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elleng

(131,077 posts)
Wed Aug 10, 2016, 05:17 PM Aug 2016

Progress is a choice, Baltimore.

xpost from Maryland: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10561426
Op-ed: Martin O'Malley lays out a blueprint to reduce violence and inequality in Baltimore.
June 10, 2016

'There are many things that led to the riot that followed the tragic custodial death of Mr. Freddie Gray a year ago this spring. Among the causes: lack of jobs, rising unemployment, declining wages, economic desperation, unresponsive government, unprofessional and poorly supervised policing, and videos of black citizens being killed in North Charleston, Ferguson, the Bronx.'>>>


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