East Baltimore anti-violence group work suspended after guns, drugs found in raid

Baltimore Sun ^ | July 15, 2015 | By Kevin Rector and Justin Fenton

[Brad from Tennessee]

City officials have suspended operations of the Safe Streets anti-violence program in East Baltimore after police officers found seven guns and drugs stashed inside the Monument Street office.

Police said a robbery investigation led them to the office, and two employees were among those arrested. The suspension sidelines the program's work in East Baltimore at a time when gun violence has been spiking.

Safe Streets, a grant-funded program under the city's Health Department, uses ex-felons in an effort to stem crime. The program has been lauded for keeping violence at a minimum in the four neighborhoods where it operates, and some officials have urged its replication across the city.

The program has had trouble in the past, with offices previously suspended in 2010 and 2013 amid criminal allegations against employees. It has also faced criticism over its recruiting practices. . .

[Timber Rattler]

Safe Streets, a grant-funded program under the city's Health Department, uses ex-felons in an effort to stem crime.

Well, that certainly worked out very nicely.

[Gaffer]

Stemming crime using criminals - with guns. Novel idea. They didn’t ‘stem’ it; they institutionalized and streamlined it.

[grobdriver]

They didn’t ‘stem’ it; they institutionalized and streamlined it.

And got tax money to fund it.

[njslim]

Ex Felons....??

Someone forgot to tell them not to commit felonies....

[saintgermaine]

Foxes watching the henhouse, comes to mind. Did it ever work?

[Ken H]

Safe Streets, a grant-funded program under the city's Health Department, uses ex-felons in an effort to stem crime.

Bet the rent the city's Health Department got it from fedgov.

[TNoldman]

Similar to making a nuclear arms deal Iran. What could possibly go wrong?

[samtheman]

Safe Streets, a grant-funded program under the city’s Health Department, uses ex-felons in an effort to stem crime.

---

Obviously they weren’t funded enough or they wouldn’t have had to use armed robberies to augment their funding shortfalls.

[FreedomPoster]

This is the sort of organization Leftists fund. Think about all the shenanigans Obama and crew are funding Federally, when this was just a penny ante city funded group..

[Tennessee Nana]

I just hate when that happens...

[Lionheartusa1]

,,,,, this was a lesson they learned from the mayor and city council ,,,, corruption works for them still .

[Tax-chick]

This would be funny if it wasn’t tragic. And stupid ... liberals have been trying this since the 60s, and it’s never been anything but an opportunity for criminals to bilk the taxpayers.

[SaveFerris]

Yes, yes it did.

[tacticalogic]

liberals have been trying this since the 60s, and it’s never been anything but an opportunity for criminals to bilk the taxpayers.

That's their idea of a "job".

[Tax-chick]

Excellent point!

[BobL]

Taking their cues from the Religion of Peace, and their ‘charities’.

[CGASMIA68]

they were waiting for the next”Buy Back” deal

[Altura Ct.]

We have become a pathetic caricature of a nation.

[Old Sarge]

H/T to our FRiend Brad from Tennessee for the post.

From the article Safe Streets is described "a grant-funded program under the city's Health Department, uses ex-felons in an effort to stem crime."

Translation: a government-funded safe house for urban terrorists.

For thus has the Lord said unto me:
“Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees.”
Isaiah 21:6

The Watchman Ping List - FReepmail Old Sarge for details!