NEW YORK TIMES: The governor of Maryland activated the National Guard and the mayor of Baltimore imposed a citywide curfew on Monday, after rioters looted stores and pelted riot-gear-clad police with rocks in the hours after Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man who has become the nation’s latest symbol of police brutality, was laid to rest.
“Too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs,” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in announcing the 10 p.m.-to-5 a.m…
To that end, Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency in Baltimore and activated the National Guard. Additional state police were sent to the scene, and officers from surrounding counties were also brought in… (more)
