Posted on 02/24/2012 6:35:42 AM PST by SeekAndFind
“Baltimore Has Decided Some Neighborhoods Just Aren’t Worth Saving”
The God’s honest truth is that some neighborhoods in Baltimore *aren’t* worth saving.
In blighted neighborhoods, there is no cooperation between the community and the police. The residents are afraid to report crime and don't trust the police (with some justification, given the number of witnesses who have disappeared or been murdered). The police don't trust the community because the jury nullification by black juries on behalf of black defendants is incredible. In one case a gang-banger who sped up to ram a cop car, and killed the officer driving the car, was let off scott-free because the jury felt sorry for him (the facts of the crime were not in serious doubt.)
And with nutso liberal judges, even when a conviction is obtained, sentences are light. The last state's attorney, Patricia Jessemy, had a public policy of not seeking the death penalty.
I do not travel into Baltimore City except when essential - given past history, I know that a black person assaulting or robbing me is unlikely to be convicted. Might as well have a target on my back. I know that's not PC, but it is the wide perception of many people who live near Baltimore.
Well, to be fair, they have to do something for entertainment; and they don't dare leave their homes after dark if they have any common sense.
I noticed that, too.
People can’t afford to maintain a home or pay their mortgages, but they can afford satellite tv.
That says everything I need to know about urban dwellers.
Those look some good properties that Stringer Bell could pick up cheep.
Makes you wonder how many dead bodies are lying behind those boarded up doors. Another Wire reference.
Liberals still keep voting for democrats.
“Hamsterdam”
(”The Wire”)
No one would want them.
People value what they have to work for... they didn't work for these houses and they didn't value them. Why can't liberals understand human nature?
No one would want them.
People value what they have to work for... they didn't work for these houses and they didn't value them.
Why can't liberals understand human nature?
It should be against the law for 'teachers' to teach their political biases until the children can read. What an outrage.
Another monument to socialism.
Our daughter and SIL lived there for 2 years recently, and I was scared to death the whole time! When they voted, they were the only white folks in the place. Almost everyone else there, including the poll workers, had Obama buttons or shirts. I was so happy when they moved back here.
I grew up in Baltimore, three blocks east of York Road. Now when I go back to visit - still have a lot of family in the immediate area, Timonium, Perry Hall, Columbia - trips into the city consist of either Little Italy or Camden Yards or Ravens Stadium. That’s it! It breaks my heart to see how the city has declined.
All that money the Feds spend on education goes to the NEA and the kids get more and more poorly taught. If I had to do it over again with my children I would homeschool. Secondly, I think private schooling will become a growth industry in the very near future.
That’s THE WIRE Season 3. Ironically, the former mayor of Baltimore Kurt Schmoke made a cameo in the season - and he had proposed legalizing drugs during his tenure as mayor.
Stringer was more interested in the Inner Harbor area..... Then he chucked it all and went to work for Dunder-Mifflin.
I have a former work colleague whom has lived all over the world - Belgium, Thailand, Germany, New Mexico, New Jersey. His wife wanted to go back to school and chose Hopkins. They live just off the Homewood campus and think B’More is the greatest place they’ve ever lived. I say to them ‘are we talking about Baltimore?’
.. they didn’t work for these houses and because of that they don’t value them. Why can’t liberals understand human nature? It’s why ‘sneakers’ are valued and taken care of - and ‘homes’ are trashed...
Wow! Well, there’s a fine line between bravery and foolishness. ;-)
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