Upsurge In Violence In Baltimore With 208 Homicides & Governor Hogan’s Closing Of Baltimore City Detention Center

August 18, 2015 – Segment 2violence

We address the upsurge in violence in Baltimore. So far, there have been 208 homicides in Baltimore. The 2014 year-end total was 2011. What’s going on? And how do we address it?

With: Baltimore poet, writer and activist Avon Bellamy Sr.; and Tara Huffman, Director, Criminal and Juvenile Justice Program for OSI-Baltimore.

Then, Diamonte Brown, director of Out for Justice and co-chair of the Unlock the Vote Coalition; and Luke Broadwater, Reporter for the Baltimore Sun, also join the conversation to discuss Governor Hogan’s closing of the Baltimore City Detention Center.