When longtime Baltimore activists first saw a Facebook account called Blacktivist organizing a local police brutality march, they were immediately suspicious. The page honoring Freddie Gray, who had died in police custody a year earlier, quickly acquired a sizable following, but no one knew who was running it.Heber Brown III, a pastor and community organizer, messaged Blacktivist asking if the person lived in Baltimore.No, replied Blacktivist on 15 April 2016. But there are people in Baltimore. Volunteers. We are looking for friendship, because we are fighting for the same reasons.
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