Baltimore Rising Page #6

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Where does it hurt?

- It isn't hurting,

it's just shaking.

- Okay, so just relax.

You're gonna be all right.

All right?

- Okay.

- Look, I ain't hard to find

if y'all need me.

It's my city.

Love my city.

We're in a community where...

it's underserved

and over-policed.

You could be a great cop.

You could be a great cop

and a successful cop...

probably even more so

when you learn how

to be respectful

to the community.

So we're... we're in

the Gilmor area,

which is where, actually,

Freddie Gray...

was arrested.

That mural went up

almost immediately.

The Freddie Gray incident

wasn't the cause

of the uprising... it was just

probably that last straw

that broke the camel's back...

after decades of crying out.

There were a group

of individuals

who helped us throughout

the entire uprising.

They wanted to sit down

and talk

with the commissioner

about how we can better

work together

to see that peace

come back around.

You are the peacemakers.

You are the ones

who I've called on

in months past, years past,

when things were happening,

and said, "We need help."

And you have always

come through.

Some of you don't even know

each other,

so the common denominator here

is me, right?

But more importantly,

the common denominator here

is Baltimore,

and so what the commissioner

has asked

is, hypothetically,

if something else kicked off...

if anything kicked off...

are there people that you know,

that when we get

some information,

that you can pass

that information on to

so it doesn't blow up

in our face?

- It'd be one thing

if the uprising

and the unrest were behind us.

Part of it's behind us,

but we got a big

front windshield

that we're looking out,

and there are absolutely

expectations that we need

to manage in this city,

and I don't think the city

is doing a good job

at managing expectations

for these trials.

Baltimore... this uniform

is the most recognizable

police department

in the country right now.

And people are looking at us

to see if we can

get this right.

- A lot of the kids,

I'm telling you for a fact,

literally sitting around,

waiting for the next

opportunity to go out

and do what they think

is voicing their frustrations.

- We got that.

That's good, that's good.

We got that.

Catalina?

- So begin to identify

the people that will work

on behalf of the people

of Baltimore,

'cause we all love our city,

and we loved it before

it was popular

to say you loved it

and it was a brand.

- Yes.

- Why don't we start

getting out into

the schools right now,

having assemblies,

and then talk to them about,

"This is your city.

You have to value your city.

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