Baltimore police have 'stopped noticing crime' after Freddie Gray riots

American Thinker ^ | 07/14/2018 | Rick Moran

[SeekAndFind]

A remarkable article in USA Today confirms what common sense and intelligent observation have told us for years.  Immediately following the Baltimore race riots that ensued after Freddie Gray was found dead in the back of a police van, Baltimore cops began to "stop noticing crime."  They still responded swiftly to calls for help.  But the police force turned a blind eye to crimes being committed right in front of them.

The analysis by USA Today examined millions of Baltimore police records and determined that shocking rise in crime occurred that was directly related to a fall in "on view" reports of crime by police.

"Immediately upon the riot, policing changed in Baltimore, and it changed very dramatically," says Donald Norris, an emeritus professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, who reviewed USA TODAY's analysis.  "The outcome of that change in policing has been a lot more crime in Baltimore, especially murders, and people are getting away with those murders."

Police officials acknowledge the change.  "In all candor, officers are not as aggressive as they once were, pre-2015.  It's just that fact," says acting Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle, who took command of Baltimore's police force in May.

Tuggle blames a shortage of patrol officers and the fallout from a blistering 2016 Justice Department investigation that found the city's police regularly violated residents' constitutional rights and prompted new limits on how officers there carry out what had once been routine parts of their job.  At the same time, he says, police have focused more of their energy on gun crime and less on smaller infractions.

"We don't want officers going out, grabbing people out of corners, beating them up and putting them in jail," Tuggle says.  "We want officers engaging folks at every level.  And if somebody needs to be arrested, arrest them [sic]

[TADSLOS]

I certainly wouldn’t risk being brought up on felony charges over a drug addled future aeronautical engineer if I were a Baltimore cop.

Let the city burn.

[bert]

Stringer Bell

Although he is dead, his legacy lives on and has come to control Baltimore

[Jumper]

Welcome to the Ghetto, the hit song released by Gun’s and Roses;)

[miss marmelstein]

Actions have consequences.

[StAnDeliver]

"Immediately upon the riot, policing changed in Baltimore, and it changed very dramatically," says Donald Norris, an emeritus professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, who reviewed USA TODAY's analysis. "The outcome of that change in policing has been a lot more crime in Baltimore, especially murders, and people are getting away with those murders."

"Police officials acknowledge the change. "In all candor, officers are not as aggressive as they once were, pre-2015. It's just that fact," says acting Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle."

Awww, nanny nanny boo boo...

[editor-surveyor]

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Baltimore will soon burn.

[editor-surveyor]

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Huh?
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[Theoria]

Cops in Baltimore have been caught stealing from arrestees and planting guns on them. Not exactly setting the example. But typical of a city run by people who don't care. I'm sure this happens at other locations, but the townspeople don't care, because they are never the ones pulled over.

This happens in society overall. Just look at the FBI and such. Lots of people thought they did a good job. But, the veneer comes off and people pay attention. Even though the FBI has failed for decades.

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[StAnDeliver]

Hey when something affects David Simon’s smoketown negatively, just laugh and laugh and laugh ... while he rides out the storm down low in the NO ...

[fishtank]

There’s a conference I usually go to, they switch cities every year.

This year: Baltimore.

Me: NO WAY!!!

[StAnDeliver]

In the words of Michael Brown’s baby daddy Louis Head, yeah.

[usconservative]

Let me know when the rate of solved homicides drops to 20%. That's what it is in Chicago. 8 in 10 murders go unsolved.

Gotta love liberal run cities!

[Concentrate]

It’s time now. Not before the left gets armed.

[farming pharmer]

I was in Maryland for literally 5 minutes yesterday, crossing between West Virginia & Pennsylvania.

Couldn't wait to get out.

[Concentrate]

They’re not stupid, just ideologically wrong.

[OldMissileer]

The major tourist zone at the Inner Harbor isn’t too far from the bad neighborhoods, from what I’ve been told, and people were scared to go there.

Attacks are now frequently happening at the Inner Harbor. The Baltimore hierarchy and the Press are trying to keep much of it silenced because tourism is already tanking.

[bravo whiskey]

I hate it when I have to go there for family. Not the family the state. Very stupid anti 2A laws. Like so many states, remove Montgomery county (DC) and Baltimore and it would be red.

[Concentrate]

Which, of course. means stupid! :)

[himno hero]

Its the Freddie Grays god given right to indulge in crime. The price have it right.
let them fill their boots.
At some point, some freddie grays might wake up.

[Concentrate]

Time is of essence. Don’t be lazy, if you want a country to call your own.