Baltimore Drove Down Gun Deaths. Now Trump Has Slashed Funding for That Work.

Baltimore Drove Down Gun Deaths. Now Trump Has Slashed Funding for That Work.

BALTIMORE — David Fitzgerald knows how tough it is to prevent gun violence. In 15 years working in some of Baltimore’s deadliest neighborhoods for a program called Safe Streets, he said, he’s defused hundreds of fights that could have led to a shooting. The effort, part of Baltimore’s more than $100 million gun violence prevention plan, relies on staffers like Fitzgerald to build trust with people at risk of such violence and offer them resource…