(Bloomberg) -- National Guard troops movedinto Baltimore after a black man’s death in policecustody set off riots, prompting officials to declare a state ofemergency, impose a curfew and close schools.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan asked the National Guard into thecity as protesters attacked police with rocks and bricks and setcars and buildings on fire Monday. The violence erupted after thefuneral of Freddie Gray, 25, who died on April 19 after sufferingspinal-cord injuries while in police custody.
Fifteen officers were injured and 27 people were arrested, saidDarryl De Sousa of the Baltimorepolice department. The riotsfollow protests in other cities such as Ferguson, Missouri, whereblacks died in encounters with law enforcement.
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