article_snippet.sent: (CNN)In a sobering example of life imitating art, the chaos sweeping the streets of Baltimore may have been partly inspired by a series of action-horror movies.
article_snippet.sent: Baltimore police said rioting at a shopping mall and elsewhere Monday afternoon started amid rumors, spread on social media, of a "purge" led by large groups of marauding high school students.
article_snippet.sent: The Baltimore Sun reported that a flier circulated widely among city school students via social media touted a "purge" to begin Monday at 3 p.m. at Mondawmin Mall and end downtown.
article_snippet.sent: a flier included an image of protesters smashing the windshield of a police car in Baltimore on Saturday, The Baltimore Sun
article_snippet.sent: The Baltimore Sun said.
article_snippet.sent: How Baltimore police, protesters battle on Twitter .
article_snippet.sent: Maryland's largest city has been on edge since an African-American man, Freddie Gray, died April 19 from a spinal cord injury an African-American man, Freddie Gray suffered while in police custody.
article_snippet.sent: Peaceful protests gave way to violence Saturday night and again Monday, as agitators threw bricks at police, looted stores and set fire to cars and buildings.
article_snippet.sent: Scattered references to #purge and #ThePurge began appearing in Twitter and Instagram posts Monday about the unrest in Baltimore.
highlights_snippet.sent: Some of Baltimore's unrest may have been inspired by the "Purge" movies .
  