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The Left’s Reign of Terror Continues in BaltimorePosted By Matthew Vadum On May 29, 2015 @ 12:21 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 225 Comments [1]As Maryland’s largest city grieves for a mother and her 7-year-old son found shot to death, it is becoming clear that criminals emboldened by left-wingers are terrorizing the people of Baltimore like never before.The city’s radical, left-wing, thug-loving mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (D), has emasculated the local police she despises and abandoned her constituents by giving criminals a green light to do as they please. Police officers have been ordered not to do their jobs which is...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The bloodshed continues as Baltimore reaches another deadly milestone. Amy Yensi has more on the recent surge in violence. The city’s 43rd homicide of the month happened Sunday afternoon, breaking a record that had been in place for over four decades. Shootings and the crime scenes that follow – becoming all too common in the streets of Baltimore City. The latest – a double shooting on the 1900 block of Collington Avenue that left one person dead. It’s the 43rd homicide this month, making May the city’s third deadliest month in 45 years. (VIDEO-AT-LINK)“It’s time to stand...

In the wake of Freddie Gray’s death in police custody, arrests in Baltimore have dropped significantly. Police are no longer “arresting everybody for every little thing,” according to Baltimore City Councilman Brandon Scott, which he says “led to the underlying issues that we have been dealing with in the city.” In other words: distrust of police. But more than that, officers are “fearful at doing their jobs,” according to Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis. And that has meant they are no longer being proactive. And now, of course, we’re seeing a big spike in violence, which has some residents wishing the police...

The arrests are in connection with an April 22 incident in which Rick Fletcher was assaulted in front of his 45th Street home. Antoine Willie Lawson, 17, was indicted last week on charges of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, robbery and theft of less than $1,000. County police on Tuesday announced the arrests of four other teenagers charged as adults, and an arrest warrant has been obtained for a 20-year-old man. Andrew Omar Allen, 15, has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, robbery and related charges. He is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center. Yahkeem Zavion...

This year marks two decades since two important events in the efforts to get Baltimoreans to face hard truths about Baltimore — David Rusk's warning that a city in decline could pull the whole metropolitan region down and the filing of a major class-action lawsuit to end decades of segregative housing policy that left the city with a disproportionate share of the region's poor. Rusk's book, "Baltimore Unbound,' declared that the city had reached a point of no return in social and economic decline, and that without a new metropolitan approach to governance, the suburban counties would next feel the...

A Maryland man faces a long recovery after he was brutally beaten by a group of teens.

The increase in violence that has followed the death of Freddie Gray continued through the weekend, with four homicides reported since Saturday, according to Baltimore police. Ten people were reported shot on Sunday alone, including three who were shot to death within a span of 39 minutes. The violence comes as the city prepares for the Preakness on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course. Ten people were also shot Thursday. At least 87 people have been killed in Baltimore this year, 22 more than at this time last year. Nonfatal shootings are up nearly 50 percent across the city. The most...

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