« on: February 12, 2018, 11:09:21 AM »
Quite the accomplishment, don't 'cha think?
Baltimore is at more than 10 days without a homicide — the longest streak since 2015
By Justin Fenton•Contact Reporter
The Baltimore Sun
February 11, 2018, 9:45 PM
Baltimore is at more than 10 days and counting without a homicide.
The streak is the longest since the 2015 unrest that saw a sharp and sustained spike in violence. And it coincides with the start of a 72-hour community-led “ceasefire” that kicked off Feb. 2.
“I am losing my mind thrilled,” said Baltimore Ceasefire organizer Erricka Bridgeford. For days, she said she’s been staying up until midnight, to see if the city has made it through another day without a killing.
“It’s really exciting,” she said. “Baltimore deserves this boost of love.”
Bridgeford doesn’t give the ceasefire all the credit for the peace — she sees murder as a public health issue, with many causes — but rather it’s brought by “everything that everyone is doing,” she said. “Everything … is paying off.”
But, in the very next paragraph, the reader learns that there's been five nonfatal shootings in the same time period. At the link:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-baltimore-no-homicides-10-days-20180211-story.html
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