Posted on 11/14/2015 5:25:58 PM PST by Zakeet
With Saturday afternoon's fatal stabbing of a 27-year-old man in West Baltimore, the city's annual homicide count hit 300 for the first time since 1999, pushing the city across a deadly threshhold once considered a remnant of the past.
The latest killing in Carroll-South Hilton continued a surge of violence -- more than a killing per day -- that began in late April following Freddie Gray's death and the accompanying unrest.
The spate of violence, along with the city's population decline over time, now has Baltimore poised to hit another sobering milestone: the deadliest year on a per capita basis. That is an abrupt turnaround from 2011, when city leaders were encouraged by the first drop below 200 homicides since the 1970s.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
They eat thier own!
Only 444? That seems way lower than it used to be in the 1970’s or so. Probably has something to do with a decrease in the documented population of manor cities like Chicago.
Still six weeks to go!
Does Vegas have a bet available?
“”Unless we come together as an entire community we are just going to continue to watch this happen,” said Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake”
In other words, there’s gonna be a LOT of violence watching by incompetent and counterproductive elected officials.
“Officials have struggled to pinpoint the cause of the spike in homicides.”
Hint: being prosecuted for doing their jobs induces police officers to make the entirely rational decision that simply clocking hours pays exactly the same amount of money as doing anything ANYTHING that MIGHT be subject to persecution.
“Mosby said she was taking a “holistic approach to address the systemic issues that present obstacles in the effective prosecution of crime,””
Wow, if buzzwords could stop crime, that Mosby woman would be a crime-stopping juggernaut!
“”I just wish it would stop, all the senseless killing. It’s too much,” said Vonda Best”
And if wishes stopped senseless killing, Vonda could join Mosby as a crime-stopping genius.
Who doesn’t like Royal Canadians?
And San Jose really sucks.
So does the weather....it’s awful....
“Something is very wrong in Baltimore.”
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I just finished watching “The Wire”.
Great look at Baltimore.
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Sure. It's about crap shooting, right?
Put enough guns in the hands of decent citizens and the cops can be relegated to doing the paperwork for posterity.
I just hope if there gots to be killin that the right ones get killed....just saying...
should killing that makes sense be allowed Stephanie you affirmative action token?
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