After the riots, the daily number of homicides in Baltimore more than doubled from 0.58 to 1.41. That’s a lot more dead people. 0.8 per day. (For those of you not too good with math, that’s almost one a day. And yes, Gotti, I’m looking at you.) Click to embiggen. The trendlines, pre- and post-riots, are in red. [Updated May…
This will be my last post for close to three weeks. I’m heading out of the country (hiking in Greece). The late-breaking news is that six BPD officers have been criminally charged. That’s a lot. This will be a very tough case for the prosecutor to win. The most serious charges need intent (said a law professor I was just…
Interview with Donta Allen, the second man in the van. He’s Baltimore, that’s for sure. Straight out of the Western. Some might find him unique and charming. I’d just like to point out that his is a voice you don’t hear much.
In certain circles (like my circles) it’s popular to post things about how when whites riot (and they do) we call it frat boys having a good time. Now whites frat boys riot over stupid shit, like their sport’s team winning, or their sport’s team losing. And don’t get me wrong, I’m not down with frat boy culture. I think…
Baltimore has 99 problems… gangs aren’t really one. At least not on list of top 5. Batts seems a bit obsessed with them. That’s West Coast bullshit. An article by Leon Neyfakh in Slate.
I use the word “ghetto” because it is the vernacular of police officers and many (though by no means all) of the residents. Here’s what I said about “ghetto” in Cop in the Hood: In any account of police work, inevitably the noncriminal public, the routine, and the working folks all get short shrift. Police don’t deal with a random…
“Isn’t that child abuse?” “Absolutely” Holly Walker is my friend. So no saying nothing bad about her. But how could you? She does a great job here. Get More: Comedy Central,Funny Videos,Funny TV Shows
See Update for more current data More than ten percent of black men in Baltimore’s Eastern District are murdered! Why is this not known? Why is this not discussed with urgency? Why has this been going on for decades? This is from my book, Cop in the Hood. I can’t find it anywhere online. It should be. I’m still honestly…
I’m going to attribute this to Ronald Reagan so cops will agree with it. Reagan invented compassionate conservatives, right? (Even if he didn’t coin the phrase.) Unlike Obama, Reagan was willing to speak the truth. Liberals just blame everybody else. But Reagan would blame bad parents for messing up their kids. Reagan would call out absent fathers. Reagan knew too…
The Purge is coming! No. Actually, really it’s not (even though it sort of did). But this bullshit did a fair bit of work to fuck things up Monday afternoon. By noon this had already gotten more 16,000 views. The Purge was “scheduled” for 3:30pm. The first cop was injured at 3:45pm.