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Wes Moore: “Baltimore is averaging almost a homicide a day.”

Featuring: Wes Moore, Democratic | Governor of Maryland

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The Honorable J. Kevin Stitt and The Honorable Wes Moore

Published | Video Starts at 35:24

It's now dipped to just below 600,000. So the fastest exodus, with the exception of Cleveland and Detroit, of any comp sized city during that time period. Baltimore is averaging almost a homicide a day. When I took over as the, as the governor, we saw how the Inner harbor, the downtown area, was in receivership. Our Baltimore Orioles were months away from not having a lease. (35:24–35:27)

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