From Stockboardasset.com: A ceasefire between Baltimore “gang leaders, drug dealers and others linked to the violence” has been agreed on and came into effect on Friday.
This is an act of desperation from a community that is currently experiencing a homicide rate doubled of Chicago’s and a murder count higher than NYC. The ceasefire aims to stop the killings for at-least 72-hours, starting on August 04-06. The slogan selected by organizers gets right to the point: “Nobody kill anybody”.
Violent crime in Baltimore has flourished over the past few years, due to the “Ferguson Effect”, along with the death of “Freddie Gray” that triggered Baltimore’s April 2015 riots.
According to the Economist, Baltimore may see more than 400 murders this year. This would indicate 2017 will be the deadliest year ever on record.
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Unfortunately, there were two homicides in the city during the ceasefire, according to RT.com:
An inaugural event to curb murders in one of America’s most violent cities was interrupted by the killings of two men on Saturday, though organisers insist that the ‘Baltimore ceasefire’ has not ended.
Community leaders had called for a 72-hour ceasefire in the crime ravaged Maryland city, hoping to stem the tide of murder for three days from Friday to Sunday. However, police confirmed on Saturday that three men had been shot, two of which died from their injuries.
The ceasefire, also known as the ‘Nobody kill anybody’ weekend, is the brainchild of Erricka Bridgeford, a woman who witnessed her first murder on the streets of Baltimore when she was 12.
Both Bridgeford’s brother and step-son were victims of murder in her hometown.
