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Mayor Brandon M. Scott issues statement on recent violence | Afro

'There is nothing harder than talking to a parent whose child has become a victim of violence.' BALTIMORE, MD (Tuesday, March 2, 2021) — Mayor Brandon M. Scott issued the following statement on recent violence in Baltimore: I am deeply frustrated by the amount of young people who have been victims of violence in our […]

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