As the media often inaccurately portrayed the events in May which occurred in Baltimore following the arrest of 6 officers for the homicide of Freddie Gray, as a former Baltimore prosecutor, I would like to set the record straight. The overall general perception displayed on air in May was the entire City of Baltimore was ablaze during the looting and civil unrest. Next the media portrayed a police force afraid of being charged by the State's Attorney and arrested for doing their jobs. With the greatly increased homicide rate in May, the perception is the police are at a loss for answers. First, most of the City of Baltimore experienced little fallout from the looting and civil unrest. Looting and fires were limited to a very small area of the city of Baltimore. Hours on end on cable TV showing footage of the events following Freddie Gray’s funeral and the following days depicted an entire city out of control. In fact, the area in which the looting, protests, and civil … [Read more...] about Setting the Record Straight in Baltimore