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“The Body Politic,” a new PBS documentary, reveals how much Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott loves his hometown and why he’s on a mission to improve it. Scott believes in putting people first — from his street-level initiative to save lives while cutting crime in Charm City to his admonishments to reporters pressing him about repairing a collapsed bridge when he was first concerned about the search-and-rescue mission. This sentiment is partly why voters put him back in office for a second term. In 2020, Scott became Baltimore’s youngest mayor at 36 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and George Floyd unrest. He also became the youngest city council member at 27 in 2011 and was elected unanimously as president in 2019. Brushing off ageism and naysayers, the mayor claims the “largest reduction in homicides Baltimore has ever seen” through his Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan. So far, homicides dropped 29.3% and nonfatal shootings by 36.5% compared to 2023. As supporters chanted “four more years” at his victory party, Scott gave them a charge: “Let us finish what we started!”