What does a stillborn library in East Baltimore have to do with Johns Hopkins University’s all-out drive to win General Assembly approval of a private police force?

Or $10 million of yearly grants and loans to hospitals and universities undertaking projects in “blighted” areas?

Or $18 million for youth projects backed by City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young and Mayor Catherine Pugh?

ANSWER: They’re all part of the legislation establishing a Hopkins police department.

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