Perspective: People bought the 'panhandler murder' story because they think the worst of Baltimore, LisaMcCray writes
Keith Smith, 52, with daughter Valeria Smith, 28, talk with reporters shortly after the slaying of Smith's wife, Jacquelyn Smith, 54. They blamed a panhandler. On Sunday, they were both charged with committing the crime. By Lisa Snowden-McCray Lisa Snowden-McCray is the editor of the Baltimore Beat, an alternate news outlet in Baltimore City. March 6 at 11:50 AM When authorities in Texas arrested a Harford County, Md.
Listen to the way President Trump talks about “inner cities,” or the way other Americans use “West Philadelphia” or “South Central” or “Compton” as a shorthand for violence — this is a problem that attaches to neighborhoods of color generally. It’s such powerful argument. It’s just that, as police now believe, the danger wasn’t on the street corner, but within Smith’s own family.
What’s especially striking about the Smith case is that Keith Smith apparently took advantage of the Baltimore-is-dangerous narrative to hide his alleged crime, and he nearly got away with it. After Jacquelyn Smith’s killing, he told sympathetic reporters: “Be careful, when we see the panhandlers getting in close proximity of your car. Because like me, I’m from Baltimore. I never thought they were going to take my wife’s life and so now I have to live with that every day.
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