Looting. Several buildings have been set on fire. These writers a source started from a peaceful demonstration and have now escalated to this level of violence balance that we are currently same. The 1600 National Guard troops will be on the ground here backing up the state and federal police meanwhile the city is taking steps to keep a curfew in effect. Its for all miners in start tomorrow for the entire city as bald mark tries to regain of control the situation. Reporter the family of freddie of as condemning actions of these of writers. Pam moore grant lodes joins us now with a lot more information grant lodes is of former charge part of what your seen burning multiple fires right now those police say that in the streets are not in control of the officers there is may and throughout the city. Therefore fires currently burning while former churches bird and it was being converted to Affordable Housing for seniors it would of been Human Health Services facilities and a struggling part
And a beauty shop were stripped bare this morning residents will to find stores is shattered a mother looking in vain for diapers. The first clouds on the streets today were carrying bruhns not rocks they clean of debris from burned out businesses is all good children breakdown stuff and the adults at the ticket got today we saw a lot more of what baltimore is actually about we saw people coming together today to reclaim our city Catherine Heenan 1 group knelt in prayer near the cvs pharmacy the scene of one of the dozens of structural fires last night in addition more than 1140 vehicles were torched. Marylands governor is counting on a show of force to keep the peace tonight guard troops surround Police Headquarters allied officers confront out in the st. Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Bates was oaklands police chief during the oscar grant protest today defended baltimore officers accused of moving too slowly when it most faster because there were 1415 and 60 your kids out ther