Baltimore, Still on My Mind

Two of my favorite Baltimoreans have weighed in with their reactions about what is happening in Baltimore. David Simon, creator of The Wire, discussed it here, and poet, librarian, and man formerly about town (now in exile in Brooklyn), blogs about it here. I have been haunted today by the imagined image of the Orioles playing today at 2:05 pm in an empty stadium and cheered by posts from friends living in Baltimore describing going out to locally owned restaurants, spending money and celebrating curfew specials.

How can we change the relationship between the police and communities of color? What will bring about a radical change in how we live in cities, towns, and hamlets? Big questions. In the more immediate term, I am waiting to hear the autopsy results on Friday.

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