Police enforce curfew in Baltimore, disperse protesters

By Scott Malone and Warren Strobel BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Police in riot gear used pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse a group of protesters in Baltimore on Tuesday night after a curfew took effect a day after the worst rioting in the United States in years. Most protesters were at an intersection in West Baltimore that was the scene of the heaviest looting and rioting on Monday over the death of a black man who was injured in police custody. When protesters threw bottles and jeered in response, the police slowly advanced a few feet at a time, breaking up the crowd by firing rubber bullets and projectiles containing a chemical irritant. "Officers are now deploying pepper balls," the Baltimore Police department said on Twitter.

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