Analysis Of Freddy Gray s Death And The Dilemma Of The...

After the unrest of Freddy Gray’s death in April of 2015 and the aftermath of the Baltimore City riots, the inner-city communities are in the process of regrouping, repairing, and reorganizing its neighborhoods. Many businesses suffered vandalism and loss of merchandise that their livelihood had to come to a standstill. During the dilemma, those residents who destroyed their communities never contemplated at the time what they were doing to their neighborhoods. Several pharmacies and corner stores were impaired. Some of these locations were the only places convenient for senior citizens to travel for their medication. So many people were fed up with the police department and the manner in which they were being treated that they used this†¦show more content†¦One form of social disorganization that can be related to the predicament that happened in April is the siege mentality. While people develop reasons of hopelessness with authority figures, such as the police, the n people begin to doubt their credibility. Due to the treatment that law enforcement imposes on the lower class citizens; it affects their attitude and tempers to flare up which will make people respond in a violent way. This reading will focus on two different areas of Baltimore City which are the Western district of Sandtown-Winchester and the Southwestern district of Irvington. Emphasis will be on the demographics and crime trends in these areas of the city. According to the 2013 Censors Bureau, the population in Sandtown-Winchester totals 36,514 thousand and of that amount 16,732 are males and 19,782 are females. The area is a predominantly African-American community; however, with a diverse blend of other ethnic groups. The population in the community is made up of 14,331 families and of those numbers 3,995 marriages. The average household income consists of $39,314 and the middle being $ $26,077. Very few people have high school education, 23.7 % graduated high school, and 32.5% attended college. Giving the outline of society, the work-related employment is white-collar office jobs and the other types of work are those of a blue-collar worker, whose job requires manual labor. Although, there a re many other low-income