANNE CHAMBERS.

THISWOMAN HAS BEEN FIGHTING FORCHANGE FOR DECADES.

SHEMARCHED WITH DR. MARTIN LUTHERKING JUNIOR...AND MALCOLM X.SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE BELIEVESRACISM IS WORSE NOW THAN ITWAS BACK THEN HEAR WHAT SHEHAD TO SAY TO POLICE DURINGTHE PROTEST.

"how long do youkill our children, kill oubabies...we are fed up" ATHESE PROTESTERS WERE ALDEMANDING JUSTICE FOR THEWOMAN SEEN IN A VIRAL VIDEO,WHO WAS PUNCHED BY A BALTIMORECITY POLICE SERGEANT.

THATSERGEANT IS SUSPENDED BUTTHESE PROTESTERS WANT HIMFIRED.

JAIME BACK TO YO