There was a triple shooting with one fatality in the Perkins Homes on Dallas Ct., just a block away from where Frederick Douglass invested some of his money in building homes for poor people.
Things got a little stabby this morning at the Bolton House in Mt. Royal.
A merchant turned over security camera footage that shows a possible suspect in Carlos Santay-Carrillo's murder.
Police have released a sketch of a man who might know something about the murder of Nancy Schmidt in Remington.
Kerri King pleaded not guilty. I wonder what her story is? Maybe she loaned the car to one of her drunk stripper friends, or maybe it's just that The Man is keeping her down.
The new dealers in East Baltimore have no respect for the old dealers' tradition of respecting the sacred space at St. Frances Academy.
There was a bank robbery in Federal Hill on Monday.
The family of Norman Stamp is filing a wrongful death lawsuit.
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City leaders would like for the Judiciary Committee to craft laws reflecting the realities of law enforcement within the war zone.
Non-Baltimore members, on the other hand, are seeking to construct uniform statute applicable to their more mainstream jurisdictions in the ordinary course of events.
Guess what? They're both right.
Maryland needs a peacetime criminal code which makes sense in places like Kent and Somerset Counties and doesn't envision gangstas with automatic weapons getting out of prison over and over again because witnesses and juries in this jurisdiction cannot do what is expected of them.
But Baltimore City (and its environs within 695) needs a war zone code. Call it martial law if you will.
Does that mean Baltimore's elected leaders should exercise legislative autonomy over statute ?
Heck, no! Didn't we just say Baltimore City was a wartorn (and therefore dysfunctional) environment?
It's insurgent-held. It concentrates the very worst elements of society in a setting where they function unchecked and its leadership reflects its behaioral demographics. That's hardly an argument for greater influence.
No, if Baltimore is so out of control that its needs are at odds with those of the counties in the mainstream, then its jurisdiction should be forfeit as to local self-government and a higher (probably federal) Urban Recovery Administration should exercise local law-making and enforcement capacities, as well as the exclusive taxing authority, until a return to normalcy is imminent.
This model should probably be applied to problem jurisdictions Detroit, Camden, Compton, and St. Louis as well.
I find it amusing yet tragic that so much money is poured into fighting potential terrorism abroad, yet there is not enough effort made to fight the true terrorists at home.
Think about it:
Proliferation of Drugs? Check.
Indoctrination at an early age? Check.
Access to weapons? Check.
Infringing on the rights of others? Checkmate.
To me, there is a poignant difference between the threat of terrorism here and the domestic issue citizens of Baltimore face every day: There is a far more sympathetic approach to those who endanger us on a daily basis here in Baltimore than those abroad.
How many people are going to have to die, be beaten to a pulp or driven out of this city before they appreciate the magnitude of the problem?
speaking of terrorists, anybody see Keith Olbermann ranting last night?
Excellent point. I wonder how many people were killed every year by Al Qaeda, prior to 911 compared to Baltimore. I bet it's not even close. I know someone out there won't let me down...who's got the stats?
So let's be clear: in the city, no babies were shot and no moms were shot by their kid, but in the county a kid beat his mom to death.
Broadwater went to McDonough.
I'm surprised such a small and well-appointed school wouldn't catch budding psychosis in one of their students!
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