Most Robbed City in America, as if we needed another title (North Beach: attorney, house)

[Scened]

Originally Posted by Digger 68

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There is a guy I know who got in a fight with a police officer and they locked him up for 20 years. 20 years. Of course he is black, and from the city. He admits it was dumb, but he was railroaded.

I can remember a time in the city when the only thing that separated the police from the hoods was the uniform. I guess it hasn't changed much, although I know it has.

Chasing around guys like Freddie Gray make little sense. You need to go after violent offenders. Stop wasting time on petty crime, police it, but don't take it to some ridiculous level, while you have an armed robber around the corner.

This.

Everyone in Baltimore is backwards. The police, politicians, etc. I honestly want to know what lens they see the city through..

[Calvert Hall '62]

Originally Posted by BMoreJuice

Republicans might not put a gun to your head on Monument St but I can think of a few that have stolen from people in more sophisticated ways.

Repub rank-and-file voters?


Yeah, those Tea Party folks who despise liberalism are really sophisticated white collar crooks.


Then there are those Repubs of the limousine set like Bezos, Steyer, the honchos at Google, MSN, Facebook, Twitter, the guy who runs Progressive Insurance, ..... oh wait....

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by Digger 68

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There is a guy I know who got in a fight with a police officer and they locked him up for 20 years. 20 years. Of course he is black, and from the city. He admits it was dumb, but he was railroaded.

I can remember a time in the city when the only thing that separated the police from the hoods was the uniform. I guess it hasn't changed much, although I know it has.

Chasing around guys like Freddie Gray make little sense. You need to go after violent offenders. Stop wasting time on petty crime, police it, but don't take it to some ridiculous level, while you have an armed robber around the corner.

How many other charges did he have unrelated to that one and what were they? Unless he stuck a knife into the cop his attorney would have pled that down to simple assault and he might have done three months. Now, that wouldn't happen if he had a rack of prior charges, especially if they involved violence, and he was on probation or parole.

[LesLucid]

I’m disgusted with people who claim to be “leaders”, who are here to solve our problems. I remember this program when I lived in Virginia. It was hugely successful but unpopular because it consistently dealt out what some consider to be harsh punishment.

“Imagine This Scenario
Imagine one of the most violent cities in the nation. Now think about the seemingly impossible. Imagine that in one year’s time:

• 327 persons were indicted for federal gun violations;
• 440 illegally possessed firearms were taken off the streets;
• 300 persons were arrested or held in state custody;
• 222 arrestees (more than 74 percent) were held without bond;
• 247 criminals were convicted; and
• 196 criminals were sentenced to an average of 55 months of imprisonment.

Now think about the result of such an effort.

Homicides in this city declined 33 percent, the lowest since 1987, and armed robberies dropped 30 percent. In 1999, homicides dropped another 21 percent. By 2007, homicides were reduced by more than half of what they were in the year before the program was implemented.”

https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/a...-americans-do/

It was called Project Exile and it is simplicity itself to be implemented in any place. It just takes the will.... but our so called leaders do not have it.

[Digger 68]

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Of course look at the source. And they got rid of everybody. Yeah, I think of Richmond, and compare the size and scope of the situation to Baltimore.

Whenever I want to hear right wing have truths and nonsense this should be one of the firsts sites I come to.

[LesLucid]

Originally Posted by Digger 68

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Of course look at the source. And they got rid of everybody. Yeah, I think of Richmond, and compare the size and scope of the situation to Baltimore.

Whenever I want to hear right wing have truths and nonsense this should be one of the firsts sites I come to.

Typical ad hominem attack. A little research on your part would have shown that the project existed and was wildly successful. Try looking at the data for once instead of just getting glandular because you don’t like who’s saying it. And I’m a registered Libertarian and have voted, Green, independent, Democrat, Republican and Libertarian during my life. You don’t know me so you don’t know WTf you’re talking about. Someone says something you don’t like so you just lump them into a category. There’s a name for people like that. See if you can figure it out.

[feck]

This study is by a corporate entity (ADT)?
Give me a break. Based upon what data?
The amount of people with ADT?
Any corporate entity can put out a study
to align with a certain agenda. The public
usually take them as truth without critical
analysis.

[feck]

Originally Posted by LesLucid

I’m disgusted with people who claim to be “leaders”, who are here to solve our problems. I remember this program when I lived in Virginia. It was hugely successful but unpopular because it consistently dealt out what some consider to be harsh punishment.

“Imagine This Scenario
Imagine one of the most violent cities in the nation. Now think about the seemingly impossible. Imagine that in one year’s time:

• 327 persons were indicted for federal gun violations;
• 440 illegally possessed firearms were taken off the streets;
• 300 persons were arrested or held in state custody;
• 222 arrestees (more than 74 percent) were held without bond;
• 247 criminals were convicted; and
• 196 criminals were sentenced to an average of 55 months of imprisonment.

Now think about the result of such an effort.

Homicides in this city declined 33 percent, the lowest since 1987, and armed robberies dropped 30 percent. In 1999, homicides dropped another 21 percent. By 2007, homicides were reduced by more than half of what they were in the year before the program was implemented.”

https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/a...-americans-do/

It was called Project Exile and it is simplicity itself to be implemented in any place. It just takes the will.... but our so called leaders do not have it.

Sorry. I am not about to trust any organization with a far right agenda like America 1st Freedom
(which, BTW, is the journal of the NRA).

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by feck

Sorry. I am not about to trust any organization with a far right agenda like America 1st Freedom
(which, BTW, is the journal of the NRA).

An overview from 538, although it deals more on Project Exile in Rochester, NY.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-in-rochester/

Maryland had it for awhile.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/maryland-exile

Being likely readopted in Richmond.

https://www.richmond.com/news/local/...0f01b12c2.html

[LesLucid]

This is such a problem these days. People never seem to look beyond WHO is saying something. Fools get it right sometimes and geniuses, being only human, get it wrong plenty of times. People simply decide that they don’t like the source, therefore the information must be false and never bother to try to verify or falsify the actual information.

SMH...amazing.