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Man Who Swung Bat at Squeegee Workers in Baltimore Is Fatally Shot
yahoo ^ | July 8, 2022 | Vimal Patel

Posted on 07/09/2022 10:05:55 AM PDT by mcenedo

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To: mcenedo
The man's mistake was venturing into an area with "squeegee" thugs. Generally it is best to never go near that racial group known for violence and thuggery.

21 posted on 07/09/2022 11:12:10 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Flavious_Maximus
#20: "just keep moving, (as in moving to another place to live)."

^^^^^THIS^^^^^

22 posted on 07/09/2022 11:16:16 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: mcenedo
"squeegee workers"

This is the first I've heard of this. So, they approach your car and - whether you want it or not - they wash your windshield and demand payment?
23 posted on 07/09/2022 11:22:08 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: mcenedo

Yahoo is trying to change our thoughts by misusing words. By saying “squeegee workers” they are legitimizing the fake job of intimidating drivers.

When the “squeegee workers” start paying taxes on their earnings, they can be called workers. Until that time, they, and Yahoo, are fired.


24 posted on 07/09/2022 11:42:32 AM PDT by I want the USA back (To get the USA back - we have to recover from the current wave of insanity.)
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To: mcenedo

No doubt the man in the car was carrying an illegal fully-semi-auto AB-15 Assault Bat, with a mega-capacity 30-clip magazine and a “choke-up” bump stock.


25 posted on 07/09/2022 11:55:41 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: mcenedo

Gee, I wonder what the new, politically-correct terminology for muggers and bandits is now?


26 posted on 07/09/2022 11:59:39 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: mcenedo

Terrorism and terrorists with “squeegees”.


27 posted on 07/09/2022 12:01:25 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: mcenedo

Another article on the incident from the Baltimore Sun. They actually have four different articles.

Video captured part of deadly encounter between downtown Baltimore squeegee workers, man with baseball bat
By Alex Mann and Lee O. Sanderlin
Baltimore Sun

Jul 09, 2022 at 10:24 am

Baltimore City youths work for tips washing car windshields. Known as “Squeegee kids,” they walk between cars stopped for the red light at the I-83 exit on North Avenue to offer their services. City officials and non-profit partners are trying to work on a new, more holistic approach to help the “squeegee people” to move from the street into other jobs. (Kenneth K. Lam )

Video cameras captured at least part of a deadly confrontation involving squeegee workers and a man wielding a baseball bat Thursday at an intersection in downtown Baltimore that has been the site of increased 911 calls about the window washers.

Timothy Reynolds, of Hampden, died at a hospital after being fatally shot on the corner of East Conway and Light streets around 4:30 p.m. after he confronted squeegee workers with a bat.

Reynolds drove through that intersection, parked on the other side of Light Street and emerged from his car with the bat, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said Thursday. Reynolds walked across the street, approached a group of young men washing windows and swung the bat at one or more of them. A squeegee worker pulled out a handgun and shot Reynolds.

At least part of the incident was captured on video and is being reviewed by authorities. The footage shows Reynolds swinging a bat in the direction of a squeegee worker, according to two people with knowledge of the investigation. It was unclear Friday whether anyone was struck with the bat.

Harrison on Friday pleaded for anyone who witnessed the fatal encounter, has information about it or captured any of it on video to come forward. He said he has directed officers to increase their visibility at locations where squeegee workers operate.

A police spokeswoman said detectives have yet to identify or apprehend a suspect, while a spokeswoman for the state’s attorney’s office said prosecutors could not provide an update about an open investigation.

. . .

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-squeegee-shooting-downtown-follow-up-20220708-npnezmh6xbb4zetos7ypwnuaty-story.html

The article describes in detail a previous set of incidents at the same intersection and this nugget.

For decades, Baltimore leaders have explored ways to get young window washers away from busy and dangerous city intersections. Officials say city workers frequently reach out to the youths to offer other opportunities, even jobs that pay the same day, in recognition of the draw of the quick dollar and the deep-rooted issues that lead some squeegee kids in need of an immediate payout.

The Episcopal Church is holding it Triennial General Convention n Baltimore right now.

Inexplicably, they chose this as a site to protest gun violence. Not the hill I would have chosen.

Hundreds of Episcopalians march, calling for an end to gun violence
BY MELODIE WOERMAN
Posted 17 hours ago

Bishops line up behind a Bishops Unite Against Gun Violence banner July 8 at the start of a march marking the death of a man by gun violence the day before, just blocks away from the Baltimore Convention Center where the 80th General Convention is meeting. Photo: Melodie Woerman/Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service – Baltimore, Maryland] A murder on July 7 near the site of General Convention and the urging of two bishops, including one who happened upon the scene as it unfolded, prompted a march of hundreds of people from the Baltimore Convention Center to an open area a few blocks from the scene of the shooting, coordinated by Bishops United Against Gun Violence.

According to news reports, 48-year-old Timothy Reynolds was shot and killed after an altercation with two young men who were washing drivers’ windshields at an intersection near Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, about two blocks from the Baltimore Convention Center where the 80th General Convention is taking place July 8-11. After words were exchanged, Reynolds got out of his car and swung a baseball bat in the direction of those who sometimes are called “squeegee workers,” one of whom shot Reynolds. He later was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2022/07/08/hundreds-of-episcopalians-march-calling-for-an-end-to-gun-violence/


28 posted on 07/09/2022 12:02:33 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: Steve_Seattle

Yes


29 posted on 07/09/2022 12:06:50 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Man demonstrates his anger with squeegee thugs.

Drives away, parks, comes back with bat.

Justified anger, not defense.

Stupid act.


30 posted on 07/09/2022 12:09:16 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: mcenedo

Isn’t that how this is supposed to work? Psycho starts swinging a bat on the streets and somebody shoots him dead. Libs were probably grooming him to attack Trump.


31 posted on 07/09/2022 12:36:49 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

“they’re standin’ on the corner just waitin’ for a suckah like you...and if you wanna stay healthy just keep a movin’ right on through.”


32 posted on 07/09/2022 12:40:41 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: mcenedo

Baltimore: a wonderful ballpark surrounded by a seeming LSD-induced vision of hell on earth.


33 posted on 07/09/2022 2:23:00 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: mcenedo
Don't like squeegee bums...but they don't deserve to be assaulted. Arrested,yes...assaulted,no. Sounds justifiable to me.
34 posted on 07/09/2022 3:57:09 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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Baltimore
35 posted on 07/09/2022 4:01:12 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: Steven Scharf
For decades, Baltimore leaders have explored ways to get young window washers away from busy and dangerous city intersections.
B.S. I lived near that intersection in the late 80s. Never once saw a "squeegee worker." (And I wouldn't go any where near that place now.)
36 posted on 07/09/2022 6:21:53 PM PDT by nicollo (arbitrary law is not rule of law)
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To: God luvs America

Was the “worker” carrying the gun legally?? Was he aloud to carry it in downtown Baltimore??
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Self defense, so who cares?


37 posted on 07/09/2022 8:12:25 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Democrat politicians and voters are dangerous psychopaths. They confirm it everyday.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

This is the first I’ve heard of this.
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You must not drive in any large city. This little annoying scam has been going on for years!


38 posted on 07/09/2022 8:16:33 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Democrat politicians and voters are dangerous psychopaths. They confirm it everyday.)
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To: I want the USA back

I heard these extortionists throw mud on your windshield and you hope your windshield washer clears the glass.


39 posted on 07/10/2022 1:18:48 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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