![Baltimore Freddie Gray protests aftermath Cleanup volunteers stand in the intersection of North Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue in the wake of riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/freddie-gray-protest-clean-up.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![National Guard Activated To Calm Tensions In Baltimore In Wake Of Riots After Death Of Freddie Gary Victor Huntley-el helps clean up debris from a CVS pharmacy that was set on fire yesterday during riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4714155841.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Suspect Dies Baltimore Maryland state troopers stand guard as residents clean up after a night of riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/4538ab8e621d4837a774e7bfec9a1cd6-0.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Baltimore Freddie Gray protests aftermath Cleanup volunteers stand in the intersection of North Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue in the wake of riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/freddie-gray-protest-clean-up.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Suspect Dies Baltimore Residents clean up after a night of riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/d7af5a79ebda49e29ceba42.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A looted wig shop is seen damaged in Baltimore, Maryland A looted wig shop is seen damaged after a night of riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-04-28t122954z_474111855_gf1000007.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake tours Pennsylvania avenue as Maryland State Police stand guard in Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake tours Pennsylvania avenue as Maryland State Police stand guard in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-04-28t142509z_247174515_gf1002.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A man looks as Baltimore fire department fights a fire in Baltimore, Maryland A man watches as the Baltimore fire department fights a fire in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-04-28t122917z_480105359_gf1000007.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![National Guard Activated To Calm Tensions In Baltimore In Wake Of Riots After Death Of Freddie Gary Maryland state troopers stand guard near a CVS pharmacy that was burned to the ground yesterday during riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/471415424.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![National Guard Activated To Calm Tensions In Baltimore In Wake Of Riots After Death Of Freddie Gary Baltimore firefighters inspect a CVS pharmacy that was burned to the ground yesterday during riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/471415594.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![National Guard Activated To Calm Tensions In Baltimore In Wake Of Riots After Death Of Freddie Gary Baltimore firefighters talk to community members cleaning up a CVS pharmacy that was set on fire yesterday during riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/471415588.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![National Guard Activated to Calm Tensions In Baltimore In Wake Of Riots After Death of Freddie Gray Looters smashed a hole in the wall from a laundromat to a hardware store, and Kim Le joined a neighborhood clean up crew to help out the morning after citywide riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/471424004.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Demonstrators Gather Outside Baltimore Police Station to Protest Death of Freddie Gray A man walks with his daughter along North Avenue toward a CVS that was set on fire during riots in Baltimore on April 28, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/04723481.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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