Speaking the day after rioting, arson and looting left Baltimore broken and smoldering, the governor said he repeatedly called Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Monday but she held off on calling in the guard until three hours after violence first erupted.
(Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing by Barbara Goldberg)Maryland governor says Baltimore mayor waited to call for help
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