Baltimore police investigate officer pointing gun in photo

Associated Press//August 11, 2015//

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A Baltimore police officer is on leave while the department investigates a photo that shows him aiming a gun at a rally where police dispersed dirt bike riders and spectators.

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday for the event. Police say some crowd members threw rocks and some officers wore riot gear as a police helicopter circled above. Police say the crowd dispersed, no injuries were reported and no one was arrested.

Department spokesman Jeremy Silbert said Monday the agency had started an investigation of the officer shown in the photo, who is standing in a street with other officers behind a cruiser. The officer holds the gun in his right hand and points it in the direction the officers are looking. Silbert says the department “takes these allegations very seriously.”

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