take them off the books then...
Posted on 03/28/2021 5:27:03 AM PDT by ransomnote
A pandemic experiment in criminal justice reform takes hold in one of America's most violent cities.
A year ago, as the coronavirus began to spread across Maryland, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby stopped prosecuting drug possession, prostitution, minor traffic violations and other low-level offenses, a move aimed at curbing Covid-19's spread behind bars.
That shift — repeated by prosecutors in many other cities — didn’t just reduce jail populations. In Baltimore, nearly all categories of crime have since declined, confirming to Mosby what she and criminal justice experts have argued for years: Crackdowns on quality-of-life crimes are not necessary for stopping more serious crime.
On Friday, Mosby announced that she was making her pandemic experiment permanent, saying Baltimore — for decades notorious for runaway violence and rough policing — had become a case study in criminal justice reform.
In the 12 months since she ordered scaled-back enforcement, violent crime is down 20 percent and property crime has declined 36 percent, she said. Homicides inched down, though Baltimore still has one of the highest homicide rates among cities nationwide. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University found sharp reductions in calls to police complaining about drugs and prostitution, she said.MORE AT LINK
It was a charming city that my mother grew up in and loved.
Ruined. By LBJ, and MLK riots.
Those benches make me cringe.
It’s so embarrassing.
Learn to deal drugs.
On of the things that struck me about HBO’s “The Wire” — essentially a series dealing with the decline of Baltimore — was that the kids that had the most ambition to succeed were also the kids most likely to be slinging drugs rather than wasting their time in a dysfunctional public school system.
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take them off the books then...
I know but it’s pretty awesome that she was doing her thing and then Jesus stopped by, and said “hey. That’s not cool”. And sent her to heaven. Not a bad deal.
It seems the Crack Ho lobby and the Pimp union have been very effective in getting the law changed. Congratulations to them! They took an already shithole city and made it even nastier!
You’re not wrong! Same is happening to Los Angeles, San Francisco, NYC and Shitcago. All as planned.
In my book it is an unforgivable crime to inflict those released on Baltimore again. They will be worse this time.
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