Baltimore’s Mayor Jack Young begged the residents to stop violent crime and shootings because hospitals need to save bed space for coronavirus patients.
What the mayor says makes perfect sense. I don’t see why any reasonable criminal would commit violent acts after a plea like that.
Young is addressing this now because of Tuesday’s mass shooting that left seven injured. The Baltimore City police department is following the lead of other departments across the country by easing up on arrests for non-violent offenses out of fear that an outbreak could spread through facilities and sicken both inmates and staff. That said, things are going to get bumpy before it straightens out.
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Baltimore Mayor Jack Young urged residents this week to stop shootings and violent crimes because medical resources will be needed to treat coronavirus patients.
Young decried recent episodes of shootings and other violence as the city as coronavirus cases tick upward
As of Friday, Baltimore had 11 coronavirus cases, and Maryland officials reported 149 across the state.
“I want to reiterate how completely unacceptable the level of violence is that we have seen recently,” Young told reporters in a press conference, according to CBS Baltimore.
He continued: “We cannot clog up our hospitals and their beds with people that are being shot senselessly because we’re going to need those beds for people infected with the coronavirus. And it could be your mother, your grandmother, or one of your relatives. So take that into consideration.” [Business Insider]
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