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    Baltimore records its 42nd murder for the month of July
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    BALTIMORE – Baltimore reached a grim milestone on Friday, three months after riots erupted in response to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody: With 45 homicides in July, the city has seen more bloodshed in a single month than it has in 43 years.

    Police reported three deaths — two men shot Thursday and one on Friday. The men died at local hospitals.


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    With their deaths, this year's homicides reached 189, far outpacing the 119 killings by July's end in 2014. Nonfatal shootings have soared to 366, compared to 200 by the same date last year. July's total was the worst since the city recorded 45 killings in August 1972, according to The Baltimore Sun.

    The seemingly Sisyphean task of containing the city's violence prompted Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to fire her police commissioner, Anthony Batts, on July 8.

    "Too many continue to die on our streets," Rawlings-Blake said then. "Families are tired of dealing with this pain, and so am I. Recent events have placed an intense focus on our police leadership, distracting many from what needs to be our main focus: the fight against crime."

    But the killings have not abated under Interim Commissioner Kevin Davis since then.

    Baltimore is not unique in its suffering; crimes are spiking in big cities around the country.

    But while the city's police are closing cases— Davis announced arrests in three recent murders several days ago — the violence is outpacing their efforts. Davis said Tuesday the "clearance rate" is at 36.6 percent, far lower than the department's mid-40s average.

    Crime experts and residents of Baltimore's most dangerous neighborhoods cite a confluence of factors: mistrust of the police; generalized anger and hopelessness over a lack of opportunities for young black men; and competition among dealers of illegal drugs, bolstered by the looting of prescription pills from pharmacies during the riot.

    Federal drug enforcement agents said gangs targeted 32 pharmacies in the city, taking roughly 300,000 doses of opiates, as the riots caused $9 million in property damage in the city.

    Perched on a friend's stoop, Sherry Moore, 55, said she knew "mostly all" of the young men killed recently in West Baltimore, including an 18-year-old fatally shot a half-block away. Moore said many more pills are on the street since the riot, making people wilder than usual.

    "The ones doing the violence, the shootings, they're eating Percocet like candy and they're not thinking about consequences. They have no discipline, they have no respect — they think this is a game. How many can I put down on the East side? How many can I put down on the West side?"

    "You can't attribute every murder to narcotics, but I would think a good number" of them are, he said. "You could say it's retaliation from drug trafficking, it's retaliation from gangs moving in from other territories. But there have been drug markets in Baltimore for years."

    Across West Baltimore, residents complain that drug addiction and crime are part of a cycle that begins with despair among children who lack educational and recreational opportunities, and extends when people can't find work.

    "We need jobs! We need jobs!" a man riding around on a bicycle shouted to anyone who'd listen after four people were shot, three of them fatally, on a street corner in July.

    More community engagement, progressive policing policies and opportunities for young people in poverty could help, community activist Munir Bahar said.

    "We need anti-violence organizations, we need mentorship programs, we need a long-term solution. But we also need immediate relief," Bahar added. "When we're in something so deep, we have to stop it before you can analyze what the root is."

    Strained relationships between police and the public also play a role.

    Arrests plummeted and violence soared after six officers were indicted in Gray's death. Residents accused police of abandoning their posts for fear of facing criminal charges for making arrests, and said emboldened criminals were settling scores with little risk of being caught.

    But O'Donnell said the perception of lawlessness is just as powerful than the reality
    "We have a national issue where the police feel they are the Public Enemy No. 1," he said, making some officers stand down and criminals become more brazen.

    "There's a rhythm to the streets," he added. "And when people get away with gun violence, it has a long-term emboldening effect. And the good people in the neighborhood think, 'Who has the upper hand?'"


    So who do we blame for this? where is Obama, Holder, and *****? Where is Jackson, Sharpton, and Farakhan? Black on Black crime is a worse problem and not getting better with police being played as the Perp and instigator.

    Were are the fat-cat sports players and teams with oodles of money who might be able to make a difference? Change happens from within and people have to be willing to change themselves first, before being able to benefit from outside aid and assistance.

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    NRA for sure. Black on black, white massacres, or children on children gun violences are problems of misplace social values. You have the nuts yelling at the moon that the government are taking away the second amendment right. Crazy religious leaders dummying down our society.

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      #3
      Watch The Wire. It will give you all of the answers and then some.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        NRA for sure. Black on black, white massacres, or children on children gun violences are problems of misplace social values. You have the nuts yelling at the moon that the government are taking away the second amendment right. Crazy religious leaders dummying down our society.
        I think you got confused in your answer. Crazy progressives and teachers unions dummying down society and eradicating social values. This is the culmination of a 30 to 40 year effort. That's better!!

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          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          NRA for sure. Black on black, white massacres, or children on children gun violences are problems of misplace social values. You have the nuts yelling at the moon that the government are taking away the second amendment right. Crazy religious leaders dummying down our society.
          Guessing that close to 100% of the guns involved in violence in Baltimore are likely obtained illegally. Not sure how gun laws would help solve that . Might make some feel better but it would likely just empower the criminals.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            I think you got confused in your answer. Crazy progressives and teachers unions dummying down society and eradicating social values. This is the culmination of a 30 to 40 year effort. That's better!!
            Progressive believes in preserving god's creations. If Jesus were among us he would have been a progressive earth hugging and peace loving. NRA would have him their crosshairs. If were here the religious nuts would recognize him. Worse is can be labeled an anti-Christ. Nice one science denier

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              #7
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Guessing that close to 100% of the guns involved in violence in Baltimore are likely obtained illegally. Not sure how gun laws would help solve that . Might make some feel better but it would likely just empower the criminals.
              Keep all the guns you want.
              Destroy and Ban all ammunition.
              Or sell it only at police stations. Let them make money on that instead of traffic violations
              Hard to shoot if you can't get bullets...

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                #8
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                Keep all the guns you want.
                Destroy and Ban all ammunition.
                Or sell it only at police stations. Let them make money on that instead of traffic violations
                Hard to shoot if you can't get bullets...
                Same argument as banning guns. Cow has left the barn.

                It is not legal to obtain ammunition without a permit. Has that stopped anyone? The gangbangers are not going to Dick's to get their ammo.

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                  #9
                  The primary problem is destruction of the family. I would bet the farm that 99% of these crimes are committed by someone without a married father at home to set an example.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Progressive believes in preserving god's creations. If Jesus were among us he would have been a progressive earth hugging and peace loving. NRA would have him their crosshairs. If were here the religious nuts would recognize him. Worse is can be labeled an anti-Christ. Nice one science denier
                    I'm gonna take wild guess that there isn't an actual Bible anywhere near your home. Read one sometime. You'll be quite surprised to learn about Jesus.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      The primary problem is destruction of the family. I would bet the farm that 99% of these crimes are committed by someone without a married father at home to set an example.
                      All the Govt. cheese in the world cannot replace two parents who demand respect, demand education and demand accountability.

                      Baltimore is a prime example of all of the failed democratic policies. And what do they want now? More money, more resources, more help.

                      Look in the mirror and police your own. If a kid is acting like a punk, a father, brother, neighbor, cousin whomever needs to give him a dope slap and straighten him out. Or you can hope that Uncle Sam will fix it for you.

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                        #12
                        What exactly does the moral decline of a Mid Atlantic city have to with soccer in this state?

                        This belongs in the politics forum.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by unregistered View Post
                          i'm gonna take wild guess that there isn't an actual bible anywhere near your home. Read one sometime. You'll be quite surprised to learn about jesus.
                          bingo!!

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            What exactly does the moral decline of a Mid Atlantic city have to with soccer in this state?

                            This belongs in the politics forum.
                            The politics forum was looted and then burned to the ground by thugs in Baltimore.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              Watch The Wire. It will give you all of the answers and then some.
                              An inconvenient truth.

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