Baltimore Teen in Riot Photo Held on $500,000 Bail

The young man in the blue hoodie seen in pictures smashing police cars during violent protests in Baltimore has a name and a family. He is Allen Bullock. Bullock, 18, is charged with eight counts, including rioting and malicious destruction of property — all of them misdemeanors — after he showed up with his stepfather at the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center. His stepfather, Maurice Hawkins, told the British newspaper The Guardian that Bullock agreed to surrender because the police would "find him, knock down our door and beat him." Hawkins added,
"By turning himself in, he also let me know he was growing as a man and he recognized what he did was wrong." He said he confronted his stepson after seeing him on TV during demonstrations Saturday.