Title: Baltimore Mayor Seeks Federal Investigation of City’s Police Department

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/105/balt_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Baltimore Mayor Seeks Federal Investigation of Citys Police Department' data-article-id='331'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9875'>The U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland will ask the United States Justice Department to investigate the city's police department. </span> <span data-start-time='9875' data-end-time='18313'>Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says the investigation will look into police patterns and practices. </span> <span data-start-time='18313' data-end-time='28083'>She says investigators will try to learn if Baltimore police violate federal laws about searches and seizures.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='28083' data-end-time='37188'>Last month a 25-year-old black man died of a spinal cord injury he received in police detention. </span> <span data-start-time='37188' data-end-time='43521'>Freddie Gray’s death led to peaceful protests and riots in the city.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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The U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland will ask the United States Justice Department to investigate the city's police department. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says the investigation will look into police patterns and practices. She says investigators will try to learn if Baltimore police violate federal laws about searches and seizures.

Last month a 25-year-old black man died of a spinal cord injury he received in police detention. Freddie Gray’s death led to peaceful protests and riots in the city.

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