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1st LD: Baltimore mayor lifts city-wide curfew

Xinhua, May 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Sunday lifted a city-wide curfew which had been in effect since Tuesday.

"Effective immediately, I have rescinded my order instituting a city-wide curfew," Rawlings-Blake announced on her twitter account.

Protests for the death of African-American man Freddie Gray, 25, culminated in rioting and looting late Monday, hours after Gray's funeral.

According to Baltimore police, up to 144 cars and 15 structures were set ablaze Monday night, with dozens of stores being looted.

Baltimore officials had previously planned to keep the weeklong 10 p.m. - 5 a.m. curfew in place through Sunday. However, protests since Monday's rioting have been peaceful and the state prosecutor's announcement to charge the six officers involved in Gray's death on Friday also helped to ease tensions in the city. Endi