Freddie Gray pre-trial hearings photos

Pastor Westley West, Faith Empowerment Ministries, joins protestors outside the Baltimore City Courthouse East as the first hearings related to the Freddie Gray case get underway.

Police push protesters back as Kwame Rose is lead in handcuffs to a police van. Protesters rallied Wednesday morning outside Baltimore Circuit Court where the first motions hearing in the Freddie Gray case is held then marched, blocking traffic, to the corner of Calvert and Pratt Streets.

Cortly “CD” Witherspoon address the protesters, spreaking for justiceThe first motions hearing in the Freddie Gray case will be held at 9:30 a.m. in Baltimore Circuit Court.

Protesters march past City Hall as they move toward the Inner Harbor. Peoples Power Assembly organized a protest outside Baltimore Circuit Court where the first motions hearing in the Freddie Gray case was held. After the rally they took to the streets blocking traffic on their way to Pratt and Calvert Streets.

Protesters gather at the court house prior to the hearing. The first motions hearing in the Freddie Gray case will be held at 9:30 a.m. in Baltimore Circuit Court.

Steven Ceci, from Waverly, speaks for justice to the protesters.

Center, Mackenzie McDonald, N Baltimore, holds up a sign during the protest Wednesday morning outside Baltimore Circuit Court where the first motions hearing in the Freddie Gray case is held.

Cortly “CD” Witherspoon addresses the protesters, spreaking for justice. Protesters gathered at the courthouse this morning prior to to the first motions hearing in the Freddie Gray case.

Protesters look through a line of Baltimore City Police at Kwame Rose, an activist being detained by police. After assembling Wednesday morning outside Baltimore Circuit Court where the first motions hearing in the Freddie Gray case is held, the protesters blocked traffic as they marched to the corner of Calvert and Pratt Streets in the Inner Harbor.

Activist Kwame Rose is handcuffed and lays on the ground near a Baltimore City police van Wednesday morning. He looks toward protesters who marched in the street from the Baltimore Circuit Court, where the first motions hearing in the Freddie Gray case are held, to the corner of Calvert and Pratt Streets in the Inner Harbor.

Protesters gather at the couorthouse prior to the hearing. The first motions hearing in the Freddie Gray case will be held at 9:30 a.m. in Baltimore Circuit Court.

A spectator in the Baltimore City Courthouse takes pictures with a cellphone camera of protestors outside as they gather for the first hearings related to the Freddie Gray case get underway.

Protesters gather at the courthouse prior to the hearing. The first motions hearing in the Freddie Gray case will be held at 9:30 a.m. in Baltimore Circuit Court.

Dr. Margaret Flowers holds a sign during the Freddie Gray pre-hearing protest.

Baltimore city police officers form a line at the Inner Harbor on Pratt Street as protestors had gathered and were blocking traffic.

Police with riot gear in hand, prepare to restore order on Pratt Street as the protesters march from the court house to the Inner harbor, blocking traffic on Pratt Street.

Attorney J. Wyndal Gordon speaks to the press outside of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City on Calvert Street Wednesday after two motions were denied at a hearing on the Freddie Gray case.

Activist Kwame Rose was initially lead to a police van after arrest, but later was taken away by a medic unit. Protesters marched to the Inner Harbor blocking traffic on Pratt Street.

Activist Kwame Rose is detained and led to the police van. Protesters marched from the court house to the Inner Harbor, blocking traffic on Pratt Street.

Police try to control the protestors after the arrest of activist Kwame Rose. Protesters marched to Pratt Street and the Inner harbor, blocking traffic.

Police try to control the angry protesters as they detain activist Kwame Rose. The protesters marched to Pratt Street and the Inner Harbor.

Pastor Westley West kneels on Pratt Steet, shouting. The protesters marched from the court house to the Inner harbor, blocking traffic on Pratt Street.

Protesters gather at the courthouse prior to the first Freddie Gray hearings.

Protesters gather at the courthouse prior to the first Freddie Gray hearings.

Protesters gather at the courthouse prior to the first Freddie Gray hearings.

Part of Calvert Street is blocked off in downtown Baltimore as the pre-trial hearings begin in the Freddie Gray case.

Part of Calvert Street is blocked off in downtown Baltimore as the pre-trial hearings begin in the Freddie Gray case.

Members of the media stand in line, waiting to enter courthouse prior to hearings, which were to begin at 9:30 a.m. in Baltimore.

Members of the media stand in line, waiting to enter courthouse prior to hearings, which were to begin at 9:30 a.m. in Baltimore.