Just throwing this out there: City leaders who expressed disappointment that Baltimore lost its bid to be a host of the 2026 World Cup might want to consider our international reputation for violence as a reason.
Baltimore remains, per capita, one of the most violent cities in a violent country, and if you don’t think there’s an awareness of that elsewhere on the planet, then you haven’t spoken to any international travelers lately.
Since January 2015, the year Freddie Gray was fatally injured while in Baltimore police custody, and city violence ramped up to a new level and stayed there, there have been at least 2,493 homicides in the city.
