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Update: Protests have spread across the nation's cities...

In Los Angeles, six people protesting against police brutality were arrested Monday night when they failed to disperse, reported CNN affiliate KABC. About 50 people marched, KABC said. In Chicago, hundreds of protesters marched Tuesday from police headquarters at 35th and Michigan through the Southside, CNN affiliate WGN reported. Police made one arrest, for reckless conduct. About 100 people marched Monday night in Oakland in support of Baltimore protesters, reported CNN affiliate KABC. A protest is planned for Thursday in Cincinnati, reported CNN affiliate WXIX. Philly.com said a "Philly is Baltimore" protest will be held Thursday at Philadelphia City Hall.

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Is the so-called "purge" spreading? Hundreds have now gathered in Union Square in New York in a show of solidarity with the protesters in Baltimore who have demanded justice for the death of Freddie Gray. More from NBC:

Organizers had urged various activist groups to rally at Union Square "to show the people of Baltimore that we stand in solidarity with them and with their resistance because their resistance is for justice and their justice is our justice," according to one press release. The demonstrations were being held simultaneously as the ones in Baltimore, which were mostly peaceful compared to the violent rioting that rocked the city the day of Gray's funeral Monday… Umaara Elliott, one of the New York rally organizers, said she encouraged the message protesters in Baltimore were trying to send.

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Scuffle between front line of #nypd and protestors north of #UnionSquare pic.twitter.com/t5m6N1zAcD — lorenzo ferrigno (@lorenzoferrigno) April 29, 2015

Still more being loaded into police vans here on 17th near Union Square, NYC #BlackLivesMatter #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/Fki34kUTPb — Brian Ries (@moneyries) April 29, 2015

And finally - once again to diffuse some tension...