Why Baltimore’s Cease-Fire Effort Wasn’t a Failure

Baltimore’s grassroots effort was the unexpected flash of light in a long, dark tunnel of cyclic mayhem.

Baltimore’s streets are pockmarked with tragic and violent incidents.

Shootings, stabbings and other cruel crimes sparked by rage, retaliation and opportunity mar the street corners and buildings of the city.

Sometimes deflated balloons tied to a streetlight are the only small sign that someone was loved and lost, but their memory never truly left behind.

Sometimes city developers bulldoze over the place where a person had their last spark of life or the…