but it was no mystery to farajii muhammad. he's a native son who co-founded a youth development group at age 19. today, he hosts a show on public radio and directs a youth empowerment program for the american friends services committee. on wednesday, when a hung jury was declared in the freddie gray trial, was it a failure of justice? i connected with farajii via for us. we have seen, and i'm saying we in terms of the black community, we have gone down this road before where officers have gone on trial and there have been some convictions recently but most of the convictions either led to a mistrial such as this or a not guilty verdict. i think the big thing about this issue, fernando, is not necessarily that brother freddie gray had his spine broken while in custody of six officers but more that the culture of policing is on trial today. officers are making decision based upon what they've always done or what they think is good, but not necessarily what's right. fernando: well, i wanted to ask you a little more about that bec

so of the help of so foremost my name is farajii muhammad.

. >> a conversation with farajii muhammad shines new light on baltimore. and, millennial voters, ignore the big stress is paying in medical and drug costs for aidan. for other families it's higher deductibles, premiums and co-pays that keep adding up. that's why we've got to crack down on price gouging, cap out-of-pocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. because we've got to get health care costs under control for lynn's family i'm hillary clinton and i fernando: when protests erupted in baltimore last april, many people didn' t understand why. but it was no mystery to farajii he' s a native son who co-founded a youth development group at age 19. today, he hosts a show on public radio and directs a youth empowerment program for the american friends services committee. on wednesday, when a hung jury was declared in the freddie gray trial, was it a failure of justice? i connected with farajii via skype. farajii: it' s not something new for us. we have seen, and i' m saying we in terms of the black community, we have gone down th

and i'm sitting with farajii muhammad. can you believe that? [applause] >> first and foremost we want to thank everybody for coming on out to our special session as we have another great conversation with a native baltimoreans. and what are the big things about the baltimore book festival the always beautiful is the highlight of offers from baltimore. and so today is not any different or quickly to continue to follow that tradition. but i have to say when the opportunity arose, who do you want to talk to, and they gave me the list, although \mr.{-|}\mister wes moore. so of the help of so foremost my name is farajii muhammad. i am an on air personality for wba 88.9 -- weaa 88.9. [applause] my show is called listen up friday night at seven. but on behalf of weaa, our wonderful folks here, the staff and all the wonderful folks here at the baltimore book festival and the baltimore arts of promotions we welcome you to the 20th -- wow -- 20th annual baltimore book festival. baltimore celebration of the literary arts. we hope everybody enjoyed themsel