2-832-977 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Wood and straw broom used in clean up efforts after the Baltimore Riots of 2015 at North and Pennsylvania Avenues. On 12 April 2015, police officers arrested Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American resident of Baltimore, Maryland. His neck and spine were injured while he was in a police vehicle and he went into a coma. Protests were held in front of the Western district police station on 18 April. Gray's death the next day triggered further protests. The broom has a straw head attached to a wooden handle with wire. The handle is gray.