A young girl sweeps up the area outside the CVS Pharmacy in Baltimore that was set on fire during rioting on Monday, on April 28, 2015. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
After a night of riots in Baltimore, city residents began clearing the streets, as National Guard troops were deployed.
The rioting, which started Tuesday after the funeral for Freddie Gray, left at least 15 police officers injured, numerous cars burned out, shops looted, and a CVS pharmacy on fire. Gray suffered a fatal injury while in police custody.
Six of the injured officers remain in hospital, and hundreds of rioters were arrested.
On Wednesday, national guard troops spread out through the city in a bid to keep the peace and prevent any further outbreaks of looting and riots.
President Barack Obama came out Wednesday to say that there was “no excuse” for the violence seen on Monday, and urged both the police and rioters to do some soul-searching.
Jerald Miller helps clean up debris from a CVS pharmacy that was set on fire in Baltimore during rioting after the funeral of Freddie Gray, on April 28, 2015. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Local people clean out the CVS Pharmacy in Baltimore after rioting left it looted and torched, on April 28, 2015. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
A Maryland state trooper stands guard near a CVS pharmacy that was destroyed in Baltimore during rioting, on April 28, 2015. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Kailah Johnson (C), 5, joined her mother in a neighborhood clean up crew the morning after citywide riots on April 28, 2015 in Baltimore. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
Members of the Maryland National Guard stand guard over the Baltimore city hall building on April 28, 2015. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
The inside of a looted an torched CVS Pharmacy in Baltimore, on April 28, 2015. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
A security officer walks through a looted check cashing store in Baltimore on April 28, 2015. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
A young girl sweeps up the area outside the CVS Pharmacy in Baltimore that was set on fire during rioting on Monday, on April 28, 2015. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
Baltimore police dressed in riot gear and members of the National Guard line the street while Maryland Governor Larry Hogan visits the scene the morning after citywide riots following the funeral of Freddie Gray, on April 28, 2015 in Baltimore. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
Baltimore firefighters inspect a CVS pharmacy that was burned to the ground, on April 28, 2015 in Baltimore. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Baltimore firefighters inspect a CVS pharmacy that was burned to the ground, on April 28, 2015 in Baltimore. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
The remains of a senior center bus set ablaze during night riots at dawn on April 28, 2015 in Baltimore. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
A welcome sign beside Druid Hill Park lies on the ground the morning after citywide riots on April 28, 2015 in Baltimore. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
Volunteers clean out a damaged business, on April 25, 2015, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Residents clean streets as law enforcement officers stand guard, April 28, 2015, in Baltimore (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Volunteers clean up a business damaged during an evening of riots, on April 28, 2015, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Jasper Fakkert is the Editor-in-chief of the U.S. editions of The Epoch Times. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication Science and a Master's degree in Journalism.
Twitter: @JasperFakkert
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