Bloody Baltimore

The Washington Post ^ | June 1, 2015 | The Editorial Board

[2ndDivisionVet]

SOON AFTER the rioting in Baltimore ended in late April, the world’s media turned their gaze elsewhere. Then, as a petulant police force retreated to its station houses, the real carnage began.

May was the most lethal month in the city in more than 40 years; in per capita terms, it may have been the bloodiest month since recordkeeping began.

There were 43 victims of homicide in the city last month, the most since August 1972, when Baltimore ’s population, now 600,000, was about 900,000. In addition, there were 108 nonfatal shootings in May, nearly triple the number recorded the same month last year. Over the three-day Memorial Day weekend alone, the city recorded 32 shootings and nine homicides.

As Baltimore’s streets succumb to the wave of carnage, the police have simply withdrawn, by many accounts. Harassed, hooted at and openly hated in the wake of the arrest of Freddie Gray, whose death in custody triggered the rioting in April, uniformed officers seem to have decided not to do their jobs....

[central_va]

Eventually, as the thugs attrite each other, the murder rate will fall.

[Shane]

Concise and well said!

[SMARTY]

I saw the ‘mayor’ on TV... when she answered questions, she said everything but, ‘...duhhh...’

Is it possible to BE that stupid and still hold office? Wait, I’m sorry I asked that question.

[canuck_conservative]

What a pathetic editorial.

You can't have "pathetic" without Big Gay Media spreading their racist lies.

At least they called it "rioting", not "protests" (though they deliberately ignored mentioning that 100% of the rioters were black).

[Savage Beast]

Anything taken to sufficient excess becomes a nemesis.

[bert]

none dare call them black thugs or feral thugs

[Savage Beast]

Detroit. Baltimore. What's next? The cities fall one by one at first. Then the fall accelerates. When the critical point is reached, and the time is right, the psychopaths emerge to save the nation and all its people. They wear the masque of savior. Millions believe in them.

It will be terrible.

[Travis McGee]

[Travis McGee]

Alas, Brave New Babylon.

[Savage Beast]

It’s an old story.

[chesley]

Thugs are like weeds; there’s always more.

[UCANSEE2]