Homicides in Baltimore dropped from 238 to 223, giving the city its lowest homocide rate since the late 1980s. Baltimore is now fifth in murders, after New Orleans, Flint, St. Louis, and Detroit. The Baltimore Sunhas the story.
Tag: crime
“What are you, deaf?”
Two men were attacked in a bar for flashing signs. Not gang signs. Sign language, according to the AP: “Two hearing-impaired South Florida men were stabbed at a bar when their sign language was mistaken for gang signs.” Man… I didn’t stab them till after I told them to stop. What?! I did. They wouldn’t listen. There should be an…
Good Shooting
Videoof police-involved shooting. Cops 1. Robber 0.
Don’t Get a Crime Scene Tattooed on Your Chest
A former student sent me this link. Good stuff! And good work by LAPD homicide Lt. Dave Dolson. The LA Timesstory is here.
We need higher taxes…
…to pay for police. Newark laid off police and murders are up 71percent this year. That’s penny wise and pound foolish. The Newark Star-Ledgerreports.
Broken Windows (or booze bottles)
This type of crime bothers me far more than it should. Known (at least to the cognoscente) as the “Broken Bottle Scam,” some S.O.B. bumps into somebody (usually a tourist), drops a bottle of booze, and confrontationally demands $40 for a replacement. That’s old-school New York and it’s wrong. Crap like that preys on the weak, makes people afraid of…
“Hello, 911, I broke into this house… can you send police?”
I wonder how this call came out. “Homeowner in his own home”? [thanks to A.H.]
Got Raw Milk? Get raided.
It’s like a new drug! “He wondered aloud why the state won’t let him pursue his preferred way of life.” That’s an Amish guy s talking about his illegal product… raw milk. When police, guns drawn, raid raw milk producers, it’s enough to make me a Libertarian. Here’s the story by Jordan Heller. Nolt’s resistance, which has been well-documented, has…
Leave no witnesses
Police in Arlington Heights say a 16-year-old boy arrested in January home burglary told them he poisoned the victims’ three goldfish because he “didn’t want to leave any witnesses.” Read the story here. [thanks to Dave H.]
The Face of a Killer
[update: Hey, look at the picture below and then the picture of me to the right? Do you think we were separated at birth? Or maybe I just photo-shopped all the cops holding me out of the picture.] Should I be bothered by the fact that I’m always somewhat relieved whenever I find out that some murderer, in this case…