Baltimore marked the ten-year anniversary of the death of Freddie Gray earlier this month with the same empty promises and political theater that followed the original riots.

One decade of so-called progress later, and the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood of Baltimore remains a monument to colossal leftist failure.

But when the Associated Press offered glowing coverage of this anniversary, the report reads like fan fiction desperately trying to frame the ongoing collapse of the city as a heartwarming tale of slow-but-steady improvement against the forces of nebulous systemic oppression.

The only thing that has changed is the body count.

After federal officials tried to fix the Baltimore Police Department with their consent decree in 2017, homicide rates soared, reaching record levels as officers avoided proactive policing.