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Baltimore police have 'stopped noticing crime' after Freddie Gray riots
American Thinker ^ | 07/14/2018 | Rick Moran

Posted on 07/14/2018 11:37:12 AM PDT by 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]


(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: baltimore; baltimoreleos; crime; freddiegray; police
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To: saintgermaine

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.


21 posted on 07/14/2018 12:24:36 PM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: SeekAndFind
Stringer Bell

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


22 posted on 07/14/2018 12:29:37 PM PDT by bert ((K. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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To: SeekAndFind

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


23 posted on 07/14/2018 12:30:35 PM PDT by Jumper
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To: SeekAndFind

Actions have consequences.


24 posted on 07/14/2018 12:35:06 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: SeekAndFind
"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...

25 posted on 07/14/2018 12:36:14 PM PDT by StAnDeliver ("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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To: SeekAndFind

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Baltimore will soon burn.


26 posted on 07/14/2018 12:36:50 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: StAnDeliver

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Huh?
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27 posted on 07/14/2018 12:38:14 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: SeekAndFind
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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28 posted on 07/14/2018 12:39:28 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: bert

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 ...


29 posted on 07/14/2018 12:39:57 PM PDT by StAnDeliver ("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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To: Dilbert San Diego

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

This year: Baltimore.

Me: NO WAY!!!


30 posted on 07/14/2018 12:41:00 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: editor-surveyor

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


31 posted on 07/14/2018 12:42:55 PM PDT by StAnDeliver ("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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To: SeekAndFind
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!

32 posted on 07/14/2018 12:44:51 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: SeekAndFind

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


33 posted on 07/14/2018 12:45:38 PM PDT by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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To: SeekAndFind
I was in Maryland for literally 5 minutes yesterday, crossing between West Virginia & Pennsylvania.

Couldn't wait to get out.
34 posted on 07/14/2018 12:46:24 PM PDT by farming pharmer
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To: Concentrate

They’re not stupid, just ideologically wrong.


35 posted on 07/14/2018 12:52:48 PM PDT by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
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.

36 posted on 07/14/2018 12:52:51 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: akalinin

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.


37 posted on 07/14/2018 12:54:27 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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To: Concentrate

Which, of course. means stupid! :)


38 posted on 07/14/2018 12:57:42 PM PDT by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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To: SeekAndFind

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.


39 posted on 07/14/2018 12:57:52 PM PDT by himno hero (hadnuff)
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To: Concentrate

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


40 posted on 07/14/2018 1:01:26 PM PDT by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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