SEE VIDEO Of The Worst Race Riots In Baltimore Since 1968

5000 National Guard troops have been deployed by Barack
Obama to Baltimore to curb race riots – for the first time in this
American city since assassination of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1968. This time riots were sparked by the death of 25-year-old black
man Freddie Gray in in police custody.

5000 troops have been deployed to the American city of Baltimore to curb race riots.
Photo: Reuters

Freddie
Gray, 25, who died a week ago after his neck was broken while in
Baltimore police custody, had been in an out of prison since 2008. He
was arrested previously at least 18 times for selling heroin and
marijuana in the streets. However, his latest arrest for possession of
the switch-blade knife resulted in his broken neck while in police
custody. This caused the same effect as assassination of the Reverend
Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.


Gray’s
funeral sparked protest against police brutality that later grew into
full-scale riots. The result of Baltimore riots – cars and houses burnt,
shops looted and white people robbed and beaten in the streets
sporadically by gangs of black youth.
Baltimore
police was unable to cope with situation, so Barack Obama had to deploy
5000 troops to restore order in this American city. He also came up
with a statement condemning violent behavior, stating the inciters of
riot should be treated like criminals. A the same time American
president described the issues of overusing force by police against
African Americans as a slow rolling crisis.
However,
besides police brutality towards black men, experts consider
unemployment, poverty, and extensive drug use among black youth one of
the main triggers that thrown out the violence in the streets of
Baltimore so suddenly.
One
of the people who suddenly got famous overnight is Toya Graham, who
recognised her son in one of the protesters and smacked him in front of
numerous cameras.
Riot in Baltimore is the wost case of
social unrest since the riots triggered by the death of Michael Brown 
in Ferguson, Missouri, who was shot dead by a policeman a year ago. Many
similar incidents questioning the use of force by police have emerged
in cities and towns across the US recently.