We are not dead, we are just evaluating

Dear World,

Just to let you know Baltimore City is not dead, we are just evaluating what has happened and have protested to let the world know of what we perceive as injustices in our communities.

Let me advise you that Baltimore City has a lot going for it as 95% of the people in this city are decent hard-working people who are holding on despite a repressive recession and poverty due to many issues.  We are at  a crossroads in time where we are attempting to see what we as a city can accomplish and know that we have lots to learn.  However, we are an individual lot of people who don't want to follow New York City or any other great city in this country, but want to create a society of peace loving people attempting to grow our families and respect each other.

We have taken a few wrong turns lately and have made fools of us individually and collectively, but we are still in the infancy stages of development.  I personally think that we will achieve our goals and become a city of promise.  Don't rule us out, because we are just pushing the envelope a little more than needed presently, but hopeful that we will learn from our mistakes and not make them again.