A former Marine irate over the death of police detainee Freddie Gray shouted at officers assembled at a Baltimore rally after charges against six policemen were announced Friday.
“We gave our lives for this country,” the man screamed at police in riot gear, according to video shot by CNN. “Look at you. Is this what it’s coming to, man? I love this f—ing country, too. Just as much as you do. We’re fighting for a reason, man. I was willing to give my life for this country, man. Look at this community now, man. You’re the same people I went to war with.”
A CNN reporter caught up with the unnamed man, who, like Gray, is black, and asked him why he was so emotional.
WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE.
“This is crazy,” he said, according to the video. “They tell me we are a part of this country, man. How can we be? How can we be part of this country? Look at this.”
The reporter attempted to point out that charges had been filed against six police officers in connection with Gray’s death, but the man interrupted her.
“I don’t believe anything until I see the end result,” he said. “We got to stop being pacified every time they throw us a bone where they want us to calm down, man. We need to wait for the end result to come in.”
The man criticized the robust police presence and what he called an inaccurate characterization of protesters.
“I was willing to give my life for this country,” he told the reporter. “Look at my community, man. Look around here. The same people who we go to war with coming to war on us.
“When I was in the Marine Corps, they called me a patriot, a Marine,” he added. “But now that I’m fighting for my people, they call me a f—ing thug. They called me a thug when I fight for my people.”
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