Baltimore Residents Blame Record-High Murder Rate On Lower Police Presence

So Obama and his BLM got their way and chastened Baltimore cops. Are you guys happy now?

"For the third year in a row, Baltimore, Md., has had more than 300 murders, reaching a new record of murders per number of residents in 2017.

Some residents attribute the high murder rate to relaxed police patrols in the city following high-profile cases of police brutality. Officers have backed off in neighborhoods, like the one where Freddie Gray was arrested.

The Rev. Kinji Scott, a pastor in Baltimore who's held positions in local city government, says the opposite needs to happen.

"We wanted the police there," Scott says. "We wanted them engaged in the community. We didn't want them beating the hell out of us, we didn't want that."

He's among activists who are calling for police reform to reduce the violence in Baltimore and several other high-crime cities across the U.S. that he says haven't seen change. That change begins with a conversation between the communities directly involved, Scott says.

"We need the front line police officers and we need the heart of the black community to step to the forefront of this discussion," he says. "And that's when we're going to see a decrease in crime."

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/31/5748...ord-high-murder-rate-on-lower-police-presence

 

Baltimore, like most urban hell holes is a government planned "controlled burn".

“Because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well.” Baltimore Mayor: ‘Gave Those Who Wished to Destroy Space to Do That” CBS, April 25, 2015 10:32 PM By Sonia Dasgupta.
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/...those-who-wished-to-destroy-space-to-do-that/

 

These idiots wanted reduced police presence and now they see the results. "Be careful what you wish for you just might get it."

 

They made the cops step down as BLM and other rioters destroyed the city. This is what they get. I still remember people in the anti-police protests crying about the cops not doing anything when buildings were being destroyed. These people are utterly stupid.

 

In other news Chicago Murder Rate goes Down http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/us/chicago-homicide-shooting-statistics/index.html

... Sad day for Racist

 

This is how all liberal controlled cities are. At what point will they begin to realize that cops aren't the problem?

 

"Still, the number of killings in the nation's third-largest city in 2017 remains higher than in almost any other year of the past decade"

Don't worry. As long as Trump is in office, the rate will continue to drop.

 

Down from a record high. You are really calling that a success?

From your link.

"Still, the number of killings in the nation's third-largest city in 2017 remains higher than in almost any other year of the past decade"

 

BOGUS, the squalor that is SIGNIFIED by not having enough prosperity to afford adequate police protection, is driving the murder rate. Broken windows theory.

 

The citizens if Baltimore disagree with you.

"We need the front line police officers and we need the heart of the black community to step to the forefront of this discussion," he says. "And that's when we're going to see a decrease in crime."

"Some residents attribute the high murder rate to relaxed police patrols in the city following high-profile cases of police brutality. Officers have backed off in neighborhoods, like the one where Freddie Gray was arrested.

 

PART of that squalor, is PITTING the police against the impoverished community.

 

Please explain how law enforcement and poverty are on colliding paths.....

 

Police were against criminals and they were forced to back off and have a subdued presence. The results are clear and honest citizens are begging then to come back despite the wishes of the activist and the media.

"On whether the community wanted police to back off after the death of Freddie Gray

No. That represented our progressives, our activists, our liberal journalists, our politicians, but it did not represent the overall community. Because we know for a fact that around the time Freddie Gray was killed, we start to see homicides increase. We had five homicides in that neighborhood while we were protesting."

 

chicken egg, cart horse.

 

Not relevant to this subject

 

BROKEN WINDOWNS theory, has cops beating the hell outta the gumption of folks, soes they is too tired to commit crimes. This is PITTING cops against the folks that are FORCED to pay for them.

 

Help wanted signs all over the country, may be if some of these less prosperous went out and got a job, revenue would flow into the coffers. Socialism isn't the answer. They're killing each other over turf, drugs and possessions.

 

... yea .... it's all because of Trump.

That coward hasn't been back to Chicago since his *****-ass got his ran out last year.

 

Perhaps we are speaking a different language as your random word salad makes no sense.

 

You know PRECISELY what I am conveying.

 

You would have to be posting something logical for it to be conveying of anything... Less random shouted words and more concise thoughts. Try it.

 

When cops go into what amounts to a war zone there will be times they overreact. These guys want to come home alive at the end of the day

 

Want their cake and eat it too huh?

 

Right. No cops no crime and all the gangs and thugs will just get along.

 

The people didn't want the police there, thus that causes more crime. They want the police there, but it sounds like they don't want them to do their jobs.