While downplaying a mandatory gun sentencing bill that met with strong public opposition on Tuesday, Mayor Catherine Pugh has released a laundry list of other initiatives she plans to pursue to quell Baltimore’s spike in violent crime and homicides.
She described the measures as part of a “holistic and comprehensive” Violence Reduction Program that she will formally announce to the public in about a month.
Most of the items have been previously cited by the mayor as her young administration grapples with a homicide toll that reached 200 deathsyesterday – nearly double the pace of killings just a few years ago.
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