Some in the crowd are throwing glass bottles at the officers & the cops are responding by firing pepper pellets at them.
— ?? Coco Pazzo ?? (@CocoPazzo) April 29, 2015
@High4This20 they're trynna get everyone home & the crowd is throwing bottles
— Teadaaaaa ✨?? (@TrEATherRiight_) April 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/SecurityStrateg/status/593241868357349376
Numerous tweets indicate that Baltimore police are using smoke grenades or tear gas (or perhaps both) in an attempt to disperse the crowd.
Police using Pyrotechnic & Smoke in #Baltimore #FOX5DC LIVE -> http://t.co/NODUe5858m pic.twitter.com/9uT0O8SFDV pic.twitter.com/HT2ywXYVRF
— Tom Fitzgerald (@FitzFox5DC) April 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/593239654498832384
Tear gas or flash bangs fired. Protestors throwing cannisters back at police.
— WJZ | CBS Baltimore (@wjz) April 29, 2015
Explosions at Penn and North pic.twitter.com/WkVt0kXCCi
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) April 29, 2015
BREAKING: it appears smoke bombs thrown at crowd as police line advances. @cbsbaltimore #wjz
— PrattLibraryMeg (@PrattLibraryMeg) April 29, 2015
Smoke. https://t.co/QyL0Tu0znd
— deray (@deray) April 29, 2015
Smoke from firecrackers thrown at police line #Baltimore pic.twitter.com/yfjkLCI9Qd
— Megan Specia (@meganspecia) April 29, 2015
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) April 29, 2015
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) April 29, 2015
I've never seen this much smoke before. #BaltimoreUprising
— deray (@deray) April 29, 2015
One of the smoke grenades just fired by police in west Baltimore #freddiegray pic.twitter.com/NnB4Hz5C4v
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) April 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/593240411168079872
Flash bangs – smoke and pepper pellets as police try to enforce the curfew in #Baltimore live in 30 min #WCVB pic.twitter.com/as74q04YBr
— Phil Lipof NBC10 Boston (@philnbcboston) April 29, 2015
Officers are now deploying pepper balls at the aggressive crowd at North Ave / Pennsylvania Ave.
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) April 29, 2015
Officers are now advancing on the group. They remain aggressive and disorderly.
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) April 29, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.