President Obama condemned the violence in Baltimore this afternoon, saying there is "no excuse" for the violence, looting and arson that followed the funeral held for Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old African American who died after suffering a spine injury in police custody earlier this month.
"They're not protesting, they're not making a statement, they're stealing," Obama said in a jointpress conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
"They're destroying and undermining businesses and opportunities in their own communities that rob jobs and opportunity from people in that area," he added.
The public comments are Obama's first since violence began in Baltimore on Monday afternoon and continued overnight -- following nearly 200 arrests and roughly 150 fires, according to the Baltimore mayor’s office.
Fifteen police officers have been injured since Monday, with six hospitalized. It is not clear how many rioters have been injured.
More: www.abcnews.go.com
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