tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post321003870759009826..comments2024-03-22T03:56:45.022-04:00Comments on Baltimore Crime: October 29Maurice Bradburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12143777490997450728noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-26680059231066489012007-10-29T23:29:00.000-04:002007-10-29T23:29:00.000-04:00Update: Police-involved shooting # 30 is no longer...Update: Police-involved shooting # 30 is no longer alive.<BR/><BR/>His mother, who was not present at the scene, contends that he 1) did not have a gun <I>and</I> if he <I>did</I> have one, he was in the process of disarming himself when the officer opened fire.<BR/><BR/>Repeat: she was not there. At all.<BR/><BR/>Where does Baltimore find these people? Oh, that's right; they're grown here. Poster-children for birth control.John Galthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09136810571091828349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-4594414622640964652007-10-29T23:28:00.000-04:002007-10-29T23:28:00.000-04:00oh hey wjz now says that kid that the cops shot di...oh hey wjz now says that kid that the cops shot died.burgersubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044352543871082497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-19394585150994542472007-10-29T23:27:00.000-04:002007-10-29T23:27:00.000-04:00i like how gardenville is "east baltimore" now.i like how gardenville is "east baltimore" now.burgersubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044352543871082497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-31986246514556009872007-10-29T18:31:00.000-04:002007-10-29T18:31:00.000-04:00Police-involved shooting at Labyrinth & Resitersto...Police-involved shooting at Labyrinth & Resiterstown Road (by the Plaza). Male shot twice.John Galthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09136810571091828349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-78262031423787780522007-10-29T18:28:00.000-04:002007-10-29T18:28:00.000-04:00From the article on Black youth,However, there are...From the article on Black youth,<BR/><BR/><I>However, there are also "soft skills" which troubled Black youth may lack. <BR/><BR/>"When in court, a Black youth has to be coached how to conduct themselves in front of a judge," [CDF rep] Ruffin said. <BR/><BR/>When you have grown up hard and on the streets, you have to be mean and vicious to survive. A kid has to learn that is not the way to be in front of a judge, and often times public defenders do not have the time to teach them the right type of communications skills to be effective in a courtroom." </I><BR/><BR/><BR/>As in, acting out a part ?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Could it be, perhaps, that the higher detention/conviction rate is attributable to the fact that they are <B>mean and vicious</B>, rather than simply Black ?? And... WHAT's WRONG WITH THAT ????John Galthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09136810571091828349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-6261051986295148332007-10-29T10:42:00.000-04:002007-10-29T10:42:00.000-04:00Fighting gangs with christian rap? What a farce. G...Fighting gangs with christian rap? What a farce. Guess what people, you fight gangs with more cops and harsher prison sentences. Everything else is feel-good BS.ppatinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016738612222736798noreply@blogger.com