Overview
- Police say a large fight broke out at the AFRAM festival in Baltimore when juveniles threw objects and two officers were assaulted.
- Authorities declared the area a civil unrest zone and sent extra resources, including the Foxtrot helicopter, to disperse a concentrated crowd within the festival footprint.
- As of the late-evening update, officers reported no arrests and a local TV crew observed no further incidents as attendees left the site.
- The festival continued after the disturbance and police have opened an active investigation into the assaults and crowd actions.
- AFRAM draws dense crowds into a small event footprint, a factor police cited as contributing to the concentration of juveniles and the rapid escalation of the incident, which could affect future crowd-management plans.