Baltimore protester Joseph Kent a 'free man,' attorney says
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Sent!Posted!Protester Joseph Kent, shown on the right with his hands up, moments before he was arrested. The incident was broadcast live on CNN.(Photo: Screengrab from CNN)
Updated April 30 at 10:40 a.m.
Prominent Baltimore activist Joseph Kent who was arrested Tuesday night on live TV was released Thursday morning, according to a tweet from his attorney Steve Beatty.
Kent's arrest, broadcast on CNN, showed him walking with his hands up in front of a police line after the city's 10 p.m. curfew. He was quickly surrounded by members of the National Guard before being pushed into an armored car.
Kent's whereabouts after the arrest were largely unknown and until Beatty began giving updates on social media.
Kent, a 21-year-old music student at Morgan State University, gained attention during protests in Baltimore after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., according to a 2014 report in the Baltimore City Paper. In that report, Kent is credited with helping to keep protests peaceful and organized.
On Tuesday, Kent was participating in protests following the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died on April 19 from a spinal injury obtained while in police custody. The city instituted a 10 p.m. curfew after riots Monday night left buildings burned and police officers injured.
USA TODAY Network contacted the Baltimore Police Department, but the public information officers have not returned calls and emails for comment.
Here's the arrest video from CNN:
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