“Nobody Kill Anybody,” was the plea. Black Lives Matter is the mantra, after all…

It was a Ceasefire Weekend in 75% black Baltimore, a city that has lost 27,000 residents since 2010. Basically, black leaders pleaded with black people not to kill one another.

Those pleas to remember Black Lives Matter didn’t work. Ten black people lost their lives courtesy of other blacks during the “Ceasefire Weekend.”[Murders, Shootings Up as Baltimore Grapples to Contain Violence, FOX Baltimore, May 9, 2021]:

The relentless pace of shootings in the city outpacing last year’s violence.

Murders are up 14% and non-fatal shootings up 8% according to the latest numbers from Baltimore police.

So what will it take to stop the violence?

This weekend was a Ceasefire Weekend in Baltimore City. Unfortunately it did not cease city violence.

This call for peace coming after an especially violent few days.