Maryland Governor Larry Hogan surveyed the damage done at the West Baltimore intersection where much of last night’s rioting began.
The Governor shook hands with many of the people who came to clean up the streets that had seen burned cars, smashed police vehicles broken glass and plumes of smoke from a convenience store.
And, he declared, that the state of Maryland would not leave the city unprotected.
A state of emergency has been declared in the city with around 2-thousand National Guardsmen expected to be deployed to the city.
Hogan also said that he was moving his office from the state capital of Annapolis to Baltimore and plans to work out of the state offices in the downtown area.
Meanwhile, public schools have been closed for the day.
The Mayor’s office says there were 144 vehicle fires and 15 structure fires with nearly 200 arrests since the riots broke out.
The eruption of violence was sparked by the death of 25-year old Freddie Gray who died from a severe injury to his spinal cord while in police custody.
His twin sister Fredericka Gray said last night that her brother would have deplored the violence.
Philadelphia Mayor
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is defending his Baltimore counterpart as a stand-up leader.
Nutter tells CNN Tuesday that Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is being unfairly criticized for the response to violent protests over the police custody death of Freddie Gray.
Nutter says protesters bear personal responsibility for their role in Monday's riots that included looting and buildings being burned.
Nutter says the riots distracted from Gray's death following an April 12 arrest. His funeral was held Monday.
The Philadelphia mayor called for calm. He says leaders need to address bigger issues fueling unrest, including tense police-community relations and high unemployment.
Nutter criticized television commentators for knocking Rawlings-Blake without what he says are all the facts. He says television coverage has largely ignored people trying to save their communities from rioters.
