"Too often the elected individuals we put our public trust in, disappoint us," the outspoken critic of racism and police brutality said in a post on Medium

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"We have lived through lofty promises and vague plans. We have come to expect little and accept less. When we rely on this traditional model of politics we are rewarded with consistent, disappointing results.

"I am running to be the 50th Mayor of Baltimore in order to usher our city into an era where the government is accountable to its people and is aggressively innovative in how it identifies and solves its problems," he continued.

"We can build a Baltimore where more and more people want to live and work, and where everyone can thrive."