The Baltimore city officials are playing the short game: Letting property be destroyed to placate the rioters. Denying police officers the rules of engagement to control the mob. Throwing legal charges at the 6 officers involved in the situation.
No one is playing the long game, and as a result the City of Baltimore is committing suicide: Businesses see their property destroyed and their employees threatened. America sees a city lacking the most basic civility and security. Whites see a city where they are not welcome. Employers see a city where the citizens lack the minimum skills needed to be productive.
Baltimore may as well change its name to “New Detroit”.
I see their long game as a nationalized police force. If they think our current forces are militarized, they haven’t seen nothing yet.