Will Baltimore Use Social Media to Prosecute Rioters?

Last Monday night, while Baltimore residents set fires and looted stores to protest the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced that police would use social media video and images to prosecute rioters. "We will be holding people accountable," she said.

More than 200 arrests related to the rioting have been made since then, and about half of those arrested have been released without charge. Several videos of the violence and looting made their way to social media, but there's no indication that posts have directly resulted in charges. Whether or not Baltimore authorities decide to actively pursue offenders depicted on social media could come down to how much pressure the community puts forth for arrests. Or how much help the police get from members of the public to identify offenders.