Martin O'Malley, Baltimore's Prodigal Mayor, Gets to Work
The mayor who had brought New York-style “zero tolerance” policing to Baltimore has to confront critics, long after he is in a position to change.
Martin O'Malley, former governor of Maryland and potential Democratic presidential candidate, listens to a speaker during the Scott County Democratic Party dinner in Davenport, Iowa, U.S., on Friday, March 20, 2015.
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"Fresh kale!" says Martin O'Malley. "Fresh kale! Get some fresh kale. I cut it myself."
The former mayor of Baltimore, former governor of Maryland, and likely candidate for the Democratic Party's next presidential nomination, was standing at the end of a food giveaway at the St. Peter Claver parish hall in northwest Baltimore's Sandtown neighborhood on Wednesday. He had arrived around 1 p.m., clad in white shirt, suit pants, and tucked-in tie.