BALTIMORE -The city of Baltimore has seen an especially violent May with 38 homicides. Despite the uptick, arrests are down, leaving some to question whether police are purposely stepping back. On Thursday, a mother and her 7-year-old son were shot and killed -- news that hit close to ho...
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While Baltimore City has upgraded its 911 systems and has an automated dispatch system, the "automated" part ends at the police department. Dispatchers still need to relay information about calls to police officers by voice over BPD's antiquated communications systems. In December, Moto...
One of the heroes of Dark Alliance, Bell PD detective Jerry Guzetta, summed up all of the police experience in trying to arrest Ricky Ross and Danillo Blandon. “Every policeman who ever got close to Blandon was either told to back off, investigated by their department, forced to retire ...
Maybe stop by the IRS and put a check through the mail slot. Diogenes’ Middle Finger: Fear Not Baltimore, Al Sharpton is on the Way! Like Superman spotting the Bat Signal in the night sky, Al Sharpton is rushing to Baltimore to help heal the hurt done by Trump by…I guess, being ...
The report, the culmination of a yearlong investigation into one of the country's largest police forces, found that officers make a large number of stops - mostly in poor, black neighborhoods - with dubious justification and unlawfully arrest citizens when officers "did not like what those indivi...
In his announcement at a news conference, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts did not give details of the report or take questions. He said the department dedicated more than 30 detectives to working on the case and report. "I understand the frustration; I understand the sense of urgency...
"I get complaints that should be going to the police department because they are afraid to tell the officers what they saw and how they feel," he said. But in Baltimore, now perhaps the one issue that unites both sides is the need to stop the violence. Today, the heartbreaking cycle ...
From Brown's perspective, police in Baltimore are trying to goad a negative reaction. Adrienne Hill, 22, agreed with Brown, and went as far as saying there are police and members of the public that are actively antagonizing and harming black citizens. ...