(Bloomberg) -- National Guard troops moved into Baltimore after a black man’s death in police custody set off riots, prompting officials to declare a state of emergency, impose a curfew and close schools.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan asked the National Guard into the city as protesters attacked police with rocks and bricks and set cars and buildings on fire Monday. The violence erupted after the funeral of Freddie Gray, 25, who died on April 19 after suffering spinal-cord injuries while in police custody.
Fifteen officers were injured and 27 people were arrested, said Darryl De Sousa of the Baltimorepolice department. The riots follow protests in other cities such as Ferguson, Missouri, where blacks died in encounters with law enforcement.
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