Antonio Mosby struck a deal with prosecutors to testify in the federal case against cops and robbers William A. King and Antonio L. Murray, accused of shaking down drug addicts.
On 36th and Elm I saw a mature and experienced-looking policeman out of his car and having a conversation with the local teen apprentice hoodlums! WTF is that, some actual community policing and shit? A cop out walking the beat in Baltimore... now I've seen it all. See, Jim [Kraft], that's really all it takes to make Mrs. Jones happy (and really that's what the blog is all about, in spite of what it says in the CP). If the kids know they're being watched maybe they'll move their loud foulmouthed dimebag-selling asses under the bridge where they belong and off my stoop.
Carjacking, robbery and theft in the blotter.
The autopsy revealed nothing in the Villa Julie student/dead baby case (or at least nothing the coroner is revealing-- surely they put a wad of alveoli in water to see if it floated).
In BaCo, the Scott Peterson of Rosedale, Charles Lee Johnson, got life in prison from Bollinger for killing the mother of his child, Dionne Renee Saulter, 26.
What the?! A child drank from a bottle of chemicals that his grandmother(?) was using to make a homemade bomb.
Also in the burbs police arrested four people for armed stick-ups at the Owings Mills metro station.
The trial of Joseph DiAngelo, 51, of Wells Avenue, is scheduled to begin at 9:30 tomorrow morning before Judge Wanda K. Heard. The Baltimore City Grand Jury indicted DiAngelo April 5 for first-degree assault, witness intimidation and conspiracy to commit first-degree assault. Court documents allege DiAngelo hired two individuals to conduct a home invasion/assault on a witness in a pending assault case. The hired individuals entered the home armed with table legs( ?!?) to assault the victim/witness. The home occupants killed one of the individuals. The other individual, William Morton, pled guilty last month to burglary. DiAngelo is being held without bail at the Baltimore City Detention Center. Assistant State's Attorney Jennifer Sites will prosecute this case.
Baltimore city's juvenile offenders may be sent to out-of-state campuses, at the cost of $47,000 to $97,000 per hoodlum per year. (Reminds me of my former college PoliSci professor's saying: "the government only knows how to focus on what comes out of the horse." He studied in Bmore- coincidence?)
Audrey James, 50, got 90 days from John Glynn for stealing $335k from Head Start.
Justice, Frederick-style: a guy got jail time for throwing a shoestring at an officer.
Students at the U of MD endorse O'Malley.
8 comments:
Nice....calling juvenile offenders "hoodlums?!" Nice sensitivity to the plight of (almost exclusively) low-income youth who have lives that would turn even the most hopeful into a "hoodlum."
I do agree with your Professor, however. It is a shame that the government can only afford to focus on the end-result instead of being more proactive to prevent these tragedies.
re: "anonymous comment"
does anyone else find it amusing that the issue of the blogger's sensitivity when describing people who have committed offenses that, but for their young age, should be spending time in jail? do ya think the delinquents, that "anonymous" seems so reluctant see described in less than complimentary terms, were sensitive to those they hurt?
poverty is no excuse for incivility....
Not only is poverty no excuse for criminality, but we should all recall that the most common victims of the hoodl.... excuse me, the dear, sweet, innocent, misunderstood low income youth,... are generally also low-income and frequently elderly. How readily the bleeding-hearts sell those folks down the river in their haste to lavish absolution upon those the Court has found proper to deem Offenders.
As for preventing these tragedies, yes, there was an old-fashioned technique for accomplishing that at a more tender age. It was called a swift kick in the seat of the pants at the onset of the seminal misbehavior which leads to career criminality, and it usually sufficed when parents were prepared (and felt a duty) to back it up.
'low-income youth who have lives that would turn even the most hopeful into a hoodlum.'
ergo they have no possibility of ever being suitable for mainstream society or of reforming ?
then they can never be expected to be responsible for their acts ?
It seems that the infinitely sensitive commentator is making a very good case for incapacitation through incarceration. Thank you kindly.
Wow. '...lives that would turn even the most hopeful into a "hoodlum" '
The person who wrote this has just discredited all of the exemplary inner-city youth who have learned inner discipline, attended to their studies or athletics or enterprise, and overcome adversity - something only the individual can achieve and at which, by the way, government programs consistently fail.
Can anyone explain what THIS "anonymous" is talking about??? Bad spelling is one thing, but, c'mon, try being a little literate...
"does anyone else find it amusing that the issue of the blogger's sensitivity when describing people who have committed offenses that, but for their young age, should be spending time in jail? do ya think the delinquents, that "anonymous" seems so reluctant see described in less than complimentary terms, were sensitive to those they hurt?
poverty is no excuse for incivility...."
By Original Anonymous:
I am NOT discrediting EXEMPLARY (your words, not mine...meaning outstanding and ABOVE AVERAGE, i.e., different than most)low-income kids who go on to become outstanding members of their communities. I totally give props to those who can rise above living in desperate situations. I am not discrediting anyone -- I am simply disgusted by people who label the not so fortunate "hoodlums."
They're not hoodlums because they're unfortunate. They are hoodlums because of the poor choices they make in light of their circumstances. The exemplary simply make far better choices under similar circumstances. But the circumstances, regardless of how meager, never justify antisocial behavior. Those who elect to disregard the most basic standards of conduct are known as hoodlums. I hope that is clearer.
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