Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is speaking out against the thugs she said are destroying Baltimore.

Rawlings-Blake said the violence happening now has nothing to do with those legitimately protesting the death of Freddie Gray who died while in police custody.

"It is very clear there is a difference between what we saw over the past week with the peaceful protests, those who wish to seek justice, those who wish to be heard, and want answers and the difference between those protests and the thugs who only want to incite violence and destroy our city," Rawlings-Blake said.

The mayor, a life-long Baltimore resident said she has asked for the National Guard to be deployed and Governor Larry Hogan has agreed. She also confirmed that a curfew has been instituted from 10 pm to 5 am to try and bring the violence under control.

"I’m a life-long resident of Baltimore and too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for. Tearing down businesses. Tearing down and destroying property, things that we know will impact our community for years," Ralwings-Blake said.