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Baltimore Starts Community Peacekeeping in Neighborhoods - Mayor’s Office

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The city of Baltimore started handing out community peacekeeper passes for anyone who hopes to protect the city’s neighborhoods, Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods Director Gus Augustus stated on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — A weeklong curfew is in effect in Baltimore from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. as Baltimore police, strengthened by police from neighboring regions and the Maryland National Guard, patrol the city.

On Monday, protests turned into riots in Baltimore after the funeral of 25-year-old African American man Freddie Gray, who died of a spinal cord injury while in police custody.

“We have community peacekeeper passes for those who want to be mobile during the curfew and for those who want to set the stage to say ‘we got this and we are going to make it happen,’” Augustus said at a National Action Network press conference.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake confirmed that the community peacekeeping program will take place — referring to the peacekeepers as “marshals” — during her speech at the press conference.

“They [US Department of Justice] will discuss some training further of community marshals,” Rawlings-Blake said.

Solidarity protests have erupted throughout the United States, including in New York City, Boston and Washington, DC.

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