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Baltimore curfew lifted by mayor following protests

A daily 10pm curfew in Baltimore, which had been in effect for five nights following violent protests over the death of Freddie Gray, has been lifted by the city's mayor.

It comes after six police officers involved in Gray's arrest were charged over his death, including counts of manslaughter and murder.

A post-mortem revealed Gray suffered a broken neck after being handcuffed, shackled and placed head-first into a police van.

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Freddie Gray 'should never have been arrested'

Six American police officers - whose treatment of a black man they had wrongly arrested provoked several days of violent protests in Baltimore - are to be charged.

They are accused of murder, manslaughter and assault. Freddie Gray, 25, died after suffering injuries while handcuffed inside a moving police van.

ITV News Washington Correspondent Robert Moore reports:

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