The Governor did the right thing. This is huge. The National Guard will be coming to return calm to Baltimore. I encourage all residents of this troubled community to return to their lives and find peaceful protests to begin the changes needed to improve living standards to the citizens.
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan today, (click here) at the request of Baltimore City, has signed an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard to address the growing violence and unrest in Baltimore City.
The governor, along with Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford and National Guard Adjutant General Linda Singh, will hold a press conference at the Maryland Emergency Management Agency this evening at 8:30 PM.
The problems that beset this community in Baltimore will not be solved tonight. What will happen is a return to peace on the streets. There won't be young black men given any rough rides. The Governor is providing help to those that live in fear. Kindly realize President Obama has been in contact with the Governor and there is no one that cares more than he.
I am in tears for the pain in the community. Please stop any violence and allow fire departments to stop the fires.
There is a lot that has to be done, including hostile businesses such as liquor stores and paycheck loan shops. Those businesses need to be shuttered and replaced with HEALTH clinics where residents of every age can be assessed for health problems including any heavy metals they were exposed to. It is vital to children these tests are done and their parents have to be evaluated. Where would children be without their parents?
The healing has to begin somewhere and it has to begin with peace in the streets. There are many community leaders capable of bringing peace and compassion to the people of this very troubled community. The government at all levels will be looking toward this community to find their needs and move those needs forward to resolve all the injustices of the past.
Mr. Gray's family has requested peacefulness to honor their loss. The streets of the community need to return to peace and honor his memory. What occurred to him was completely wrong. It was criminal. It is an illegal tactic that occurred when Mr. Gray's neck was broken by very rough handling. There was absolutely no compassion for Mr. Gray when he exhibited the symptoms of his handling by police. "Rough Rides" are police handling. Make no doubt about it, "Rough Rides" is illegal and it is a criminal matter.
I look forward to better lives and better living circumstances of this community. It begins with a willingness 'to believe' in community leadership and the wishes of Mr. Gray's parents. No one that cares is going anywhere. The country has learned what has been happening there. No one is going to abandon this community.
I know many have called Mr. Gray by his first name. Freddie Gray should be alive today. There was time and ways to save his life after his neck was injured. Freddie Gray's death is heinous. He suffered dearly and it should never have happened.
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan today, (click here) at the request of Baltimore City, has signed an Executive Order declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard to address the growing violence and unrest in Baltimore City.
The governor, along with Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford and National Guard Adjutant General Linda Singh, will hold a press conference at the Maryland Emergency Management Agency this evening at 8:30 PM.
The problems that beset this community in Baltimore will not be solved tonight. What will happen is a return to peace on the streets. There won't be young black men given any rough rides. The Governor is providing help to those that live in fear. Kindly realize President Obama has been in contact with the Governor and there is no one that cares more than he.
I am in tears for the pain in the community. Please stop any violence and allow fire departments to stop the fires.
There is a lot that has to be done, including hostile businesses such as liquor stores and paycheck loan shops. Those businesses need to be shuttered and replaced with HEALTH clinics where residents of every age can be assessed for health problems including any heavy metals they were exposed to. It is vital to children these tests are done and their parents have to be evaluated. Where would children be without their parents?
The healing has to begin somewhere and it has to begin with peace in the streets. There are many community leaders capable of bringing peace and compassion to the people of this very troubled community. The government at all levels will be looking toward this community to find their needs and move those needs forward to resolve all the injustices of the past.
Mr. Gray's family has requested peacefulness to honor their loss. The streets of the community need to return to peace and honor his memory. What occurred to him was completely wrong. It was criminal. It is an illegal tactic that occurred when Mr. Gray's neck was broken by very rough handling. There was absolutely no compassion for Mr. Gray when he exhibited the symptoms of his handling by police. "Rough Rides" are police handling. Make no doubt about it, "Rough Rides" is illegal and it is a criminal matter.
I look forward to better lives and better living circumstances of this community. It begins with a willingness 'to believe' in community leadership and the wishes of Mr. Gray's parents. No one that cares is going anywhere. The country has learned what has been happening there. No one is going to abandon this community.
I know many have called Mr. Gray by his first name. Freddie Gray should be alive today. There was time and ways to save his life after his neck was injured. Freddie Gray's death is heinous. He suffered dearly and it should never have happened.
