Posted on 05/08/2015 11:59:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Enjoy it while you can, Baltimore. The riots haven’t ended, they’ve merely been postponed.
We are told that things are getting back to normal in Baltimore. This is not an unmixed blessing.
Yes, the rioters have put down their bricks, their Molotov cocktails, and all their many other implements of destruction (at least for the time being), and when one compares the present state of the city to the chaos seen last week, one can say things have improved. But after the great collective sigh of relief goes out, Baltimoreans must now reckon with the meaning of the word “normal” as it applies to their city. Indeed, what is normal in Baltimore would be cause for great alarm in almost any other city you could name.
According to Marketwatch.com, Baltimore comes in at seventh place on its list of the most dangerous cities in America, with a violent crime rate of 1,401 per 100,000 residents (figures are from 2013). And given the spectacle we’ve just witnessed in Baltimore, and the vulgar circus we’re likely to see as the six police officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray are prosecuted, and the near certainty that none of these officers will ever be convicted of anything, and the equally likely reaction that will follow the collapse of the prosecution’s case, do you suppose the Charm City will move to a higher or lower position on that list the next time it’s published?
Granted, Baltimore is unlikely to dislodge perennial list-leader Detroit (2,072 violent crimes per 100,000 residents) from the top spot, but it’s within easy reach of Little Rock (1,407) and Cleveland (1,478). And this year Baltimore might even surpass fourth-place St. Louis (1,594). According to a database maintained by the Baltimore Sun, there have been 81 homicides this year as of May 7. There were 211 in all of 2014, so it would appear the bodies have been dropping this year at a pace just slightly ahead of last year’s. Expect that pace to accelerate.
Why? Because every last cop working the streets in Baltimore, having seen six of his colleagues served up to the mob, knows he could be next. Six cops have been hauled in and charged in the death of Freddie Gray, all based on evidence that, as far as anyone knows, exists only in the imagination of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. And with this in mind, those cops will take care to minimize their own chance of a violent encounter in those neighborhoods where murders are most common and with the people most likely to commit them. “Drive-and-wave” policing is coming to Baltimore, and the results will be grim.
On April 30, a man who claimed (credibly, in my opinion) to be a 21-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department called in to WBAL radio and spoke with host Derek Hunter. The caller expressed his exasperation with the state of affairs in his department and his city, saying he wasn’t sure if he was going to report for his next assigned work shift. He and his fellow cops were told to stand down, he said, as rioters looted and burned businesses and pelted officers with rocks, bricks, bottles, and anything else that could be picked up and thrown. “The moment it started,” he said “we could have ended it. They would not let us.” (The Daily Caller has the audio here.) He also said he was contemplating resigning from the Baltimore Police Department, and that many of his colleagues were considering it as well. “We’ve had enough. What [Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake] did to us is unspeakable. She needs to step down immediately.”
Not with Loretta Lynch now throwing gas on the smouldering fire . I see no difference between her approach and that of Eric ‘Dick’ Holder . It is a real pity that more Repubs in Congress did not oppose her . Obama scared them ....
Back to normal — blacks murdering blacks.
You took my post.
Yes they are, drug dealing, and other criminal activities have started up again
Exactly.. and Baltimore hasn’t been normal for decades. There’s been 26 homicides and 40 shootings since 01 April. You can click on each incident at: http://data.baltimoresun.com/bing-maps/homicides/?
I saw 1 white, 1 asian and 1 unknown on th erace side, the rest are all black.
It’s a city which to me means shitty... full of crime, corruption and scum.
“Drive-and-wave” policing is coming to Baltimore,......”
Once again, the street rat “gibsmedats’ get what they asked for and deserve.
If you define “normal” as being a burned out, crime ridden ghetto...I’m failing to see how baltilujah ever was abnormal.
Harm city...come for the culture, stay because of the sucking chest wound!
,,,,, if you call anarchy , gang violence , dirt bike gangs and black on black murders normal the YES things are back to normal .
Long before the current ineffective black “leadership” in Baltimore, let us not forget that Nancy Pelosi’s father was a Congressman and mayor there.
The so-called “city leaders” have taken a short view of this situation. They have tried to placate the rioters and use the incident for political advantage.
Lost on these imbeciles is the longer view which involves the long term viability of Baltimore as a city. The entire world now knows that Baltimore is a bad place for businesses and families. It is an even worse place for honest police and law abiding citizens.
I expect the few remaining decent people in Baltimore to flee the city soon.
“Because every last cop working the streets in Baltimore, having seen six of his colleagues served up to the mob, knows he could be next.”
That is what dooms NJ cities; the cops write accident reports and let the animals kill each other. They make a nice living dressing up as cops, and they keep those jobs by “de-policing”.
I would make the SJWs Lynch and Mosby walk a mile down a black city street in Baltimore sometime this summer after midnight with no police protection nor firearms on them. We’d see how they felt about “nasty, racist” cops not being around to protect them.
Reflect if you will on the violent crime statistic and the comparison of cities. Then consider the Baltimore crime spree
What was seen on TV was thousands of violent crimes, hundreds per minute on the streets and within the pillaged shops. Little Rock and Cleveland were left in the dust. The only other contender for the less than number 1 ranking might be Ferguson MO.
Every rock chunked at a police officer was a violent crime. Every pair of shoes stolen from Mr Levy’s shoe store was a violent crime. Every person entering and leaving the burning CVS was a violent criminal.
the corner boys are slinging dope. Avon, in his jail cell is raking in the proceeds
Stringer Bell is still dead
Looking at the last 100 Baltimore homicides: 4 Unknown (probably mixed race), 5 Caucasian, 1 Oriental, and 90 Negro, including career criminal Freddy Gray. Does not specify the race of the perps, although a good bet it’s 90%+ Negro. These statistics are replicated in ‘RAT-controlled cities nationwide...cities that are infested with black, fatherless, feral street animals, produced in large numbers by jobless welfare queens. It has been this way for generations, exploding with LBJ’s Great Society, and made worse ever since.
If only these officers could comprehend that standing down is the best thing they could do for the situation. White officers refusing to be fed to criminals isn’t a dereliction of duty. Let the whole world see what Baltimore looks like when savages are left to themselves. The law-abiding citizens of Baltimore need to leave also. Let these wastelands become a lesson for others. Lawlessness has become the law in these hellholes.
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