Honestly, the public doesn't care about these communities because it's where the "criminals" mostly live. Also, since the area is notorious for unemployment and poverty (things I speak volumes on because it's all manufactured poverty to a once thriving neighborhood) the powers that be don't have a huge incentive to listen to or care about the neighborhood. They don't provide a large tax base, so they are unfortunately ignored in favor of more prominent communities. This is wrong on so many levels, but it's the unfortunate reality of West Baltimore.

I'm sure if places like Resovoir Hill weren't undergoing gentrification, we probably wouldn't even hear about these protests for too long.