Ep. 149: Baltimore’s Mayor Brandon Scott: The Truth About Crime, Trump & Protecting Our Black Women
Express Yourself Black Man
Kizzle
5.0 • 556 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Mayor Scott opens up about growing up in Park Heights, navigating personal loss, and how his lived experiences shaped his decision to lead differently. We talk about Black history, the responsibility of power, and why being unapologetically Black — especially in moments of crisis — is not just political, but necessary.
This conversation also dives into Baltimore’s historic reductions in violent crime, what’s actually working statewide, and how Mayor Scott centers Black women, accountability, and healing in his approach to public safety. He shares why mental health support for Black men is a leadership issue, not a side conversation — and why changing outcomes requires changing systems and culture.
This is not a soundbite interview — it’s a real conversation about trauma, courage, and the kind of leadership Black communities deserve.
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| 0:00.0 | When you know where you come from, you have a duty to not only honor and respect that, |
| 0:06.0 | but to never shy away from that. |
| 0:08.0 | I knew at an early age that slavery wasn't black history. |
| 0:11.0 | It was white history. We just survived it. |
| 0:13.0 | Everything comes from Africa. |
| 0:15.0 | Black women are the most disrespected member of the human race on this planet. |
| 0:19.0 | It's our responsibility to do what they always do for us. |
| 0:24.9 | Welcome back to another episode of the Expressure Self Black Man Podcast. If you guys are noticing, we are in a different environment. |
| 0:32.4 | Normally, we are in a studio. Right now, we are in City Hall. We have a very, very special guest. If this is your |
| 0:39.4 | first time listening to this podcast, I want you guys to know that this podcast and this platform |
| 0:45.0 | is built for black men to win, and we do that through having conversations about how we can |
| 0:49.2 | heal and grow so that we could better our community. And this conversation is no different. In fact, |
| 0:53.3 | it's going to be even better, it's going to be even |
| 0:54.2 | better. It's going to be even more inspiring. We have a very, very special guest. Like I said, we're in City Hall. We're here with Mayor Brandon Scott in the presence of history right now. My brother, how are you doing? I'm good, brother. How are you? I'm doing fine. I'm good. I'm good. I say, I'm still alive. We literally having a conversation off camera. |
| 1:13.6 | You've been telling you've I'm doing fine. I'm good. I'm good. I say, I'm still alive. |
| 1:14.5 | We literally having a conversation off camera. You've been telling, you've been cracking jokes. I love your energy in the mood, so I know we're going to have a really |
| 1:18.6 | amazing conversation. I want to start with your upbringing. So I know you were, you grew up |
| 1:27.1 | in Park Heights. And one of the things that your mother used to tell you was |
| 1:30.3 | If you want to change it you have to change it yourself |
| 1:33.3 | Was there a moment that you remember from your upbringing that really lit a fire in you that made you say |
| 1:39.3 | I want to be the one that changes this my environment environment. Yeah, and it's now widely told stories. |
| 1:47.3 | So the first time I saw someone to get shot, I wasn't even seven years old. |
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