Posted on 10/31/2017 11:02:23 AM PDT by Red Badger
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s the heart of Baltimore’s tourism industry, but the Inner Harbor turned into a nightmare for a visiting family of 10 earlier this month.
Out of nowhere, they were swarmed and beaten by a large number of teenagers.
While the family that was attacked does not want to be identified, they do want their story to be heard. They told their story to WJZ off-camera.
“They swarmed us,” said Stacey. “They hit my husband in the head. They knocked him out… and then it was just complete bedlam.”
It happened on the day of the Baltimore Marathon, Oct. 21. The event brought a big crowd to the harbor that night. The 10 family members, from grandparents to grandchildren, were walking by the H&M store when they were overwhelmed.
“And they punched my nephew in the face and knocked him to the floor,” Stacey said. “My sister went to protect her son, and they were kicking her. I was knelling with my husband screaming ‘Somebody help us, why is nobody helping us?'”
Baltimore City police spokesman T.J. Smith says groups of teens have been a problem in the city.
“It’s always groups of them,” he said. “Someone in that group starts it, and that’s what we saw in this situation.”
In March, a group followed a man downtown, hurling insults, which quickly escalated into a physical assault, and a rapid scattering by the attackers. The same technique used last week when two bicyclists were robbed and beaten by a group.
“The disrespect from some of these juveniles is just absolutely unbelievable and stunning,” Smith said. “And it should be to society.”
“Maybe if there’d been police on foot, those people would never have been congregating there, looking for a fight, you know looking to hit somebody,” said another victim, Sal.
“Well we did have cops all over the place, but again they probably got there relatively quickly, but we can’t have cops on every corner in every single block of the city,” according to Smith.
While police are reviewing surveillance video of the attack, the victims can’t stop replaying it in their minds.
“After this, I can’t sleep at night, seeing what happened over and over again in my head,” Stacey said. “Seeing my family attacked.”
Two members of the family suffered concussions. Others came away with scrapes and bruises, and a vow never return to the Inner Harbor.
As yet, police have no suspects in the attack. Because the group appears to have been made up of juveniles, if they are found they cannot be identified.
Its an African trait, since they like to be called African-Americans. Work in packs, strength in numbers, like in nature, fairness is not a consideration.
Why couldnt they get those Confederate monuments out of Baltimore quicker so these attacks would not happen???? Why tourists still go there is a mystery to me. Its clear the cops are holding back as they should. But if we think the city government cares about what packs of wild animals are doing in the city, we are crazy.
This is awful. My aunt lives around the corner from the Admiral Fell Inn on the inner harbor. A 70-yr old lady would be an easy victim for these thugs.
I used to live in Glen Burnie, a suburb, back in 1981.
We wouldn’t go there then, much less now...............
“the heart of Baltimore’s tourism industry,”
Why go to baltimore?
When all the Confederate monuments are gone, when all the sports teams have been renamed, when all the players are on their knees, when all the guns have been outlawed, who will they blame then?........................
But they took down the statues?
We used to live outside Baltimore in the early 80’s.
We never went there, for anything.....................
To watch the Boston Red Sox
Apparently not quick enough....................
There will still be “European Americans” around to blame.
In another 50 years, maybe less, the cities will be practically all black, very few whites left to blame for anything..................
“Baltimore is a dump. And that includes the Inner Harbor.”
So who was the genius who planned this joyous family weekend escape? Must have been New Jersey democrats...who else would be so stupid...except any other democrat.
That was exactly my thought, too. Either:
1. The feral community fixes this problem which is unlikely because that requires responsible fathers in the home which isn’t going to happen or
2. Concealed carry which is also unlikely to happen in liberal states
Not worth it. If you must watch the boston red sox, watch them on tv outside of baltimore. :-)
The feral community is absolutely incapable of cleaning up their own mess and the only thought liberals have is “More gun control.”
Same in Boston. Downtown KC although I think they did rescue the Plaza.
Do you think downtown Boston is as dangerous as Baltimore?
(I haven’t been to the city at night in years.)
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Parts. I’ve never been to Baltimore.
Are you talking about downtown Boston? There are iffy parts of every city but I haven’t heard much about downtown Boston.
My grand kids,late teens,early 20s,go downtown at night———I’m just curious.
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