Student 'Purge' Threat Shuts Down Baltimore Businesses, Schools

The Baltimore Sun ^ | Monday, April 27, 2015 | Erica L. Green

[kristinn]

The University of Maryland, Baltimore and numerous downtown businesses closed early Monday, citing concerns about potentially violent activity in the area.

Lexington Market, a city courthouse and businesses including T. Rowe Price and Venable LLP said police warned them of large gatherings and protests downtown.

According to widely circulated flier, a high school "purge" was to take place at 3 p.m., starting at Mondawmin and ending downtown.

Such memes have been known to circulate regularly, but today's has led to bolstered police presence around the city.

The flier includes an image of protesters smashing the windshield of a police car this past weekend after a march spurred by the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old man who died earlier this month after being arrested by city police, turned violent and destructive.

A post on the University of Maryland Baltimore's website said that the closure was prompted by a recommendation from city police. The campus will also stop shuttle service.

[tcrlaf]

WBAL:
One officer is “unresponsive” at the hospital

[yield 2 the right]

Prayers...I thought that I heard the same, sad....

[Responsibility2nd]

Out of riot gear.

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Deliberate and on purpose. Just as the Mayor gave space to destroy, I’m sure she also gave no riot gear to protect the cops.

[tcrlaf]

10-11

Cops are being ordered OUT.

Next shift is coming on, then they will reorganize.

[TADSLOS]

No doubt.

[TADSLOS]

Code 1 called to Police HQs. All units except two.

[Responsibility2nd]

Quick, Someone give me a count of how many white people you see in the rioting?

Watching the live feed, I thought I had turned on the O.W.N. channel.

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See post #100. There’s some white people there. Dumb white chicks trying to get their purse back.

lolol

[demshateGod]

They all voted for Obama.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

I'm seeing a very old but effective tactic at play here - seems there's a minimum of thugs keeping the cops bunched up & busy at intersections, basically keeping them pinned down and static at those locations, while everyone else disperses in multiple groups, going on the rampage. They have effectively negated any comprehensive police response all over the city. Amazing that the police commanders have failed to comprehend that - and I would guess that any who have realized it were probably told to stand down. Citizens are absolutely on their own - am expecting another spike in gun sales, asap.

 

 

[drewh]

Their pushing shopping carts full out of a CVS...

[Ronald_Magnus]

White Sox/ Orioles playing at Camden Yards at 7PM. Don’t know how close to the trouble going on now.

[MaxMax]

There's MUSLIMS calling for this, and a Black preacher saying to head to
the Mall to gather up or something like that.

Something about Muslims and all Religious brothers joining up for more riots and looting.

I'm waiting for the Rioters to bring out the guns, it's almost there.

[Ronald_Magnus]

“Their pushing shopping carts full out of a CVS...”

100% OFF

[TADSLOS]

Police call in - Several hundred coming down MLK Blvd now.

[Paladin2]

Heck award J.D.s in Social Justice.

[tacticalogic]

White Sox/ Orioles playing at Camden Yards at 7PM. Don’t know how close to the trouble going on now.

Any chance we could get lucky enough for it to be Bat Day?

[TADSLOS]

The cops sound absolutely frantic on the radio.

[drewh]

Scanner
signal 13 code.
Attack on cops in progress.
Police being told to leave the area.

[Ronald_Magnus]

The idiot mayor owns this whole thing.

[TADSLOS]

Yep. She gave these thugs a no bag limit license to destroy.