And every inner city is populated with thousands of people just like her. Many years ago I lived a block from a neighborhood like the one in Baltimore. There were two populations of people who lived there. One group was out and about early in the morning as they went to work, early in the day Saturday to go shopping, and most of Sunday, when they went to church. Apart from moments like the one you refer to those people never make the news.
The other group, much smaller and whose members often make the news, showed up around noon and hung around until late at night. Everybody avoided them, except of course for people coming to buy drugs. Once the second group showed up the members of the first group did their best to keep their kids, wives, and family members safe inside.
Thank you for giving us a picture of life in Baltimore (I’m sure it’s very much the same in many other cities across the US).