To answer your question, yes Baltimore is majority black at roughly 64%: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore As an

To answer your question, yes Baltimore is majority black at roughly 64%: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore As an FYI, Baltimore City and Baltimore County are separate entities (the city is not part of the county). I cannot speak on the 70s and 80s, but from present observation OP’s assessment of crack vs. cocaine penalties would perhaps be more relevant to a city like NYC than Baltimore. Cocaine (the good stuff rich white people would buy) is not as common because there isn’t enough of a market that could afford it. Overall, heroin is now the most ubiquitous drug with other prescription meds/opioids used as substitutes sometimes. Heroin has really hit the city hard. In terms of policing/justice, corruption is a pretty big issue. On an everyday level, the police basically won’t do shit unless there is a crime worth their while (so in a hit-and-run or theft for example don’t expect much help). The neighborhoods in the East and West sides are high in violent crime from gangs and drugs. There are blocks with more rundown vacant houses than occupied ones. Compared to the gentrified pockets, these areas are like favelas. Baltimore has its redeeming highlights, but it’s nowhere near the industrious city it once was, and is still trying to find a new direction.