Posted on 06/21/2017 9:32:27 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A group of Baltimore businesses that sustained damage during the 2015 riots following the death of Freddie Gray is suing the city, alleging officials failed to suppress the riots. The nearly 700-page complaint was filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court in March but only recently removed to U.S. District Court at the request of the defendants.
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I would love to find some numbers regarding Orioles attendance since the riots.
Isn't Camden Yards Baltimore's big tourist area?
An untold amount of money must been lost by those business because of those riots.
The problem with suing the city is that, assuming they win $$$, it would be the taxpayers who ultimately have to pay.
There should be some way they could sue the individuals, but probably the city has laws giving protection to elected officials and employees.
There went that career...
Hm. May be a suit with merit.
Doubt these suits will fair any better than those against NYC and the NYPD after the Crown Heights riots.
....assuming they win $$$, it would be the taxpayers who ultimately have to pay...
And they might then finally decide that living in a social Utopia under Democrat rule is an expensive, dead end street and vote the SOB’s out. But, history shows that’s never the case.
Good
Those Baltimore businesses should NOT rebuild.
They should move to a normal, pro business area, such as Texas.
...and the plan was for SR-B to be the US Senator from MD...
Could it be that most of those that vote for the corruptly incompetent have no skin in the game? AKA "pay little or no taxes"?
Monkey see, monkey do.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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