Residents of Baltimore are so fed up with the constant killings in their city they're not taking it upon themselves to try and stop it, at least for a weekend. Erica Bridgeford, a forty four year old mother, is one of the organizers of a new citywide campaign, Nobody Kill Anybody. She and other neighborhood leaders are asking Baltimore residents to commit to a three day cease fire during the first weekend in August. So far this year, one hundred eight
eight people have been murdered in the city. Miss Bridgeford has a personal stake in the effort. Her brother was killed and his killer was never brought to justice. The nobody kill Anybody slogan has been printed on T shirts, community meetings have been held, a Facebook page, and a website have been created. The website says the ceasefire is the product of Baltimore residence not only being exhausted by homicides, but believing that Baltimore can have a murder free weekend
if everybody takes responsibility. To date, six people to pledge not to kill anybody during the ceasefire weekend, including some of the young men who hang out on Baltimore Street corners. Now, for years that liberal political class is called conservatives mean spirited for saying people should take responsibility for their own lives. Now, I guess things are so bad in Baltimore that asking people to take responsibility appears to be the only optional left.
Can you believe a cease fire in an American city on a weekend