This video shows a female Russia Today reporter videoing youths at a protest in Baltimore before she is overwhelmed and her bag is stolen.

As she chased the young man responsible, police officers in riot gear intercepted the thief and returned the bag to the tearful journalist, however it was unclear whether or not the suspect was one of the youths being filmed before the incident.

This incident took place as a peaceful protest in Baltimore about the death of a black man, Freddie Gray, due to critical injuries in police custody turned violent.


Thousands of people had marched on the city’s downtown streets before violent behaviour took place leading to 34 arrests with six officers suffering minor injuries.



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Demonstrators Gather Outside Baltimore Police Station to Protest Death of Freddie Gray (Picture: EPA)

Mr Gray’s mother Fredricka Gray pleaded with the crowd: ‘My family wants to say, can you all please, please stop the violence? Freddie Gray would not want this.’

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A smaller ‘splinter group’ looted a convenience store, throwing tables and chairs through store windows, shattering the glass.

Another group smashed the window of a department store inside a downtown mall and, at one point, a protester tossed a flaming metal garbage can toward a line of police officers in riot gear as they tried to push back the crowd.

The Youths filmed by the RT reporter (Picture: YouTube)