the reversals come as murder rates in the country's biggest cities skyrocket. in the last three months in 2020, homicides rose 32.2% in cities with a population of at least a million according to the fbi's quarterly uniform crime report. police reform activists are not happy about cities reversing course. but if you want to reform the justice system, you have to spend money. take baltimore, for example i.'s under the scrutiny of the justice department after the 2017 death of freddie gray. a black man who died of a broken neck sustained while in police custody. one of the reasons baltimore's mayor had to walk back his promise to defund the police. it is a vicious cycle. one act of terrible and deadly policing four years ago is preventing steps toward change. no one claimed to have all the answers, but something has to give. nearly 1,000 people have died at