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To Protect and Serve - Baltimore Edition
Author: Raine
Date: 05/28/2015 17:59:41
It may have not made major headlines, but this past memorial day weekend pushed the City of Baltimore into the deadliest month for the city in 15 years. Oh Wait… as of today, Baltimore has seen 37 homicides. This all came on the heels of 6 Baltimore police officers being indicted by a grand jury for the Freddie Gray murder.
What is going on? Let us let Sean Hannity tell us:
So, basically, the citizens are just being told to go EFF themselves for protesting police violence. Residents are taking notice, and they are in fear.
I wrote a blog on December 29 titled Blood Politics. I talked of how the NYC PBA was using the protesters and the deaths of 2 NYC Police officers as a way to play politics. I wrote then, and I will stand by this statement as I watch West Baltimore (once again) become a killing field due to bad or no policing. It appears as though, once again, a major city police department is holding it's citizens hostage by crime proxy.
They aren't anti-police, they want better policing. It appears that in Baltimore, in particular West Baltimore, they are not even given that choice. Once again, this must be said: This all happens to come on the heels of a report from a professor from the University of Nebraska. He's a a criminologist who 'examines policy for the US Department of Justice'. Right now Baltimore Police are violating the promise they made to the city they are supposed to protect and serve.
It should not be an all-or-nothing game. 37 lives are gone forever. We don't know many of their names because, quite honestly, they are nothing more than retribution and collateral damage from the police department as a response from citizens daring to say they want an end to police brutality.
How much money do want to bet that more than 90% of the dead are people of color? They way I see it, the message that the BPD is sending is people need to shut up and take it anyway they can get it, tough luck if people die. Protecting our own is more important than protecting the people.
It is absolutely horrific.
& 
Raine
The only month to surpass 35 homicides was the prior month, November 1999, when 36 homicides were recorded, according to police statistics since 1999. That year was also Baltimore's deadliest in the past 16 with 305 homicides, police figures show.
An 8-year-old boy and another 31-year-old woman were shot in the head in Baltimore city Thursday morning.
Officers were called to the 100 block of Upmanor Rd for a report of a shooting around 8:19 a.m.
What is going on? Let us let Sean Hannity tell us:
A current Baltimore police officer who chose to hide his identity reacted on "Hannity" tonight, saying that the surge in violence is a "direct result" from the six officers who were indicted by a grand jury in the death of Freddie Gray.
"After the protests, it seems like the citizens would appreciate a lack of police presence, and that's exactly what they're getting," the officer said. "No proactive policing right now."
Sean Hannity asked the officer if other Baltimore cops are afraid to do their jobs.
"When you go out into the street, you trust that your command staff and those you work with will support you," the officer replied. "The tip of the spear needs the most assurance that your department, your citizens, your mayor and city council have your back."
BALTIMORE (AP) — Antoinette Perrine has barricaded her front door since her brother was killed three weeks ago on a basketball court near her home in the Harlem Park neighborhood of West Baltimore.
She already has iron bars outside her windows and added metal slabs on the inside to deflect the gunfire.
“I’m afraid to go outside,” said Perrine, 47. “It’s so bad, people are afraid to let their kids outside. People wake up with shots through their windows. Police used to sit on every corner, on the top of the block. These days? They’re nowhere.”
(snip)
Now West Baltimore residents worry they've been abandoned by the officers they once accused of harassing them. In recent weeks, some neighborhoods have become like the Wild West without a lawman around, residents said.
“Before it was over-policing. Now there’s no police,” said Donnail “Dreads” Lee, 34, who lives in the Gilmor Homes, the public housing complex where Gray, 25, was arrested.
“I haven’t seen the police since the riots,” Lee said. “People feel as though they can do things and get away with it. I see people walking with guns almost every single day, because they know the police aren't pulling them up like they used to.”
I wrote a blog on December 29 titled Blood Politics. I talked of how the NYC PBA was using the protesters and the deaths of 2 NYC Police officers as a way to play politics. I wrote then, and I will stand by this statement as I watch West Baltimore (once again) become a killing field due to bad or no policing.
The people protesting police violence and asking for for better policing are not the problem. They aren't anti-police, they want better policing. That the very idea of asking, even demanding it is more disturbing to the PBA than using a funeral to make a political statement is sad and disturbing. Police officers have a dangerous job, especially in cities and densely populated communities, The idea that they should not be asked to be accountable or asked to treat the people they are supposed to serve and protect a little better should not be a part of the fabric of our nation. The idea that the PBA is using this as a way to negotiate a contract is reprehensible. It's the thing that very few are talking about.
They aren't anti-police, they want better policing. It appears that in Baltimore, in particular West Baltimore, they are not even given that choice. Once again, this must be said:
Given the dangers inherent to being a police officer—and the extent to which most cops are trying to do the best they can—it’s actually understandable that cops are a little angry with official and unofficial criticism. But they should know it comes with the territory. For all the leeway they receive, the police aren't an inviolable force; they’re part of a public trust, accountable to elected leaders and the people who choose them. And in the same way that police have a responsibility to protect and secure the law, citizens have a responsibility to hold improper conduct to account.
In an 11-page report, Samuel Walker, a professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, said the role of police union contracts has been ignored amid the nationwide debate and protests that erupted last fall over police and community relations.
Walker said "offensive provisions" in the union contract, a three-year pact expiring next year, violate "best practices" across the country and should be revised to boost professionalism in the Baltimore Police Department.
It should not be an all-or-nothing game. 37 lives are gone forever. We don't know many of their names because, quite honestly, they are nothing more than retribution and collateral damage from the police department as a response from citizens daring to say they want an end to police brutality.
How much money do want to bet that more than 90% of the dead are people of color? They way I see it, the message that the BPD is sending is people need to shut up and take it anyway they can get it, tough luck if people die. Protecting our own is more important than protecting the people.
It is absolutely horrific.
& Raine
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Comment by 
TriSec on 05/28/2015 13:31:04
TriSec on 05/28/2015 13:31:04
This is a comment to the stub.
Comment by 
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 13:33:04
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 13:33:04
Mr. Sec, I am poking the badger I know.
1. The Mendoza Line is .200
2. The team BA is .255, which is 55 points above the Mendoza Line.
3. The AL batting average is .251.
4. Right on Chili for bringing in a number above the league average.
5. Batting average doesn't mean shit, runs do.
6. A SABR course would enlighten you, Sparky. I have an entire collection of Bill James Baseball Abstracts for sale at reasonable price.
7. The AL East is extremely weak this season. You don't hear me whining about the Orioles respectable .256 do you?
;poke: ;poke: ;poke: ;poke:
So. The Boston Red Sox are 21-26 on this fine day, batting a Mendoza-like .255 as a team.
Chili Davis, who won two rings with the New York Yankees is currently the hitting coach. Coincidence? I DON'T THINK SO!!!
1. The Mendoza Line is .200
2. The team BA is .255, which is 55 points above the Mendoza Line.
3. The AL batting average is .251.
4. Right on Chili for bringing in a number above the league average.
5. Batting average doesn't mean shit, runs do.
6. A SABR course would enlighten you, Sparky. I have an entire collection of Bill James Baseball Abstracts for sale at reasonable price.
7. The AL East is extremely weak this season. You don't hear me whining about the Orioles respectable .256 do you?
;poke: ;poke: ;poke: ;poke:
Comment by 
BobR on 05/28/2015 13:33:33
This is a response to the comment - both of which will become strange and irrelevant when the stub is replaced by a real blog
BobR on 05/28/2015 13:33:33
Quote by TriSec:
This is a comment to the stub.
This is a response to the comment - both of which will become strange and irrelevant when the stub is replaced by a real blog
Comment by Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 13:36:47
I was responding to the Gentleman from Waltham's whining from yesterday afternoon, because it is fun to poke the grumpy badger that is non-reality based Red Sox fandom.
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 13:36:47
Quote by BobR:Quote by TriSec:
This is a comment to the stub.
This is a response to the comment - both of which will become strange and irrelevant when the stub is replaced by a real blog
I was responding to the Gentleman from Waltham's whining from yesterday afternoon, because it is fun to poke the grumpy badger that is non-reality based Red Sox fandom.
Comment by BobR on 05/28/2015 13:39:28
BobR on 05/28/2015 13:39:28
The opening line in this Scott Walker hit piece alone is worth the click
One of the overlooked problems with the potential presidential candidacy of Scott Walker, the goggle-eyed homunculus hired by Koch Industries to manage their midwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Wisconsin, is that he was thought of as something of a squish on various social issues, especially on abortion, having busied himself during his tenure in Madison with busting unions, selling the state off piecemeal, and dodging subpoenas.
Comment by 
wickedpam on 05/28/2015 13:42:00
wickedpam on 05/28/2015 13:42:00
Morning 
Comment by 
Raine on 05/28/2015 13:51:59
Raine on 05/28/2015 13:51:59
Oh George….
Probably should have stopped at around the 3:27 mark….
Probably should have stopped at around the 3:27 mark….
Comment by Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 13:53:07
"Goggle-eyed homunculus?!" Charlie Pierce you are delight! There is this and well, "Meanwhile, out on his own, Walker is stroking the g-spot with his usual intellectual lemon zester."
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 13:53:07
Quote by BobR:
The opening line in this Scott Walker hit piece alone is worth the clickOne of the overlooked problems with the potential presidential candidacy of Scott Walker, the goggle-eyed homunculus hired by Koch Industries to manage their midwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Wisconsin, is that he was thought of as something of a squish on various social issues, especially on abortion, having busied himself during his tenure in Madison with busting unions, selling the state off piecemeal, and dodging subpoenas.
"Goggle-eyed homunculus?!" Charlie Pierce you are delight! There is this and well, "Meanwhile, out on his own, Walker is stroking the g-spot with his usual intellectual lemon zester."
Comment by BobR on 05/28/2015 14:02:51
"what unites us is more important than what divides us"... hmmm... who said that before?.... oh yeah
BobR on 05/28/2015 14:02:51
Quote by Raine:
Oh George….
Probably should have stopped at around the 3:27 mark….
"what unites us is more important than what divides us"... hmmm... who said that before?.... oh yeah
Comment by Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 14:32:36
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 14:32:36
Bobber, if we were going to hire a guy to administer one of our DBs I wouldn't wish it on your worst SQL enemy. The tables in it haven't been reindexed since the last DBA left the company, there are tons of data integrity errors showing up. Things like people's user names showing up misspelled on one table but correctly on another. This thing is nightmare.
Comment by BobR on 05/28/2015 14:52:17
user names in multiple locations? Not normalized? That has disaster written all over it
BobR on 05/28/2015 14:52:17
Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, if we were going to hire a guy to administer one of our DBs I wouldn't wish it on your worst SQL enemy. The tables in it haven't been reindexed since the last DBA left the company, there are tons of data integrity errors showing up. Things like people's user names showing up misspelled on one table but correctly on another. This thing is nightmare.
user names in multiple locations? Not normalized? That has disaster written all over it
Comment by Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 15:06:54
It had a crash that was so bad, some of the data couldn't be recovered. We have a gap in in the calls we can pull from it.
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 15:06:54
Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, if we were going to hire a guy to administer one of our DBs I wouldn't wish it on your worst SQL enemy. The tables in it haven't been reindexed since the last DBA left the company, there are tons of data integrity errors showing up. Things like people's user names showing up misspelled on one table but correctly on another. This thing is nightmare.
user names in multiple locations? Not normalized? That has disaster written all over it
It had a crash that was so bad, some of the data couldn't be recovered. We have a gap in in the calls we can pull from it.
Comment by BobR on 05/28/2015 15:10:44
so - your DBAs aren't periodically testing the backups?
BobR on 05/28/2015 15:10:44
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, if we were going to hire a guy to administer one of our DBs I wouldn't wish it on your worst SQL enemy. The tables in it haven't been reindexed since the last DBA left the company, there are tons of data integrity errors showing up. Things like people's user names showing up misspelled on one table but correctly on another. This thing is nightmare.
user names in multiple locations? Not normalized? That has disaster written all over it
It had a crash that was so bad, some of the data couldn't be recovered. We have a gap in in the calls we can pull from it.
so - your DBAs aren't periodically testing the backups?
Comment by Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 15:12:41
I have no clue. All I know is there hasn't been a full-time DBA on this particular one in about a year. It is nothing important, just the recordings of every sales and initial interview for a customer's website.
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 15:12:41
Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, if we were going to hire a guy to administer one of our DBs I wouldn't wish it on your worst SQL enemy. The tables in it haven't been reindexed since the last DBA left the company, there are tons of data integrity errors showing up. Things like people's user names showing up misspelled on one table but correctly on another. This thing is nightmare.
user names in multiple locations? Not normalized? That has disaster written all over it
It had a crash that was so bad, some of the data couldn't be recovered. We have a gap in in the calls we can pull from it.
so - your DBAs aren't periodically testing the backups?
I have no clue. All I know is there hasn't been a full-time DBA on this particular one in about a year. It is nothing important, just the recordings of every sales and initial interview for a customer's website.
Comment by 
Scoopster on 05/28/2015 15:28:16
Scoopster on 05/28/2015 15:28:16
Good mornin' mon peeps! 
What fun! The GOP presidential clown car shows no signs of being full. And now we have ol' Senator Anal Gravy to fill in the gaps too.
What fun! The GOP presidential clown car shows no signs of being full. And now we have ol' Senator Anal Gravy to fill in the gaps too.
Comment by Raine on 05/28/2015 15:32:25
IT really getting ridiculous. and to think, Bernie Sanders is too much a of a FRINGE CANDIDATE!
Raine on 05/28/2015 15:32:25
Quote by Scoopster:
Good mornin' mon peeps!
What fun! The GOP presidential clown car shows no signs of being full. And now we have ol' Senator Anal Gravy to fill in the gaps too.
IT really getting ridiculous. and to think, Bernie Sanders is too much a of a FRINGE CANDIDATE!
Comment by Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 15:36:55
Raine is Bobber sitting with a semi-stunned look on his face mutter? That is if he's working from home today.
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 15:36:55
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, if we were going to hire a guy to administer one of our DBs I wouldn't wish it on your worst SQL enemy. The tables in it haven't been reindexed since the last DBA left the company, there are tons of data integrity errors showing up. Things like people's user names showing up misspelled on one table but correctly on another. This thing is nightmare.
user names in multiple locations? Not normalized? That has disaster written all over it
It had a crash that was so bad, some of the data couldn't be recovered. We have a gap in in the calls we can pull from it.
so - your DBAs aren't periodically testing the backups?
I have no clue. All I know is there hasn't been a full-time DBA on this particular one in about a year. It is nothing important, just the recordings of every sales and initial interview for a customer's website.
Raine is Bobber sitting with a semi-stunned look on his face mutter? That is if he's working from home today.
Comment by Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 15:38:56
I know, right? But, then when your base is loons.
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 15:38:56
Quote by Raine:Quote by Scoopster:
Good mornin' mon peeps!
What fun! The GOP presidential clown car shows no signs of being full. And now we have ol' Senator Anal Gravy to fill in the gaps too.
IT really getting ridiculous. and to think, Bernie Sanders is too much a of a FRINGE CANDIDATE!
I know, right? But, then when your base is loons.
Comment by TriSec on 05/28/2015 15:46:41
TriSec on 05/28/2015 15:46:41
The Red Sox could have played 47 perfect games by now, and they would still be the worst team in baseball. Chili Davis is still a sleeper agent. Who's in first place again?
Comment by Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 16:07:25
So nice of you to use the nested quote like the rest of us do, Tri.
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 16:07:25
Quote by TriSec:
The Red Sox could have played 47 perfect games by now, and they would still be the worst team in baseball. Chili Davis is still a sleeper agent. Who's in first place again?
So nice of you to use the nested quote like the rest of us do, Tri.
Comment by BobR on 05/28/2015 16:37:08
I was going to reply that it's only unimportant until the next lawsuit, but I then I assumed maybe you weren't being snarky.
BobR on 05/28/2015 16:37:08
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, if we were going to hire a guy to administer one of our DBs I wouldn't wish it on your worst SQL enemy. The tables in it haven't been reindexed since the last DBA left the company, there are tons of data integrity errors showing up. Things like people's user names showing up misspelled on one table but correctly on another. This thing is nightmare.
user names in multiple locations? Not normalized? That has disaster written all over it
It had a crash that was so bad, some of the data couldn't be recovered. We have a gap in in the calls we can pull from it.
so - your DBAs aren't periodically testing the backups?
I have no clue. All I know is there hasn't been a full-time DBA on this particular one in about a year. It is nothing important, just the recordings of every sales and initial interview for a customer's website.
Raine is Bobber sitting with a semi-stunned look on his face mutter? That is if he's working from home today.
I was going to reply that it's only unimportant until the next lawsuit, but I then I assumed maybe you weren't being snarky.
Comment by Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 17:41:31
We are playing with fire with this thing Bobber. it doesn't come close to any of the best practices I became familiar with in my aborted attempt to be trained as DBA.
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 17:41:31
Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by BobR:Quote by Mondobubba:
Bobber, if we were going to hire a guy to administer one of our DBs I wouldn't wish it on your worst SQL enemy. The tables in it haven't been reindexed since the last DBA left the company, there are tons of data integrity errors showing up. Things like people's user names showing up misspelled on one table but correctly on another. This thing is nightmare.
user names in multiple locations? Not normalized? That has disaster written all over it
It had a crash that was so bad, some of the data couldn't be recovered. We have a gap in in the calls we can pull from it.
so - your DBAs aren't periodically testing the backups?
I have no clue. All I know is there hasn't been a full-time DBA on this particular one in about a year. It is nothing important, just the recordings of every sales and initial interview for a customer's website.
Raine is Bobber sitting with a semi-stunned look on his face mutter? That is if he's working from home today.
I was going to reply that it's only unimportant until the next lawsuit, but I then I assumed maybe you weren't being snarky.
We are playing with fire with this thing Bobber. it doesn't come close to any of the best practices I became familiar with in my aborted attempt to be trained as DBA.
Comment by Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 17:44:17
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 17:44:17
Caption on CNN as they interview Gov. Jindal.
Like you are, Kenneth the Page?
Jindal: Sen. Paul "unsuited" to be president.
Like you are, Kenneth the Page?
Comment by 
livingonli on 05/28/2015 17:46:04
livingonli on 05/28/2015 17:46:04
I guess Pataki wants to appear to be the sane one, but it seems like most people when asked about him are saying "who".
Comment by BobR on 05/28/2015 17:53:20
What's it say about the clown car when Pataki seems like the one too "normal" to get in?
BobR on 05/28/2015 17:53:20
Quote by livingonli:
I guess Pataki wants to appear to be the sane one, but it seems like most people when asked about him are saying "who".
What's it say about the clown car when Pataki seems like the one too "normal" to get in?
Comment by Raine on 05/28/2015 18:01:23
BLOG IS POSTED!
Raine on 05/28/2015 18:01:23
Comment by Raine on 05/28/2015 18:02:07
I need to bleach that image out of my brain!
Raine on 05/28/2015 18:02:07
Quote by Mondobubba:
Caption on CNN as they interview Gov. Jindal.Jindal: Sen. Paul "unsuited" to be president.
Like you are, Kenneth the Page?
Comment by livingonli on 05/28/2015 18:14:16
I thought it was a clown bus by now.
livingonli on 05/28/2015 18:14:16
Quote by BobR:Quote by livingonli:
I guess Pataki wants to appear to be the sane one, but it seems like most people when asked about him are saying "who".
What's it say about the clown car when Pataki seems like the one too "normal" to get in?
I thought it was a clown bus by now.
Comment by BobR on 05/28/2015 18:14:47
BPD to West Baltimore:
BobR on 05/28/2015 18:14:47
Quote by Raine:BLOG IS POSTED!
BPD to West Baltimore:
Comment by BobR on 05/28/2015 18:15:45
BobR on 05/28/2015 18:15:45
Quote by livingonli:Quote by BobR:Quote by livingonli:
I guess Pataki wants to appear to be the sane one, but it seems like most people when asked about him are saying "who".
What's it say about the clown car when Pataki seems like the one too "normal" to get in?
I thought it was a clown bus by now.
Comment by wickedpam on 05/28/2015 18:15:55
wickedpam on 05/28/2015 18:15:55
You know when we got back from PA over the weekend and saw the news the first thing I had to wonder was this a purposeful work slow down on the part of the police.
Comment by Raine on 05/28/2015 18:19:42
It totally is. and it is wretched.
Raine on 05/28/2015 18:19:42
Quote by wickedpam:
You know when we got back from PA over the weekend and saw the news the first thing I had to wonder was this a purposeful work slow down on the part of the police.
It totally is. and it is wretched.
Comment by wickedpam on 05/28/2015 18:22:30
agreed and sad, because some where in there you know there are good cops and community people who want to help other but the bad is just suppressing it all
wickedpam on 05/28/2015 18:22:30
Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
You know when we got back from PA over the weekend and saw the news the first thing I had to wonder was this a purposeful work slow down on the part of the police.
It totally is. and it is wretched.
agreed and sad, because some where in there you know there are good cops and community people who want to help other but the bad is just suppressing it all
Comment by Raine on 05/28/2015 18:23:17
Agreed on both accounts.
Last time around (or ws it 2008?) I thought Huntsman was an actual sane republican. I could have been ok with him as president.
Pataki, he actually was a moderate republican. I am not a republican so I disagree with him on many things, but he is sadly to moderate to get the nomination. I truly think Pataki and Clinton would be a very interesting conundrum for the nation.
and I will leave it there….
Raine on 05/28/2015 18:23:17
Quote by BobR:Quote by livingonli:
I guess Pataki wants to appear to be the sane one, but it seems like most people when asked about him are saying "who".
What's it say about the clown car when Pataki seems like the one too "normal" to get in?
Last time around (or ws it 2008?) I thought Huntsman was an actual sane republican. I could have been ok with him as president.
Pataki, he actually was a moderate republican. I am not a republican so I disagree with him on many things, but he is sadly to moderate to get the nomination. I truly think Pataki and Clinton would be a very interesting conundrum for the nation.
and I will leave it there….
Comment by Raine on 05/28/2015 18:26:07
I still believe that having police officers live in or near the communities they serve will go a long way to solve these problems.
Does anyone think that officer Joe who lives a few blocks down is going to ignore crime in his neighborhood? Is officer Joe going to shackle a man and toss him in a van?
Nothing is perfect, I know. but ensuring that law enforcement officers have a stake in the quality of life in the neighborhoods they serve would go a long long way to making things better.
Raine on 05/28/2015 18:26:07
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
You know when we got back from PA over the weekend and saw the news the first thing I had to wonder was this a purposeful work slow down on the part of the police.
It totally is. and it is wretched.
agreed and sad, because some where in there you know there are good cops and community people who want to help other but the bad is just suppressing it all
Does anyone think that officer Joe who lives a few blocks down is going to ignore crime in his neighborhood? Is officer Joe going to shackle a man and toss him in a van?
Nothing is perfect, I know. but ensuring that law enforcement officers have a stake in the quality of life in the neighborhoods they serve would go a long long way to making things better.
Comment by Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 18:28:10
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 18:28:10
Yikes! A body's been dropped more than once a day for this month in Bodymore? Yeesh. That is depressing.
I found this interactive map on the Sun website. Of the 37 murders thus far, 20 of them have been in the Western District, which is where Freddy Grey was arrested.
I found this interactive map on the Sun website. Of the 37 murders thus far, 20 of them have been in the Western District, which is where Freddy Grey was arrested.
Comment by Raine on 05/28/2015 18:30:58
Dawlface: link?
Raine on 05/28/2015 18:30:58
Quote by Mondobubba:
Yikes! A body's been dropped more than once a day for this month in Bodymore? Yeesh. That is depressing.
I found this interactive map on the Sun website. Of the 37 murders thus far, 20 of them have been in the Western District, which is where Freddy Grey was arrested.
Dawlface: link?
Comment by Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 18:47:17
Great googly-moogly! My bad. Said map
Mondobubba on 05/28/2015 18:47:17
Quote by Raine:Quote by Mondobubba:
Yikes! A body's been dropped more than once a day for this month in Bodymore? Yeesh. That is depressing.
I found this interactive map on the Sun website. Of the 37 murders thus far, 20 of them have been in the Western District, which is where Freddy Grey was arrested.
Dawlface: link?
Great googly-moogly! My bad. Said map
Comment by Raine on 05/28/2015 19:45:26
Thank you. That's a really useful thing!
Raine on 05/28/2015 19:45:26
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Yikes! A body's been dropped more than once a day for this month in Bodymore? Yeesh. That is depressing.
I found this interactive map on the Sun website. Of the 37 murders thus far, 20 of them have been in the Western District, which is where Freddy Grey was arrested.
Dawlface: link?
Great googly-moogly! My bad. Said map
Comment by wickedpam on 05/28/2015 19:56:50
Exactly.
wickedpam on 05/28/2015 19:56:50
Quote by Raine:I still believe that having police officers live in or near the communities they serve will go a long way to solve these problems.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
You know when we got back from PA over the weekend and saw the news the first thing I had to wonder was this a purposeful work slow down on the part of the police.
It totally is. and it is wretched.
agreed and sad, because some where in there you know there are good cops and community people who want to help other but the bad is just suppressing it all
Does anyone think that officer Joe who lives a few blocks down is going to ignore crime in his neighborhood? Is officer Joe going to shackle a man and toss him in a van?
Nothing is perfect, I know. but ensuring that law enforcement officers have a stake in the quality of life in the neighborhoods they serve would go a long long way to making things better.
Exactly.
Comment by Scoopster on 05/28/2015 19:59:02
man, I know how chinese food makes me feel awful for living. Why do I bother ordering it? 
Scoopster on 05/28/2015 19:59:02
man, I know how chinese food makes me feel awful for living. Why do I bother ordering it? 
Comment by Raine on 05/28/2015 20:23:14
Raine on 05/28/2015 20:23:14
If nothing else. at the very low bar of expectations, a person who wants to be president needs to be consistent.
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