Letter writer Tracy Stott seemingly does not readily accept reality. Her letter to The Sun takes on a personal vein in her response to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake calling out all black men in Baltimore men regarding black-on-black homicide ("Mayor throws black men under the bus," March 15).
Ms. Stott seemingly attempts to throw a protective sheath, or barrier, if you will, over all Baltimore's black men, be they lawless or lawful. Her letter drips of emotionalism but is not founded in reality. Any bright black man who adheres to the law knows that Ms. Rawlings-Blake is not directly calling him out. The message she is putting out there is the despicable, ugly truth, pock marks and all: Black Baltimore men continue to murder black Baltimore men at an unacceptable and alarming rate.
Six years ago, I was printed in what is now The Sun's sister paper, the City Paper. I claimed that black on black homicide in Baltimore was devolving into a perverted form of genocide. As expected, I received some negative and inflammatory responses. I certainly feel the same way today, perhaps even more so.
Perhaps the late Marvin Gaye put it most succintly: "This ain't livin'."
The police blotter that is published weekly in the City Paper (why not in The Sun?) tells pathetic hard truths. The homicides committed in Baltimore are 90 percent black-on-black crimes. And that, Ms. Scott, is the truth serum you seem to have a hard time digesting.
Patrick R. Lynch, Nottingham