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We provide opportunities, more opportunities and a better education, we are going to have more of the same. what works? what s working? educating more of our kids. how do you do it? it takes government money. improving schools in baltimore. if money was going to solve the education problem, we would have solved it decades ago. do you believe we are in a national crisis when it comes to relationships between african-americans and law enforcement? i do. i think that if you look at what s happened over the course of the last year, i ve got to scratch my head. when you hear about these charges have been brought charging homicide. public servants should not violate the law. if these charges are true, it s outrageous and unacceptable. body cameras the answer? or one of the answers? i think most departments around the country are moving toward body cameras. i think the states, they want to require it, more than happy to do so. ....
Justice system is on trial. is there a sense of relief? is it the justice system that will be on trial? i think what the congressman is saying is exactly right. i think it s relief. i think it s a sense of acknowledgment that here is this woman, this city state s attorney kind of putting a validation on so many of the residents in baltimore who feel like they don t have a fair shake. that feel like no one is paying attention or listening to them or even trying to understand the day-to-day realities that they live in. i mean, we re talking about very bad and very, almost depressing levels of unemployment and homicides and shootings and the life expectancy rate of some of these children that have growing up in areas like this, it s it breaks your heart. so i think the announcement on friday was one of relief. but also almost like a stamp on what so many are experiencing ....
It s not what you say, it s what you do. people don t care how much you care until how much you know until they know how much you care. we had to take drastic measures in a period of time to restore peace. now that we re restoring peace, it s time for all of us to roll up our sleeves and go to work. we have a lot of work to do. and i just want to say that even today at city hall at 3:00, there s going to be a peaceful protest led by the faith community. there is power in peaceful movements. i m reminded of spike lee s movie of malcolm x. you talk about peace and power. when you had black men standing without words being spoken and the power that that represented in bringing about change in america. so i don t believe that the protests here will stop in baltimore until we can see proof of reform. proof of action to address these ....
Inclination to implode. what do you say to your pastor to that characterization? everyone has their opinion. that s really not my focus. as a leader i m focussed on bringing us through this crisis. you have to remember chuck, when i came into office it was a national we are already the face of a national scandal. that s how i got into office. i know how to lead our city through tough times. that s what i m going to do again. i m going to focus on healing our city and making the decisions i need to make in order to get us forward and get us through this unfortunate crisis. how should you be judged? i don t think any elected officer can say how should you be judged? i m judged on what i ve done. we have a track record in baltimore confronting the issues ....
December 12, 1965 to defend the report. it s a good place to see the results of unemployment, the results of discrimination, results of bad housing, poor education. five decades later, the problems of inequality and poverty are worse in many areas. 50 years ago, 1/3 of african-american children live with only one parent or none. nearly three times the number of children overall at the time. that number is 60%. baltimore, 62% of children live in single parent homes. in 1965 unemployment rate among african-americans was nearly double the national average. 2015, the situation is exactly the same. twice the national average. in baltimore, 59% of black men between ages 25 and 54 are working. compared with 79% of white men. child poverty rates for african-american children have gone down since the 1960s, but they are nearly twice as many african-american kids that continue to live in poverty as children overall. ....