David Simon On Baltimore's Anguish

I try to veer from the political here because there really isn't any sense in discussing a thing online that just results in opinions being flung around without regard to open mindedness. That being said, I implore everyone to please read this piece - David Simon on Baltimore's Anguish. Simon, best known for creating The Wire, was also a police reporter in Baltimore for over a decade and saw first hand how things came to be the way they are. It's a nuanced and complicated landscape and he's able to eloquently boil it down and explain what went wrong.

I know there are tons of thoughts on the activities in Baltimore (and elsewhere) but having a minor understanding of the root of the problem is essential to having an opinion.. and Simon does it better than anyone else.