1 | BALTIMORE - Baltimore officials have released thousands of pages of documents related to unrest following Freddie Gray's death. |
2 | Officials released the material Monday to The Associated Press and other outlets in response to public information requests. |
3 | The documents include emails among officials, as well as statements and news releases. |
4 | The documents from behind the scenes include complaints and questions from the public and business groups about a curfew Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake imposed. |
5 | Letters from Police Commissioner Anthony Batts, who later was fired, commend his staff, but the documents also indicate a lack of police protective gear. |
6 | Transportation Director William Johnson complains in one email, as rioting broke out on the day of Gray's funeral, that there is "unacceptable" confusion among people looking to the Rawlings-Blake administration for guidance. |