Remember Baltimore? The city of “over-policing” where Freddie Gray’s death resulted in the controversial indictments of six police officers? Well, the police have decided to take a more laid-back approach and, via Bob Belvedere, there have been 36 homicides so far this month. “I’m afraid to go outside,” said Perrine, 47. “It’s so bad, people are afraid to let their kids outside. People wake up with shots through their windows.
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May 2, 2015
“Where the Baltimore Police Went Wrong” [Darleen Click]
An interview with David Simon. Bill Keller: What do people outside the city need to understand about what’s going on there—the death of Freddie Gray and the response to it? David Simon: I guess there’s an awful lot to understand and I’m not sure I understand all of it. The part that seems systemic and connected is that the drug war—which Baltimore waged as aggressively as any American city—was transforming
May 2, 2015
Pity Joan Walsh of Salon, her racism does not allow blacks personal agency [Darleen Click]
I haven’t commented on the Baltimore, Freddie Gray, incident because I don’t know any more of the incident than has been reported and I know almost nothing about the city and its police department. I do know that with the filing of formal charges yesterday, the officers involved — whose “race” was never mentioned in any coverage — were revealed as three whites and three blacks. Which kind of puts
April 29, 2015
Is your city burning? Thank a Democrat! [Darleen Click]
Blue City Model You’re not supposed to say this in polite company, but what went up in flames in Baltimore Monday night was not merely a senior center, small businesses and police cars. Burning down was also the blue-city model of urban governance. Nothing excuses the violence of rampaging students or the failure of city officials to stop it before Maryland’s Governor called in the National Guard. But as order
April 26, 2015
Baltimore Mayor: “We gave those who wished to destroy space to do that.” [Darleen Click]
Say what? Well, that explains Matthew Boyle’s experience. Bullpen Bar sits between Pickles Pub and Sliders Bar & Grill. Outside each of the brick-faced bars, on the days of Orioles Games, each bar puts out barricades about 20 feet from their front doors. Shoulder-to-shoulder crowds of fans from each team—the Orioles, and in the case of Saturday night, the Red Sox—pack into three bars and the barricaded-off space in front