baltimore is suffering from an alarming surge of homicides and shootings in the wyche of freddie gray s death, and felony charges against six police officers. with 35 homicides just this month, may is the city s deadliest in 16 years. over the holiday weekend alone, seven people died, and more than two dozen people were shot. this included a 9-year-old boy. miguel marquez is outfront in baltimore. another murder scene in baltimore. an all too familiar sight. murders and shootings here skyrocketing. what is it like to be an queen-year-old young man in this city today? got to watch your back man. watch your back. the spike in violence greater since the death of freddie gray while in police custody. at first, there were protests and riots in response to his
you know a war zone. but this is not just happening. it s been going on. sowio knorx we re used to living like this. now, the cameras are here and everybody is seeing it this is normal to us. caron morgan says baltimore is in a bad place right now. late night, man, people getting tired and restless. the crime is going up. people are getting tired. a hot summer a city wrestling with violence and the trial of six police officers could only complicate baltimore s recovery. now, on that recovery this is the fraternal order of police here. a very well attended meeting going on between current officers and former officers here. the police commissioner was here for about ten minutes, took no questions when he left. but i m sure these officers may have a bit to say about how things are going in baltimore when they exit. back to you. miguel marquez in baltimore for us thanks. joining me outfront,
missing, and there is more rain on the way. we re live in houston. plus tensions high in cleveland after a police officer is acquitted in the shooting death of an unarmed black couple. will new reforms to the department make any difference? and homicides soar and arrests drop in baltimore in the weeks since freddie gray s death. are police staging a slowdown? and breaking now, we re just learning of a bomb threat. this is against a passenger jet. this plane right here just labd labded minutes ago at lax. we ll have detailed next.
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is his name is the point? i do not know because i don t pay attention to names, sir. okay well that s the problem. there s a perception that african-americans who are unarmed are being shot at an alarming and epidemic proportion. when there s a perception that justice isn t being served the government needs to take inventory of itself and correct that issue. america and all of the protests across the nation can t be wrong. yes, they can. okay. because there s a disconnect between what the research shows and what people are concerned about. we could have a long discussion about this. i m not telling him how to feel. i m telling him what the social science research shows. two different things. i would love to compare those notes. i think we will continue this conversation at another time. thank you so much to both of you, walter and david. appreciate it. outfront next as violence soars on baltimore streets, accusations that police are backing down from arrests,