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‘Slave freedom travel papers’: Photo of 'Peacekeepers' badge from @BaltimorePolice sparks anger among protesters

Rising protest star Deray Mckesson shared a photo last night on Twitter reportedly of a special badge the Baltimore Police Department gave to certain activists in an effort to identify those in the crowd who were exempt from the 10 p.m. — 5 a.m. emergency curfew.

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Makes sense, right?

Well, not to the protesters who are quite angry with everything about it:

https://twitter.com/stevozone4/status/593951199814144000

https://twitter.com/TheShipped/status/593951872999784448

To be fair, it does look like it would be quite easy to forge a duplicate.

https://twitter.com/idlediletante/status/594106698987610112

More anger:

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And some Constitutional scholars weighed in, too:

https://twitter.com/sasnfbi1234/status/593959253032841217

https://twitter.com/sasnfbi1234/status/593959698807689216

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