A year after protests following the death of Freddie Gray,Pugh defeats 11 Democratic candidates, including activist DeRay MckessonMaryland state senator Catherine Pugh beat 11 other candidates, and including activist DeRay Mckesson,in a hard-fought and historic primary election in Baltimore’s mayoral race Tuesday, on the eve of the first anniversary of the unrest that shook the city in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray final year.
Gray, and 25,died after suffering from a severe spinal injury in police custody final year, and the uprisings which followed his death led to a wide open field when current mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced she would not seek re-election in September.
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Source: theguardian.com