Baltimore

Investigations
As police struggle to solve homicides, Baltimore residents see an ‘open season for killing’
By Wesley Lowery
Steven Rich and
Salwan Georges
December 27 at 8:00 AM

“This boils down to the relationship between communities and police,” said Tara Huffman, director of criminal and juvenile justice programs at Open Society Institute-Baltimore. “They need people to come forward, they need people to answer the door when they knock, and they need people to talk to them on the scene.”

“You cannot coerce that,” she said. “You can beg and plead all you want to. If the relationship is screwed up, you’re simply not going to get the help that you need to solve these crimes.”