amy: dominique stevenson, we want to thank you for being with us. edit, wait for just a moment because you will be staying with us. eddie conway with the baltimore-based real news network. we also went to be joined by the former president of the baltimore city council. major protest planned for today in baltimore over the death of freddie gray. he was taken down by police on april 12. he died on april 19. his family and lawyers say 80% of his -- that 80% of his spine was severed. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. our guest is our eddie conway who continues to be with us, an executive producer for the real news network former political , prisoner. lawrence bell is also with us now, former president of the baltimore city council. he represents west baltimore, which is the area where freddie gray was arrested. so we are going through the facts as we know them. on april 12, freddie gray was arrested by police. it is not clear why. his family, his at