{"id":49239,"date":"2015-04-28T15:15:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T14:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=49239"},"modified":"2015-04-28T15:40:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T14:40:40","slug":"baltimore-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/baltimore-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"Amateur photographer\u2019s powerful images of Baltimore riots turn spotlight on citizen journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is one of many\u00a0photos shared via\u00a0Devin\u00a0Allen&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bydvnlln\/\">Instagram<\/a> account \u00a0[byDVNLLN]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Guess I\u2019m a real photographer now,\u2019 wrote @byDVNLLN on his Twitter account today as he is besieged by the world\u2019s media following images posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bydvnlln\/\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/byDVNLLN\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Baltimore riots were triggered by the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who was reportedly fatally injured while in police custody on 19 April.<\/p>\n<p>@byDVNLLN is reported to be 26-year-old Devin Allen, a Baltimore resident who has spoken to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/blogs-trending-32497921\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Devin&#8217;s images have been shared thousands of times on social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED ARTICLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/latest\/photo-news\/are-citizen-journalists-killing-reportage-44194\">ARE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS KILLING REPORTAGE?<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/riottweet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49238\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/riottweet.jpg\" alt=\"riottweet\" width=\"602\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/04\/riottweet.jpg 602w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/04\/riottweet.jpg?resize=300,308 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/04\/riottweet.jpg?resize=390,400 390w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2015\/04\/riottweet.jpg?resize=562,577 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Devin Allen&#8217;s images have been shared thousands of times on social media, including Twitter. 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