Posted on 03/19/2020 6:12:46 AM PDT by sickoflibs
On Wednesday, the mayor of Baltimore asked criminals to have a heart.
Mayor Jack Young pleaded with the citizenry: Stop shooting each other so hospital beds will be available for COVID-19 victims.
Also Wednesday, as per The Baltimore Sun, a fifth person in the city was confirmed to have contracted the virus.
Two of the five are over 60:
The five confirmed cases in Baltimore involve a person in their 60s, a person in their 70s and three people in their 20s, said health commissioner Dr. Letitia Dzirasa. All are in “good to stable condition.”
According to CBS Baltimore, Jack told residents the level of recent violence is unacceptable:
“I want to reiterate how completely unacceptable the level of violence is that we have seen recently. We will not stand for mass shootings and an increase in crime. For those of you who want to continue to shoot and kill people of this city, we’re not going to tolerate it. We’re going to come after you and we’re going to get you.”
Strange request:
“[W]e cannot clog up our hospitals and their beds with people that are being shot senselessly because we’re going to need those beds for people infected with the coronavirus. And it could be your mother, your grandmother or one of your relatives. So take that into consideration.”
So don’t try to kill people because…it could kill people. But not those people you were trying to kill; some other people.
The city certainly has a disturbing propensity for violence, and there was a terrible incident just Tuesday in the Madison Park neighborhood.
It saw seven people shot.
From CBS Baltimore:
Police said an officer confronted a man with a rifle Tuesday night after he allegedly shot seven people. … The suspect had a rifle and was dressed in all black with a ski mask. The officer who was patrolling the microzone confronted the man after he fired into a crowd gathered at the corner of Eutaw and McMchen Streets around 6:27 p.m.
As explained by Police Commissioner Michael Harrison, the crime was come upon thanks to routine patrolling:
Police said an officer confronted a man with a rifle Tuesday night after he allegedly shot seven people. … The suspect had a rifle and was dressed in all black with a ski mask. The officer who was patrolling the microzone confronted the man after he fired into a crowd gathered at the corner of Eutaw and McMchen Streets around 6:27 p.m.
The Daily Wire points out that two men were also killed Monday afternoon in separate incidents.
There’s a ton of that going ’round: Baltimore’s crime rate is 145% higher than the national average.
According to AreaVibes.com, B-Town’s violent crime is 382% higher than the average in the U.S.
Compared to Maryland’s average, Baltimore’s crime and violent crime stand at 153% and 291% higher, respectively.
As for the coronavirus, the state’s seen 85 cases so far. 81 are still active.
Someone spread those stats to the felonious figures of Baltimore — maybe they’ll stop shooting people as a courtesy.
Maybe the good mayor could start urging thug residents to shoot only Coronavirus patients.
Kill two birds with one stone.
Alternate headline:
Baltimore mayor proves politicians are idiots.
After all, if they don’t have any use for waiting periods or FBI database checks or magazine limits or age limitations or banned semi autos or handguns, they ought to at least take the Wuhan flu into consideration, eh?
Baltimore’s Mayor to Criminals: Stop Shooting People Because Wuhan Coronavirus Victims Need the Hospital Beds
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It gets harder and harder these days to tell the difference between legitimate news stories like this.
And ones from the Babylon Bee.
I’m surprised the governor didn’t simply say to only shoot the COVID sufferers already in the hospital, saving on beds, two-fold.
Once the virus is over can they start shooting people again?
Schumer bloomers spit on "baby killers" coming back from war, but celebrate baby killing at the same time.
Goofy stupid people in America.
You can go back to shooting each other after this crisis of over. And we’ll blame the deaths on Whitey.
I agree with post #1.
Be sure to kill anyone you shoot.
Plenty of space in the morgue - but not so many hospital beds.
Video at link.
LOL. Big cities across the land are busy decriminalizing crimes and letting prisoners out. A major candidate wants to shut down all prisons. This empty "Joe Biden Corn Pop Class" threat really will scare them.
There won’t be enough room in the morgue for long.
Between some more deaths due to CV, AND the fact they’re not letting funerals happen for any dead, it may stack up.
LOL!!
Biden has a great ‘angry tough guy’ act.
“I'll beat you like a drum!”
This is not from the Babylon Bee.
AMEN!
As though we needed more proof.
I just check it out.
The Bee has some great satire
‘God To Ignore Quarantine And Continue Being Everywhere’
‘Trump Cancels 2020 Election Over Coronavirus Concerns’
‘Biden: ‘Not Only Will I Appoint A Woman Running Mate, But I Will Stand Behind Her At All Times’
‘Communist Party Of China Can't Believe They're Getting Such Great Coverage From The American Media For Free’
‘Professionals Work Tirelessly To Discover Which Political Party Should Be Blamed For Virus’
Exactly!
This story should be found at B/B.
That it is about a “true fact” reveals the degree to which the DemonRATs have so compltetely become the embodiment of their party’s symbol!
I work at a hospital. We are bringing in temporary mobile morgues.
We refer to them as celestial discharge lounges.
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