Baltimore riots

[DynamiteRave]

I've always been vocal about my hate of Baltimore. And while it's not my favorite place in the world, it has become as second home to me, due to how much time I spend there because of where I work.

Mondawmin mall, the mall where this all started, is 5 minutes away from my job. I pass it everyday. We take our clients there (some non-verbal) to walk around and integrate in the community. Scenes of the roads and neighborhoods are the same ones I drive to work on.

I've never felt such sorrow (I know it's kinda a dramatic word, but the only one I felt was fitting) for what's going on there. They burned down a building under construction that was going to be a senior living facility. FOR OLD PEOPLE. Come on man, those old folks didn't do shit to deserve that. The mayor is absolutely f'ing useless and I'm with other Baltimoreans who say she is the worst thing that could've happened to Baltimore.

This is f'ing killing me and my heart hurts for Baltimore right now. They shut down city schools tomorrow and they also shut down my work as we're only 10 minutes or less from the hub of where this is all taking place.

They had a chance to make this something bigger than Ferguson. They did. But not in the way that I had hoped.