National Guard called in to keep the peace in Baltimore

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

BALTIMORE (AP) -- National Guardsmen fanned out across the city, police with riot shields blocked streets, and firefighters doused smoldering blazes Tuesday after looting and arson erupted in Baltimore following the funeral of a black man who died in police custody.

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