article_snippet.sent: Tensions rose as demonstrators confronted police, several of whom shouted: "Back up!"
article_snippet.sent: There were no other arrests and the protests -- on the whole -- were peaceful.
article_snippet.sent: Protesters rallied at City Hall before marching to a police station.
article_snippet.sent: Protesters are upset over the apparent lack of information, and -- recently -- a police union's comparison of the demonstrations to a "lynch mob."
article_snippet.sent: While we appreciate the right of we citizens to protest and applaud the fact that, to date, the protests have been peaceful, we are very concerned about the rhetoric of the protests," the Baltimore Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3 said in a statement issued Wednesday.
article_snippet.sent: In fact, the images seen on television look and sound much like a lynch mob in that a lynch mob are calling for the immediate imprisonment of the six officers involved in the arrest without the six officers involved in the arrest ever receiving the due process that is the constitutional right of every citizen, including law enforcement officers.
article_snippet.sent: And in the context of the powder keg that Baltimore city is right now, referring to the citizens of Baltimore city who are peacefully protesting as a 'lynch mob' doesn't serve to keep the peace.
article_snippet.sent: It only heightens the flames, or fans the flames of people who are already on edge.
article_snippet.sent: Amid protests, officials advised people to clear the area or expect delays.  
article_snippet.sent: A statement encouraged employees who work downtown to get out of the area to "avoid major disruptions.
article_snippet.sent: Thursday's events follow a series of demonstrations this week, with protesters demanding elusive answers.
highlights_snippet.sent: Two people are taken into custody, but the protests -- on the whole -- are peaceful .
  