Anarchy in Baltimore: Residents claim police have deserted them..

Dailymail.com ^ | 29 May 2015 | Wills Robinson

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Anarchy in Baltimore: Residents claim police have deserted them in wake of Freddie Gray riots as murder rate soars to highest in 15 years

Jennifer Jeffrey, 31, and son Kester 'Tony' Browne, 8, were killed Thursday They became the city's 37th and 38th homicide victims this month Residents have barricaded their doors in fear of ongoing violence Some have compared parts of the city to the Wild West Others have said virtually no police have been on the streets since riots Arrests are down almost 50 per cent on the same time last year Police claim they are being met with 'hostility' during confrontations

By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com and Associated Press Reporter

Published: 08:38 EST, 29 May 2015 | Updated: 15:05 EST, 29 May 2015

As one of the city's deadliest months comes to an end, terrified residents have compared parts of Baltimore to the Wild West.

In the wake of the Freddie Gray riots, families have barricaded themselves inside their homes, too afraid to leave, while those on the streets walk around wielding guns - because there are allegedly no police around to arrest them.

Arrested are down 50percent and homicides are at their highest level in 15 years. In the Western District, there have been more murders in the first five months of this year than in all of 2014.

Neighborhoods such as West Baltimore, which had seen heavy policing because of endemic drug and gang violence in recent years, have experienced a reversal, with citizens claiming they have been virtually abandoned.

But embattled law enforcement officials claim they are 'under siege' from criminals taking advantage of the unrest, while officers complain they are met with hostility while policing certain areas.

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[bert]

a dazed or unconscious suspect will cease resisting arrest.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

To see another American city trashed beyond repair, is bitter...The place was an absolute s(h&i#t@hole) when I last visited, I think in 1968! I simply can't see how it could have gotten any worse.

I think it's only right to let these ruins remain as an enduring tribute to the insanity of their failed communist policies.

(all cities suck)

[Amagi]

Baltimorons have no one to blame but themselves for voting affirmative action incompetents in to office.

[Cuttnhorse]

We are seeing the new face of the civil rights movement: protesting the arrest of minority criminal thugs.

[bert]

the solution is obvious.....

hire the unemployed black thugs as guards