After the withdrawal of National Guard units and the extra law enforcement, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has lifted the state of emergency imposed after a night of rioting followed by a curfew last week.
Over 3,000 Maryland National Guard and 1,000 law enforcement officers were called in to restore order.
The governor said it was not time to rebuild the city as Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called in the Justice Department to examine police practices that might have led to the unrest.
CVS to Rebuild
BALTIMORE (AP) - CVS Health says it will rebuild its store locations that were badly damaged by fire last week during protests in Baltimore.
CVS Health President and CEO Larry Merlo said Wednesday he can't say exactly when damaged stores will reopen, but CVS is working to reopen them as soon as possible.
The company says two store locations will be rebuilt. CVS has nearly 30 stores and more than 500
employees in Baltimore.
The company says it paid employees at the two stores for their regularly scheduled hours the week of the protests, whether or not they were able to work. The company also says the displaced employees who want to work in other CVS locations will be able to do so.
Shuttle Buses
BALTIMORE (AP) - Health and aging officials are launching a free shuttle to make sure Baltimore residents have access to food and other needs after shops were damaged and destroyed during rioting last week.
The Maryland Department of Aging and the Baltimore City Health Department announced the free shuttle service on Tuesday.
The service will operate on weekdays during May. It will include stops at 10 residential buildings and will take residents to Super WalMart and a Giant supermarket.
Surveillance
BALTIMORE (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union is asking federal agencies about the use of airplanes to monitor protests in Baltimore over the last week.
The ACLU filed Freedom of Information Act requests Wednesday with the FBI and other agencies seeking details about the flights of Cessna aircraft over Baltimore that the ACLU said were "indicative of surveillance activity."
The issue was first reported in The Washington Post.
Baltimore police regularly used helicopters to monitor protests throughout the city and broadcast instructions to protesters about implementation of a curfew and other issues. But privacy advocates say fixed-wing aircraft could potentially be used to conduct more sweeping surveillance.
The FBI said Wednesday that it provided aircraft to Baltimore police for aerial imaging of potential criminal activity, not to monitor lawful protests.
