Hundreds Of Baltimore Rioters Loot Stores, Burn Buildings And Injure US Police Officers

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Hundreds Of Baltimore Rioters Loot Stores, Burn Buildings And Injure US Police Officers


Baltimore erupted in violence on Monday, April 27 as hundreds of rioters looted stores, burned buildings and injured at least 15 police officers following the funeral of a 25-year-old black man who died after he was injured in police custody.



The riots broke out just a few blocks from the funeral of Freddie Gray and then spread through much of West Baltimore in the most violent US demonstrations since arson and gunfire in Ferguson, Missouri, last year.

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Firefighters battled several blazes on Monday evening, including a fire under investigation that consumed a church's senior center under construction in East Baltimore. Police said looting and assaults against officers continued into the night.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, a Republican, declared a state of emergency and sent in the National Guard. Police made at least 27 arrests and Baltimore schools will be shut Tuesday, April 28.

Democratic Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake imposed a citywide curfew beginning Tuesday night, with exceptions for work and medical emergencies.

Gray's death on April 19 reignited a public outcry over police treatment of African Americans that flared last year after the killings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, New York City and elsewhere.

But after several days of peaceful protests over Gray's death, things turned violent on Monday. Mayor Rawlings-Blake called the looters "thugs" and said they had nothing to do with protests over police brutality.

Looters sacked liquor stores, pharmacies, a shopping mall and a check-cashing store. Rioters smashed car windows outside a major hotel and twice slashed a fire hose while firefighters fought a blaze at a CVS pharmacy that had been looted before it was set on fire.

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