>> what's gonna happen in sandtown if officers not convicted? what happened in sandtown when officers did what they did to freddie? the world knew about it, right? the officers not convicted about that? the world gonna know about it. >> these people have decided that today they will be arrested. >> i know that i'm being surveilled. >> people are not getting the care that they need. >> this is a crime against humanity. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> explosions going on... we're not quite sure - >> is that an i.e.d.? >> people out here are struggling and just trying to get by with whatever they can. >> al jazeera america - proud of telling your stories. >> somebody to care about us man... >> we're live in ferguson, missouri. >> brick by brick, i will open it. it will take more than a few rocks to stop me from doin' what i have to do. >> suddenly heroin seems to be everywhere. >> there's no way i am willing to give up my family for a drug ever again. >>

. >> baltimore's sandtown neighborhood. the heart of west baltimore, and one of the city's poorest areas. this is where freddie gray grew up -- known to friends as pepper. >> why was his nickname pepper? >> i never heard of pepper being bad for nobody, salt is bad for you, salt will kill you. i never heard nobody dying from pepper, everybody loves pepper. and he was dark skinned, so. >> brandon ross is freddie's god-brother. >> on april 12, reports say freddie was walking down the street when he made eye contact with officers -- and then ran. >> police chased gray and arrested him on the sidewalk here at the gilmor homes. >> where were you when he was arrested? >> right there with him. if you look at the original video that they shown, and you see the guy pointing, walking up, that's me. yeah, so, i was there throughout the whole thing, seen the whole process. >> freddie was conscious when he was loaded into a paddy wagon. when it arrived at the police station 45 minutes later -- he was not. >> the question is why? he didn'

these two blocks in the heart of west baltimore's sandtown first to go, but ott worries about the people who live here. >> i want their voices to be the voices that are heard. >> you don't think that's happening? >> well, look around. it hasn't happened probably in 40 years. >> reporter: 45-year-old ray kelly has lived here all his life. >> we keep saying that this is progress, but nobody is asking where are we putting all these people that lived in this community. >> reporter: 20% of the people here are unemployed and a third live in poverty. this neighborhood is also where freddie gray lived. after his death while in police custody, rioting and looting further destroyed it. >> this wasn't a five-year crime spree that started this right here. this is 30, 40 years of just saying, to hell with that community. >> reporter: baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says the demolition will cost $94 million. homes and green spaces. >> when you see a vacant home, when you see numerous vacant homes in a row, what that suggests is neglect. what that suggests is a city that's going in the wrong d

liked, but things may yet pick up >>> much more news on our website at aljazeera.com >> baltimore's sandtown neighborhood. the heart of west baltimore, and one of the city's poorest areas. this is where freddie gray grew up -- known to friends as pepper. >> why was his nickname pepper? >> i never heard of pepper being bad for nobody, salt is bad for you, salt will kill you. i never heard nobody dying from pepper, everybody loves pepper.

these two blocks in the heart of west baltimore's sandtown-winchester neighborhood are the first to go. but ott worries about the people who live here. >> i want their voices to be the voices that are heard. >> reporter: you don't think that's happening? >> well, look around. it hasn't happened probably in 40 years. >> let's ask those people. >> reporter: 45-year-old ray kelly has lived here all his life. >> we keep saying this is progress, but nobody is asking, where are we putting all these people that live in this community. >> reporter: 20% of the people here are unemployed and one-third live in poverty. this neighborhood is also where after his death, while in police custody, rioting and looting further destroyed it. >> this wasn't a five-year crime spree that started this right here. this is 30, 40 years of just saying, to hell with that community. >> reporter: baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says the demolition will cost $94 million. the plan is to build new town homes and green spaces. >> when you see a vacant home, when you see numerous vacant homes in a row, what tha

these two blocks in the heart of west baltimore sandtown-winchester neighborhood are the first to go.ott worries about the people who live here. >> i want their voices to be the voices that are herd. >> reporter: you don't think that's happening? >> well, look around. it hasn't happened probably in 40 years. >> let's ask those people. >> reporter: 45-year-old ray kelly has lived here all his life. >> we keep saying this is progress. but nobody is asking where are we putting all these people that -- that lived in this community. >> reporter: 20% of the people here are unemployed and a third live in poverty. this neighborhood is also where freddie gray lived. after his death, while in police custody, rioting and looting further destroyed it. >> this wasn't a five-year crime spree that started this right here. this is -- 34 years of just saying to hell with that community. >> reporter: baltimore mayor stephanie rollings blake says the demolition will cost 94,000. the plan is to build town homes in green spaces. when you see numerous vacant homes in a row what that suggests is neglect and

he went to sandtown and walked to cvs. did that impact you? >> yeah.e way he talks, the fact he's get higgs money from the people, the grassroots, not getting millions and trillions of dollars from corporations. >> does that bother you, though? she's showing some shade at you. that's directed towards hillary. >> i can't comment on that. >> no? >> no. >> she's going to vote for who she wants to vote for and i'm going to vote for her. >> do you think that type of money, those donations would influence a candidate clinton? >> of course it would. but it's a race, like you say it is. it's a race made in the best person win. >> i feel like hillary had her chance. she's been in the white house. >> she's experienced, you know. she's been at the big tables. you know, she don't get crazy when things start to dom head, you know, she's calm. >> lady, thank you very much. >> thank you. bye. have a good day. >> that will wrap up our show from the inner harbor. we'll be back, kate snow at 3:00 and me at 4:00. stay tuned. much more after this. our cosmetics line was a