Riot, looting prompt state of emergency, curfew in Baltimore

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By TOM FOREMAN Jr. and AMANDA LEE MYERS

BALTIMORE (AP) — Rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos Monday, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers hours after thousands mourned the man who died from a severe spinal injury he suffered in police custody.

The governor declared a state of emergency and called in the National Guard to restore order. A weeklong, daily curfew was imposed beginning Tuesday from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., the mayor said. At least 15 officers were hurt, and some two dozen people were arrested. Two officers remained hospitalized, police said.

Officers wearing helmets and wielding shields occasionally used pepper spray to keep the rioters back. For the most part, though, they relied on line formations to keep protesters at bay.

Monday's riot was the latest flare-up over the mysterious death of Freddie Gray, whose fatal encounter with officers came amid the national debate over police use of force, especially when black suspects are involved. Gray was African-American. Police have declined to specify the races of the six officers involved in his arrest, all of whom have been suspended with pay while they are under investigation.

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EDS NOTE: OBSCENE GESTURES - People stand on top of a Baltimore police car in Baltimore on Monday, April 27, 2015, during unrest following the funeral of Freddie Gray. Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a Baltimore Police Department van. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

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[heaven05]

1. well.......

in the video of his arrest, the three officers arresting him, were white. So that is a real suspicious and stupid "specification of race" denial. Can't understand shit like this.