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| Baltimore activists walk 35 miles to Washington DC to protest violent crime | Baltimore activists walk 35 miles to Washington DC to protest violent crime |
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| More than 40 men marched from Baltimore, Maryland to Washington DC on Monday to protest violent crime. | More than 40 men marched from Baltimore, Maryland to Washington DC on Monday to protest violent crime. |
| They started walking at 6:30 last night. Activists from Balt. trek to White House to protest violence. #300MenMarch pic.twitter.com/ElesABRj7F | They started walking at 6:30 last night. Activists from Balt. trek to White House to protest violence. #300MenMarch pic.twitter.com/ElesABRj7F |
| Members from the 300 Men March, a grass-roots organisation protesting violent crime in Baltimore, brought their message to the National Mall. The group's message is to denounce the hundreds of homicides the city faces each year. | Members from the 300 Men March, a grass-roots organisation protesting violent crime in Baltimore, brought their message to the National Mall. The group's message is to denounce the hundreds of homicides the city faces each year. |
| The group's founder Munir Bahar told WUSA-9 that the walk to Washington is not "convenient" nor a "luxury" but it's something that needed to be done. | The group's founder Munir Bahar told WUSA-9 that the walk to Washington is not "convenient" nor a "luxury" but it's something that needed to be done. |
| "We need men specifically to get off the couch, to get involved in these young peoples' lives in the community and really take it as a personal thing. Take ownership of the violence," he said. | "We need men specifically to get off the couch, to get involved in these young peoples' lives in the community and really take it as a personal thing. Take ownership of the violence," he said. |
| "Take responsibility for your own community and step into these young folks' lives, be the intervention that is needed to really guide them away from making these life altering decisions." | "Take responsibility for your own community and step into these young folks' lives, be the intervention that is needed to really guide them away from making these life altering decisions." |
| Heads up DC: The @300MenMarch crew has officially arrived. pic.twitter.com/4cDmad1lHD | Heads up DC: The @300MenMarch crew has officially arrived. pic.twitter.com/4cDmad1lHD |
| The group embarked on their journey around 6:00pm on Sunday night and arrived in at the nation's capital around 1:00pm on Monday afternoon. Members reportedly said that while the march is now over, there is much more work to be done to prevent further violence in their city. | The group embarked on their journey around 6:00pm on Sunday night and arrived in at the nation's capital around 1:00pm on Monday afternoon. Members reportedly said that while the march is now over, there is much more work to be done to prevent further violence in their city. |
| The Baltimore Sun reported that more than 200 people have been killed in the city in 2014 alone. |