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[In Charm City] Carjacking becoming a youth 'sport' as numbers climb
Baltimore Sun ^ | 2/11/17 | Justin George

Posted on 02/12/2017 3:01:46 AM PST by markomalley

It was still dark at 6 a.m. as Terry Rawlings Sr. guided his cherry-red Acura CL through Southwest Baltimore. He was heading to the gym to lift weights before his shift as a truck driver.

The 51-year-old was on Washington Boulevard near Bayard Street when his car was rear-ended by a Nissan Altima.

He pulled over and stepped out to check the damage. Before him stood a young man about 6 feet tall in a long black jacket, black athletic pants and New Balance sneakers.

"This is my mom's car," he told Rawlings. "I'm going to be in trouble."

Rawlings turned to look at his rear bumper. He saw only slight damage.

"Well, look," he said. "We can handle it."

Then he turned back to the other driver. A semi-automatic handgun stared back.

"Don't make me kill you, bitch," the young man said.

Rawlings had been set up in a bump-and-rob carjacking. The man shoved Rawlings, jumped into his Acura and sped off. An accomplice trailed in the Altima.

Carjackings in Baltimore have more than tripled since 2013, and the number has continued to climb in the first weeks of 2017, at a rate that has far outpaced other auto thefts. Some other U.S. cities are also seeing increases.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


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Of course, the appropriate answer is increased gun control /sarc.

Baltimordor City needs to be walled off and burned to the ground.

1 posted on 02/12/2017 3:01:46 AM PST by markomalley
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I hate these non-working, self entitled ghetto punks. I always keep weapons in my vehicle concealed for punks like this. Our exchange would probably go something like this....

"I'm jacking your car. Hand over the keys."

My friend says you're going to need plastic surgery.

"Huh?..."

Boom!...one less punk to deal with. Clean up on aisle 9 needed...

2 posted on 02/12/2017 3:13:51 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: markomalley

Well what are the yuths supposed to do! Whitey took away Midnight Basketball!!


3 posted on 02/12/2017 3:17:26 AM PST by ETL (Trump admin apparently playing "good cop, bad cop" with thug Putin (see my FR Home page))
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To: markomalley
Before him stood a young man about 6 feet tall in a long black jacket, black athletic pants and New Balance sneakers.

I notice there's a very important bit of information missing from that description. Can anyone guess what it is?

4 posted on 02/12/2017 3:26:19 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Fresh Wind

The word “black” is in the sentence. I don’t see the problem.


5 posted on 02/12/2017 3:36:53 AM PST by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: markomalley

In parts of Baltimore, we are reaching the point where the proper response to a fender bender is to either proceed without stopping to the nearest police station or to open fire immediately.


6 posted on 02/12/2017 3:38:40 AM PST by Truth29
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To: markomalley

“It was still dark at 6 a.m.”

Enterprising thugs, if nuthin else, 6pm sure


7 posted on 02/12/2017 4:29:07 AM PST by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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To: markomalley

These little punks and those like them need to feel the head of defensive lead.


8 posted on 02/12/2017 4:35:37 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: jsanders2001

I could be wrong, but I don’t think that you can have a pistol in your car in Baltimore. As to the self entitled ghetto punks, they have been indoctrinated all their lives by the White politicians that they are, for any number of reasons, entitled. Then the Black politicians that the Whites made possible to be elected joined the chorus. There entire families, clans even, going back several generations, that have never worked a day in their lives. Crime and welfare has supported them and supported them well throughout the years. I don’t like it, but I guess things happen that way.


9 posted on 02/12/2017 4:49:37 AM PST by sport
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To: markomalley
you see it within a population of Baltimore that's primarily juveniles

"juveniles"

10 posted on 02/12/2017 4:55:32 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: markomalley

Should have had a .410 , 45 cal JUDGE.

People who want to talk about how great this type of gun is for disemboweling bad guys.
I have to hand it to Taurus here, and to Smith & Wesson (who make a similar gun, The Governor, which you can find reviewed here). The folks who love these guns love them passionately. And they may be the biggest driving force behind the platform’s popularity.

What is the Judge actually good for?

It has its uses. The Taurus Tracker is perhaps the most ideal ranch sidearm. With a mix of .410 birdshot, buckshot, and .45 Colt it would handle just about anything that slithers or slinks about. A .45 Colt will dispatch a seriously wounded animal (especially from close range), like a CarKacker at any car window.

The longer barrel will tighten the shot pattern and increase muzzle velocity. The full size gun will have manageable recoil, and the full size grip will allow for better control. It will never be the most accurate revolver available.

.410 revolvers are effective self defense guns.


11 posted on 02/12/2017 4:59:07 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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I notice there's a very important bit of information missing from that description. Can anyone guess what it is?

They told us the race of the perps with the words "Baltimore" and "carjacking."

12 posted on 02/12/2017 5:00:01 AM PST by Drew68
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To: markomalley

The Democrat party has destroyed Baltimore.


13 posted on 02/12/2017 5:00:32 AM PST by Vision (Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid - Reagan)
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To: SandRat

Why does everyone review that gun like you can select which round to fire? You can load a mix, but you shoot whatever is next in the rotation. For urban situations, you need a purely anti-human gun, like a Glock or other semi-auto with lots of rounds in the mag and each one as deadly as the last.


14 posted on 02/12/2017 5:06:25 AM PST by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: sport

My father and his girlfriend went to a play in Baltimore back in the 1990’s. They stopped at a cafe in the dt area and had coffee and dessert before leaving. My dad went to the restroom which was located down a hallway. At the end was an emergency exit. As he entered, 3 black men showed up and followed him into the restroom and my father locked himself in the stall, watching as their feet were standing just outside the stall door, waiting for him to exit. My father panicked because he wasn’t allowed to have his gun with him and just stood there, waiting. His girlfriend knocked loudly on the door and screamed for him. The ghetto savages said, “Let’s go” and bolted, pushing past his girlfriend, running to the exit at the end of the hallway.

I know my father would have been seriously injured or killed if they had gotten their hands on him. Shame on Baltimore for handing your innocent residents over to the low IQ, lazy, worthless, criminal, ghetto, welfare scum that don’t even pay taxes.


15 posted on 02/12/2017 5:07:56 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Truth29

We had these problems here in NJ over a decade ago (yesterday the movie “New Jersey Drive”, which revolved around this issue, was on TV); after the cops put a couple of the animals down the issue faded...

Newark wouldn’t let them film that movie there, so as I understand it they filmed in Brooklyn pretending it was Newark.


16 posted on 02/12/2017 5:13:20 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: markomalley

The obvious question should be:

Why is anyone in Baltimore?

I don’t, nor do my family members, travel to any of these shiite-holes. For what purpose?

Change your job, change your business, change your school. No economic inflows to war zones. Let them dry up and disappear.


17 posted on 02/12/2017 5:23:35 AM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Your father was lucky that he had his girlfriend with him. If he had been alone, he probably have been killed, or would have been in trouble for killing one of them. Thanks for sharing.


18 posted on 02/12/2017 5:37:57 AM PST by sport
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To: Truth29
In parts of Baltimore, we are reaching the point where the proper response to a fender bender is to either proceed without stopping to the nearest police station or to open fire immediately.

Detroit has been like this for years. I was schooled about this when I started working in the city around 2004.

Also, if you find yourself in the city at night, you *don't* stop for stop signs or traffic lights. Always leave enough room between the car in front of you in case you have to turn the wheels and get out of that lane. You don't want to get trapped between two cars. You'll get jacked or killed.
19 posted on 02/12/2017 5:49:23 AM PST by farming pharmer (www.sterlingheightsreport.com)
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To: raybbr

“The word “black” is in the sentence. I don’t see the problem.”

I thought it was too, but I looked again and it isn’t.


20 posted on 02/12/2017 5:54:12 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory.)
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