By Patrick J. Buchanan - Baltimore in 2018 was the murder capital of America and ranked second among her most violent major cities. With St. Louis and Detroit, Baltimore is always at or near the top of the list of the most dangerous American cities… And what has Cummings, in office 28 years, done to alter that awful reputation?.. As for the presence of rats and rodents, Baltimore has competitors… There have lately been news reports of the homeless in LA and San Francisco living on city sidewalks, defecating where they sleep, attracting rodents and vermin, with little or nothing done about it.