That sounds just a little bit like extortion. Instead of arresting someone who has shot down a child on the street, we should give him money so he won’t do it again? Or should we divine the killers before they kill and give them money then as a contract to not do the killing? The logic here escapes me.
That sounds just a little bit like extortion
Indeed as Al Capone called it protection.
A straight-up shakedown. It would be a pity if people were to get shot and murdered in your city. Pay us so that won't happen.
Baltimore is doomed. It's too far gone to recover from its death spiral.