Anderson cooper is live in baltimore. Anderson today we saw troop transport trucks packed with National Guardsmen rolling into the city. Looks like one of them is behind you there in the city hall area. Whats the mood on the ground in baltimore right now . Reporter its without a doubt tense, as you would imagine. Its different in a lot of different communities. As you have said we have seen peaceful protests today, we have seen standoffs with the police. We have seen arrests in some cases. Were starting to see the Police Strategy now that we have more police from different areas as well as National Guard here in the city. Were seeing the evolutionary of tactics as you saw when you were on the ground in ferguson jake. The police maintaining their lines and identifying one or two individuals who they believe are causing trouble or throwing things at police. They will then move into the crowd, aggressively arrest that person and then go back to their lines. Weve seen that throughout the d
maryland national guards spokesman colonel john koehler joins us on the phone. you now have 1,000 guards men and women on the streets of baltimore. what has the response to their presence been like? well the response has been very positive. the citizens are glad to see us. some are concerned that it does heighten the awareness of what s happening. but mostly the feedback we re getting is very positive. there s also a question when the national guard is called in about making the streets of baltimore or ferguson or wherever looking like a war zone because obviously these are soldiers. have you heard anyone expressing chagrin at the necessity that the national guards men and women are there? yeah. i mean there s obviously yes. we ve had people that are concerned obviously about it.
anderson cooper is live in baltimore. anderson today we saw troop transport trucks packed with national guardsmen rolling into the city. looks like one of them is behind you there in the city hall area. what s the mood on the ground in baltimore right now? reporter: it s without a doubt tense, as you would imagine. it s different in a lot of different communities. as you have said we have seen peaceful protests today, we have seen standoffs with the police. we have seen arrests in some cases. we re starting to see the police strategy now that we have more police from different areas as well as national guard here in the city. we re seeing the evolutionary of tactics as you saw when you were on the ground in ferguson jake. the police maintaining their lines and identifying one or two individuals who they believe are causing trouble or throwing things at police. they will then move into the crowd, aggressively arrest that person and then go back to their