MARYLAND — AFRAM’s 50th anniversary continued Sunday without major incident, a day after a fight involving nearly 100 teenagers resulted in two Baltimore Police officers being assaulted and triggered age restrictions on festivalgoers.
“It’s so good to see people coming together in community, in such a multigenerational way,” said Cece Williams, a Bowie resident who came to the festival with her husband, Antoni, for the first time on Sunday. “At this point, when African American culture is under attack, it’s so important that we have this legacy [of AFRAM] to celebrate.”
Around 8 p.m. Saturday, a large fight broke out among a crowd of nearly 100 teenagers at the festival grounds in Druid Hill Park. The fighting led Baltimore Police and the mayor’s office to declare part of the grounds a civil unrest zone. Late Saturday, Mayor Brandon Scott announced that all visitors under 18 on Sunday would be required to be accompanied by a “parent, guardian, or responsible adult.”
Officials from the mayor’s office and from Baltimore Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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