Police: Husband and daughter, not panhandler, killed woman in Baltimore

BALTIMORE — A Maryland woman whose death last year was blamed on an attack by a panhandler was actually killed by her husband and his adult daughter, police said Sunday.

Keith Smith, 52, had told police that his wife, Jacquelyn, an engineer from Harford County, was trying to give money to a panhandler at a traffic light when she was robbed and fatally stabbed.

Both were arrested in Harlingen, Texas, near the Mexico border. Harrison said the two were preparing to leave the country.

These "roaches" as you call them, are not in your house nor in mine. They're on some street corner somewhere. So your analogy is a poor one.

They don't bother me. Why should I care if they beg? I don't engage with them or pay them any attention.

If there are already laws that don't allow this activity, why did you propose they be "banned" from busy intersections? Aren't they already banned?

Remember, this lady was NOT stabbed to death by a panhandler. She was stabbed by her husband and step-daughter. Let's ban them okay?

You're problem is that you admit to engaging with them. My advice would be to stop doing that. Just ignore them.

Here’s my idea of reparations: Leave. Them. Alone. A domestic version of “Let Africa Sink.”

Most likely, they WON’T sink, but will work their way back to standing on their feet.

“If the Negro cannot stand on his own two feet, then let him fall.” — Frederick Douglass (paraphrased)

“Here’s my idea of reparations: Leave. Them. Alone. A domestic version of “Let Africa Sink.”
Most likely, they WON’T sink, but will work their way back to standing on their feet.”

Given the current metrics, that will be a very long, arduous road for them, because they’ve been lead to believe one of two things. 1. That they are somehow destined to be Wards of the State. That for the vast majority of their ethnic group, they cannot exist without public assistance. That they are incapable of self-support. or 2. The the net effect of the more than half century of government coddling and largesse has made them feel that somehow they are “entitled” to have “special treatment” as a consequence of the slavery their ancestors endured. But more likely a combination of both 1 & 2. So much to say, I will believe that progress is being made when you can drive down any city’s Martin Luther King Blvd. and you will not be in a place where you are threatened just by being there.

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