BALTIMORE, MD -- JUNE 09: Safe Streets cover shoot at Balmor Court in the Gilmor Homes. From left: Corey Winfield, Violence Prevention Coordinator, Walter ‘Chop’ Outlaw, Violence Interruptor, JJ Allen, Outreach Worker
Safe Streets is a program started in Baltimore to cut gun violence in the most dangerous communities in the city by deploying Violence Interruptors to deescalate conflicts before they turn deadly. The newest post has just opened in the long beleaguered Sandtown community which was ground zero for the city's unrest following the death of Freddie Gray…. (photo by Andre Chung for The Washington Post)