Just a half a block from the spot where a Baltimore police officer repeatedly punched her son in the face and head earlier this month, Shonta McGrier stood quietly last night.
She was with a crowd of activists and neighbors gathered to protest the beating of 26-year-old Dashawn McGrier, shown on a bystander’s cellphone video not fighting back as Officer Arthur Williams punches him, shoves him down onto rowhouse steps and eventually the sidewalk, where his face is pressed down in a pool of his blood.
Shonta McGrier didn’t talk to reporters, but when speakers addressed the crowd, she nodded assent and applauded heartily.
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