Huge fires set across Baltimore as Freddie Gray rioters torch city, loot stores and injure fifteen police officers as violence rages into the night and local politicians are left turning on each other
- State of emergency declared in Baltimore just hours after funeral for Freddie Gray who died in police custody
- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake branded the rioters 'thugs' and issued a 10pm-5am curfew starting on Tuesday
- President has been briefed on the situation, more than 1,000 police and Maryland National Guard are on standby
- Three rival gangs announced an unprecedented alliance to 'take out' Baltimore officers on Monday
- 15 police officers injured, two in a serious condition in hospital, and 27 people have been arrested
- Looters seen raiding gun shops and check cashing stores. CVS set ablaze and rioters slashed fire fighters' hoses
- Freddie Gray, 25, died after suffering severed spine in police custody on April 12. He died days later on April 19
- His family has denounced the riots. But Eric Garner's daughter said she understood their frustration
- Police said they needed help from the National Guard after the protestors 'outnumbered and outflanked us'
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