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Arrests in Baltimore plummet, and residents are fearful
The Baltimore Sun ^ | June 13, 2015 | Doug Donovan and Colin Campbell

Posted on 06/14/2015 5:25:13 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Baltimore police arrested fewer people in May than in any month for at least three years, despite a surge in homicides and shootings across the city — triggering safety concerns among residents..

Several neighborhoods saw declines of more than 90 percent from April to May, while arrests in the West Baltimore area where Freddie Gray was arrested dropped by more than half during the same period, according to a Baltimore Sun analysis of police data. Citywide, arrests declined 43 percent from April to May.

"I've noticed fewer police," said Steve Dixon, program director for the Penn North Recovery Center in West Baltimore. "We're having robberies at the playground in broad daylight. All these murders and shootings, we're having them in broad daylight."

The dramatic citywide decline — which has sparked a debate about police pulling back on enforcement efforts — came in the aftermath of the death of Gray. Six officers have been charged in the death of the 25-year-old, who suffered spinal injuries while in police custody and died a week after his April 12 arrest.

City leaders and police union officials have provided explanations for the slowdown....

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; baltimore; blackkk; crime; elijahcummings; freddiegray; homicide; lawenforcement; maryland; murder; redistribution; reparations; whiteprivilege
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Arrests in Baltimore plummet, and residents are fearful

No no no no no.

Arrests in Baltimore plummet, and residents are feral

81 posted on 06/14/2015 8:39:39 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: Senator_Blutarski
Baltimore punishes proactive police work.

Beyond that Baltimore punishes police who make legitimate arrests.

82 posted on 06/14/2015 8:43:11 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: stellaluna

Honestly, Stella. You expect these people to take control of their lives? They’ll live in a pig sty for generations because “the government won’t do anything.” Any of us would pack up and leave in a heartbeat if that happened in our neighborhoods.

If Obastard gets his way, he’ll ship these problems to every neighborhood in America just for payback.


83 posted on 06/14/2015 8:47:54 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Arrests in Baltimore plummet, and residents are fearful”

After a half-century of unmitigated Democrat “Progressive” rule, perhaps the residents should give the Republicans a chance for a couple of years and see if anything starts to change. They really don’t have a lot to lose trying that at this point.

Yeah, I know. That’ll never happen, no matter how bad things get in Baltimore, and things ARE going to get worse, much worse.


84 posted on 06/14/2015 8:57:43 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said last week that “we remain aggressive and focused in our crime fight.” She noted the indictments of 14 members of the Black Guerrilla Family gang as proof that police are keeping up the pressure on criminals.”

ROTFLOL! The Feds brought about those FEDERAL indictments, not Stephanie’s police! The woman really does believe her voters are dumber than dirt. And she may be right, after all, they elected both her and Mosby, and will no doubt keep electing “Progressive” Democrats exactly like both of them, even as the Democrat policies push Baltimore into complete chaos.


85 posted on 06/14/2015 9:12:07 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: BlackAdderess

Mayor Rawlings-Blake may not be reelected, but they will elect another one just like her.

Liberal/Progressive thinking is not about thinking, just repeating the same mistakes over and over and over ad nauseam.


86 posted on 06/14/2015 9:25:04 AM PDT by angry elephant (Endangered species in Seattle)
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To: angry elephant

Definition of insanity :( Hopefully folks learn from this experience though.


87 posted on 06/14/2015 9:31:18 AM PDT by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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To: umgud

One of the comments pointed out that policing in Balmer is now just like the policing in the whiter suburbs - cops just driving around, rarely getting out of their cars, and only going to places the dispatcher tells them to.


88 posted on 06/14/2015 9:35:48 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: central_va

What Baltimore Police need to call.......BROKEN ARROW!

http://youtu.be/ctnK7wdJmAo


89 posted on 06/14/2015 9:36:31 AM PDT by itsLUCKY2B (?Borders, Language, and Culture.?)
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To: Moonman62

Sorry, I meant to say “community organizer”.


90 posted on 06/14/2015 10:12:11 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: VanShuyten
if it's good enough for whites it should be good enough for blacks... that's equality
91 posted on 06/14/2015 10:58:49 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
"I didn’t know they had palm trees in Chicago."

Yes, but only only on the South side of Chicago.

The Super Spray Car Wash on Clark Street is known for its palm

92 posted on 06/14/2015 12:48:06 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: ladyjane

Have you seen this?
http://pamelageller.com/2008/10/how-could-stanl.html/


93 posted on 06/14/2015 1:37:34 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Malcom X is Obama's baby daddy.)
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