article_snippet.sent: Baltimore (CNN)The streets of Baltimore are calm once again.
article_snippet.sent: Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said the violence that marred Baltimore one week is not reflective of Baltimore.
article_snippet.sent: Baltimore is not violent.
article_snippet.sent: We have been under a lot of duress, and the violence that marred Baltimore this week is only in reaction to the years and decades of oppression, of police brutality, of harassment that many of the Baltimore residents have been under," Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said.
article_snippet.sent: Baltimore rioting 'hurts communities that are already suffering' The relative calm that took over Baltimore can be credited in part to peaceful protesters who formed human barricades between hot-tempered demonstrators and police, day and night.
article_snippet.sent: We're about positivity here in Baltimore.
article_snippet.sent: Some 2,000 National Guardsmen and more than 1,000 police officers from across Maryland and neighboring states were assigned to the streets of Baltimore on Tuesday night,
article_snippet.sent: In Baltimore riots, 'our hearts were broken' While there was no major damage Wednesday, the recovery from Monday's destruction is far from over.
article_snippet.sent: So residents like Cindy Oxendine took to the streets of Baltimore to sweep up rocks, glass and more, despite Cindy Oxendine aching back.
article_snippet.sent: The governor's office has started a website for those wanting to help Baltimore recover from Baltimore riots.
article_snippet.sent: We have received an outpouring of support from Marylanders and people all around the country who want to help get We Baltimore back on Baltimore feet in the wake of the violence and destruction," Larry Hogan said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: The website, governor.maryland.gov/mdunites/, allows visitors to volunteer for cleanup efforts, donate to charities helping affected residents and report new incidents to police.