Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has lifted the curfew in Baltimore, saying she is confident rioting has ended.
Blake said the National Guard will “unwind” their operations in the city over the next week.
“Right now I’m very confident,” Rawlings said when asked about her decision to lift the curfew, which has been in place since Tuesday night.
Rawlings-Blake appeared Sunday at an inner city mall that earlier this week was the scene of rioting and looting following the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died in police custody.
She said the majority of the stores at the damaged mall have reopened.
“I think a lot of the unrest has been settled down, in the sense of the protests,” Rawlings-Blake said, crediting the faith community with helping quell the riots.
The mayor said she is working with the Justice Department on a “collaborative review” of the Baltimore police department.
The six officers who arrested Gray have been charged in his death.
