Me: "Feral terrorist thugs"
Left out is that the little bastards spray dirty water on windshields first ... then demand money in exchange for cleaning up the mess they created.
Yeah, during SCHOOL HOURS, during which they might acquire an education and make something of themselves, these critters are standing at inner city intersections in Baltimore (and other cities) waiting for red lights so they can extort the captive drivers into paying them to wipe off the sudsy water they just sprayed across peoples’ windshields. The corrupt and useless Baltimore government takes no action against these feral animals, which is typical. I try to stay in the suburbs and not go into downtown Baltimore. I haven’t heard of them shooting someone, but I wish the bat had cracked a few skulls.
This is all so vibrant and exciting!!! Imagine how boring the 50s were with all of those YTs!
MD ping
Oh good God. This will now be the big story.
Seems as of now the emphasis is on the guy with the bat.
When the emphasis should be on the “squeegie kids” with THE GUN! Normally anyone with GUN! Will be vilified, but in this case likely not.
Before anyone comments further, this “squeegie kid” problem has been a debate a long time. What is the problem? They simply start cleaning your windows and DEMAND payment or YOU get assaulted!
I’m sure the squeegee worker had a concealed carry permit to defend himself against thugs with baseball bats. /s
The “Squeegee workers” are all quite adept at both using the squeegee as a weapon and denting your car with it if you do not submit to their extortion.
Yes. Rudy Giuliani made the squeegee men the poster children of his crackdown on crime in NYC. They are not workers they are bullies and menacing thugs who basically hold you up for cash. Highwaymen you might say. No surprise that Cesspool Baltimore has generated their own crop of these vermin.
Never bring a bat to a gun fight
Remember full service gas stations? Windshields were always clean. If we go back to that, there would be plenty of jobs for these kids.
The real solution to the problem is to stay out of Maryland. That state is a lost cause.
Not everyone can full Galt but the responsible need to relocate and quit supporting the enemy through productivity and taxes. Obviously personal safety demands the same.
Where I live they operate at gas stations demanding $5 when you come back from inside the store because they cleaned your windshield. So I don’t leave my car. I just gas up with a credit card and repeatedly tell them to stay away from me. The ages range from teens to 50’s. They also try to sell you weed and dope. It’s awful.
On my last visit to Baltimore in 2008, I drove through that area and never encountered any squeegee guys. Sounds like it as gotten a lot worse.
AP is not sure how to handle this.
“Squeegee workers” are disadvantaged yutes. They were attacked. They are the victims.
Bat guy was shot. He must be the victim.
“Quick, pull out the ‘style book’. What do we write?”
“The workers fled the scene on foot”
Workers? LOL
How could this happen? The Baltimore Mayor’s Office of African American Male Engagement (MOAAME) has a 90 Day Squeegee Action Plan!
For those Freepers who thought the above was unrealistic satire or just the result of a fever dream, I assure you it is all too real:
https://aamebaltimore.com/squeegee-action-plan/
the best solution is to stay out of an area that allows these filthy, stealing, panhandlers to accost people and damage your car or person.
drop the money on the ground and whack the panhandler with your door as they bend down the pick it up. Be sure to say " oops,my bad brother, sorry, you o.k?. " then high tail it out of there.
The squeegee kids/thugs are aggressive, I had an encounter with them a few months ago.
I don't think squeegeeing windows is his main "job".
What an idiot. He was asking for it. A bat can kill a person. Even a squeegee creep has a right to self-defense.
That said, the gun was probably illegal; equal justice would demand charges for that. But I'm not holding my breath.