Crime in Baltimore continues to spike since the the death of Freddie Gray in April with a reported 43 murders in the month of May. And as this graphic from the Baltimore Sun shows, May 2015 is now the most deadly for the city since 1972:
May 2015 is the tied with Aug. 1990 for the deadliest month since 1972 with 42 homicides. http://t.co/N7dfGHwRRh pic.twitter.com/bHxvj3dh4I
— kalani (@kalanigordon) May 31, 2015
But this doesn’t really tell you how bad things are right now.
Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodricks points out that the graphic above is just the raw numbers. When you look at how many people have fled Baltimore since the 70’s, the per-capita murder rate is even worse than in 1972:
The city had almost exactly 100,000 more residents in 1990 @kalanigordon @baltimoresun Nearly 300G more in 1972
— Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, News Guild (@DanRodricks) May 31, 2015
Rodricks is correct. Baltimore’s estimated population for the year ending June 30, 2014 is 622,793 with 736,014 in 2000 and 905,759 in 1970.
This weekend’s violence didn’t stop celebrity prosecutor Marilyn Mosby from serving as guest ringmaster at the UniverSoul circus “to promote positive messages to youth.” How’s that working out?
State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby featured as guest ringmaster at UniverSoul Circus http://t.co/XRFQVxvB2a
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 28, 2015
The Mosby family at the circus: http://t.co/oZpf5gGjvM pic.twitter.com/N2kPume9bm
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) May 30, 2015
https://twitter.com/DefendWallSt/status/604764486470352896
https://twitter.com/USABillOfRights/status/604772734728585217
She looks like she’s having fun. The people of Baltimore? Not so much.
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