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Baltimore's Murder Rate Climbs To 43
WBAL ^ | 5/31/2015

Posted on 05/31/2015 10:23:00 AM PDT by Altura Ct.

Baltimore City has now recorded 43 murders in May, making this the second deadliest month on record.

Late this morning, homicide detectives were investigating in the 1900-block of North Collington Avenue in East Baltimore, where a man was shot. Medics at the scene pronounced the victim dead.

This is one of three murders that took place Sunday in the city.

Police say two men were found shot in the head at around 1:15 Sunday morning in the 2000-block of Belair Road.

The victims have not been identified.

Police began tallying these records in 1970, and May is apparently the second deadliest month in that 45 year period.

The deadliest month in that period was in December, 1971, when 44 people were killed in the city.

There have been more than 100 non-fatal shootings this month.

Some clergy in Baltimore have asked Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to declare a state of emergency to address the problem.

One pastor tells Maryland's News This Week, that such a declaration may be too late to address the problem.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: baltimore; blackkk; crime; elijahcummings; maryland; rawlingsblake; thugculture
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To: Altura Ct.

More proof that the racist system is killing innocent blacks in numbers that make the holocaust look like a picnic! The only solution is to declare a state of emergency, which will free up billions of dollars to flow into the coffers of the liberal run local government where it will be promptly blown on useless projects and various corrupt scams.


21 posted on 05/31/2015 11:07:36 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: grania

I mean “up to” — but I am not paid nor do I have an editor.

Besides, it is important I live up to the “Grammar Nazis invariable have at least one error in their critique” meme. ;)


22 posted on 05/31/2015 11:09:17 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (When things are rightly ordered, man is steward of God's gifts and civil law enables him to do so.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Black lives do not matter to those pushing the lefty agenda... clearly


23 posted on 05/31/2015 11:11:31 AM PDT by BRL
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To: Altura Ct.

Mayor Brawley goin’ fo de record.....


24 posted on 05/31/2015 11:11:35 AM PDT by clintonh8r (ISIS IS ISlam/Christian lives matter!)
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To: Altura Ct.

We must “give space.”

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25 posted on 05/31/2015 11:16:27 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: 2harddrive

If we still had 1971 emergency medicine, the numbers would far eclipse that Dec 1971 number. A lot of people survive what would have been fatal shootings 40 years ago.


26 posted on 05/31/2015 11:17:51 AM PDT by MediaMole
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To: Altura Ct.

Either the National Guard will take up patrol duties in Baltimore or I suspect June will be worse and July even worse than June


27 posted on 05/31/2015 11:23:38 AM PDT by arthurus (It's true!)
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To: clintonh8r

Brawley is bad enough and now Mosby’s husband is rumored to be planning a run for Mayor.


28 posted on 05/31/2015 11:23:40 AM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: freedumb2003
Another example of ignorant journalism.

J-school journalism.

29 posted on 05/31/2015 11:25:02 AM PDT by arthurus (It's true!)
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To: PLMerite

Agree, and it will break the record for May of 44, set in 1971. Plus there will more murders after midnight to get a jump on June. The weather already is hot in the mid-Atlantic states; that will bring feral street animals out of their stuffy hidey-holes in even greater numbers.


30 posted on 05/31/2015 11:26:56 AM PDT by twister881
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To: SaveFerris
In before any Tom Petty references. Or Bob Seger for that matter.

Alan Parsons Project.

31 posted on 05/31/2015 11:32:51 AM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Altura Ct.
Some clergy in Baltimore have asked Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to declare a state of emergency to address the problem.

One pastor tells Maryland's News This Week, that such a declaration may be too late to address the problem.

'bout 50 years too late.

32 posted on 05/31/2015 11:34:05 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: BRL

you best believe that the racists cops will get blamed for this. Maybe this the excuse bam will use to send in troops .


33 posted on 05/31/2015 11:34:51 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Riley

I missed one!


34 posted on 05/31/2015 11:36:58 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: PLMerite

You know the boys in the newsroom have a running bet.


35 posted on 05/31/2015 11:54:19 AM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: al baby

Newsdorks think all airport pavement is tarmac. They’ve never heard of concrete.


36 posted on 05/31/2015 12:04:23 PM PDT by Rockpile
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To: Altura Ct.

44 in December ‘71 -— now there’s the Kwanzaa holiday spirit. Go Team!


37 posted on 05/31/2015 12:09:28 PM PDT by Rockpile
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To: Altura Ct.

Government grows based on its own failure. Like cancer.

The incompetent government ideologues pilloried the police as racists, and shackled them in the face of riots and mob violence ... So the cops, not wanting to die at the hands of mobs that surround them on every call, go into self-preservation mode. The crime rate skyrockets, and the incompetent local government gets to whine to Uncle Sugar for more money and Nationalized Police.


38 posted on 05/31/2015 12:27:34 PM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Come on Baltimore, go for the even 50, you can do eet!


39 posted on 05/31/2015 12:55:16 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (Sprinkles are for winners.)
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To: Newtoidaho

I’d bet the Balimore PBS station can help - they’re really experienced at this sort of thing. Thug-a-thon doesn’t have a very good ring to it, however, so they may need some PR help.


40 posted on 05/31/2015 2:01:32 PM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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