Posted on 07/24/2022 4:31:15 PM PDT by george76
A majority of the city’s murders since 2015 were committed by suspects who should have been in prison.
Baltimore isn’t the country’s murder capital—that distinction belongs to St. Louis—but it’s close. Charm City has recorded more than 2,500 homicides since 2015. Many of these killings could have been prevented
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Look no further than the case of Deonte Walker, convicted of the January 2020 murder of Justin Antonio Johnson. Less than three years before the killing, Mr. Walker was charged with at least 10 counts, and possibly more. (Under a 2020 Maryland law, criminal charges that don’t result in a conviction are suppressed from the state’s judiciary case search tool.) The office of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby cut him a deal in exchange for a guilty plea to two charges: robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery.
Although Mr. Walker faced a maximum sentence of 15 years for each count, he received only two years and was freed months before he killed Johnson. He was found guilty in December 2021 of second-degree murder and firearms offenses and sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Baltimore’s murders are typically committed by criminals with lengthy rap sheets, who often serve minimal time or are released early. These repeat offenders should be locked up but aren’t, thanks to the dereliction of progressive prosecutors like Ms. Mosby.
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Baltimore’s police department is overwhelmed. It’s been able to solve and arrest a suspect in only 1 of 3 killings since 2015. But most suspected killers are well known to law enforcement—more than 80% of identified suspects have criminal arrest records, a quarter were on parole or probation at the time of the murder, and in 2019 13% were suspects in prior homicides.
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Ms. Mosby .. is currently under federal indictment for perjury.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Mosby actually had the audacity to blame republicans for the crime in Baltimore.
There has been exactly one Republican in any office since WWII
Sadly, the sheep will believe her.
No, that was mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
Pronounced "Bla-kay".
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake .. give space to arsonists / looters .. of other people’s property..
https://rightwingnews.com/democrats/fun-facts-about-stephanie-rawlings-blake/
Fortunately, their victims are often criminals as well.
Oh, right. Thanks.
And nary a Muslim terrorist flying an airplane in sight.
A .22 LR is better than nothing.
All part of the Master Plan so people will beg for a National Police force.
There are good reasons behind the earned moniker of “Baltimordor.”
No. That was Stephanie Rawlings Blake, former mayorette.
Thought it was Bodymore.
That was the mayor.
Mosby however indicted and attempted to prosecute all officers involved in the Freddie Gray case. After a number of acquittals and mistrials she dropped the remaining cases. However, in so doing she alienated and undermined the police department and put herself squarely on the side of criminals. Additionally, it turns out she is out of the office about three hundred days a year, filed fraudulent tax returns in order to buy a home or homes in Florida and has generally been a disaster ... all the while claiming that every complaint against her is racist and sexist. She is an outright POS and a disgrace.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
No that is a stretch! How so?!
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