Just another day in Baltimore

[russ1945]

[h=1]26 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SHOOTINGS IN BALTIMORE, 9 FATAL[/h]

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by AWR HAWKINS25 May 2015503

One month after the Baltimore riots, less visible violence still engulfs the city. It was seen over the Memorial Day Weekend via 26 shootings, nine of which were fatal.
The newest fatalities raise the number of fatalities in May to 35.
According to CBS Baltimore, this makes May 2015 the deadliest month on record for Baltimore since December 1999. It also brings the number of people killed in Baltimore so far this year to 108.
Just overnight, May 24 to May 25, there were eight shootings, two of which were fatal.
For example, police were called to the 800 block of W. Fayette St. over a shooting which resulted in a fatality at 12:29 a.m. this morning:

“Officers respond to a report of a shooting and they find a man inside a car suffering from gunshot wounds. Police locate a second victim — a woman – who was shot in the back and was laying in the street. Both victims were taken to area hospitals, but the man died due to his injuries. Woman is listed in critical, but stable condition.”
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Just over an hour later, at 1:43 a.m., police responded to a call at “5300 St Georges Ave” where they discovered a man “suffering from gunshot wounds to his chest and legs.” The man was transported to a hospital but died.
During the investigation police learned there were two more victims in the shooting, one of whom was shot in the arm and a second who had been grazed by a bullet to the head. Both were treated for non-life threatening injuries.
In one of the other overnight shootings, police were dispatched for a man who thought he’d been cut with a knife. Officers arrived to find he had been shot in the back of the head. The man was “taken to hospital where he’s listed in critical condition.”

 

[russ1945]

[h=1]BALTIMORE COP: MORALE ‘WORST I’VE EVER SEEN’ AS CRIME EXPLODES[/h]

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by WARNER TODD HUSTON24 May 2015Baltimore, MD504

Last week, Baltimore residents have been suspicious that the city’s police department has held back, allowing crime to run rampant — but the department’s morale is at a low point, according one of its officers.
On Friday, a Baltimore officer spoke to CNN’s Anderson Cooper and said that he and his fellow officers are afraid for each other’s safety and are experiencing epic low levels of morale.
The officer, who wanted to stay anonymous, said that morale was “the worst of the worst I’ve ever seen in my career.”
He also insisted that proactive policing is no longer being practiced in Baltimore and officers go in pairs to “have each other’s backs” for their own safety.
The officer continued telling CNN that the department’s upper command staff will have to resign before things can get better.
Crime has exploded in Baltimore since the Freddie Gray riots. As the long Memorial Day weekend began, 11 shootings had already occurred from Friday afternoon into Saturday.
As a result of the growing crime in Baltimore, many have voiced suspicions that the police department is withdrawing and allowing crime to rage unopposed. But last Wednesday, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts insisted that the rumors are untrue.
“Our officers are not holding back,” Batts said last week. “They are experiencing groups of people showing up when officers show up to calls in [Western District]… The issues in the Western District are larger than the police dept. We are going to sit down with the community and find out their needs.”
On Thursday, May 21, six Baltimore officers were indicted for the death of Freddie Gray. The officers will be arraigned on July 2.

 

[russ1945]

[h=2]Local[/h]
[h=1]12 Killed, 43 Wounded In Memorial Day Weekend Shootings[/h]May 26, 2015 6:16 AM
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[h=4]Related Tags:[/h] Albany Park, Austin, Bronzeville, Carlos Marino, Charlie Weathers, crime, Daniel Rivera, East Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, Irving Park, Jacele Johnson, LaSean Barnes, Raheem Dameron, shootings, South Shore,University Village, Weekend Shootings, Weekend Violence, West Englewood
CHICAGO (STMW) — Twelve people were killed and at least 43 — including a 4-year-old girl — were wounded in shootings across Chicago this Memorial Day weekend, police said.
The 4-year-old, identified by her family as Jacele Johnson, was shot about 8 p.m. Friday in the West Englewood neighborhood. She and her 17-year-old cousin Romare Wilson were inside an SUV in the 7000 block of South Justine when another vehicle pulled up and someone inside opened fire, according to their family and Chicago Police.
The girl was shot in the head and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition, authorities said. She has since been upgraded to fair condition, a hospital spokeswoman said Monday morning.
The teen was shot in the chest and grazed by a bullet in the neck. He was in serious condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. A 15-year-old girl standing on a sidewalk nearby was shot in the forehead and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition stabilized, police said.
The weekend’s most recent fatal shooting happened Monday night in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, police said. About 7:50 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was shot in the back and the leg in the 4900 block of West Erie, police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died. The Cook County medical examiner’s office could not confirm the death Monday night.
About 5:25 p.m., a 19-year-old man was shot in the back in the 0-100 block of East 36th Place, less than two blocks south of Chicago Police headquarters in the Bronzeville neighborhood. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died, police said. The medical examiner’s office could not confirm the death Monday night.
A 29-year-old man died after he was shot Monday afternoon in the Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, police said. He was shot about 2:30 p.m. in the 4100 block of North Hamlin. He was sitting passenger in a vehicle when another vehicle pulled up, and someone inside got out and fired shots, police said.
The man was shot multiple times in the upper torso and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he later died, police said. The medical examiner’s office could not confirm the death Monday night.
Two teen boys were shot — one fatally — in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side on Sunday night.
The boys, 14 and 15, were outside in the 4400 block of South Cottage Grove about 8:15 p.m. when someone fired shots from a light-colored sedan, police said. Emergency crews found the older boy unresponsive in an alley with a gunshot wound in his back.
Raheem Dameron, 15, of the 5600 block of South Justine, was pronounced dead at the scene, the medical examiner’s office said. The younger boy was shot in the foot and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where his condition stabilized. Police said the 15-year-old had documented gang ties.
On Sunday afternoon, a 20-year-old man was fatally shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side. He was driving in the 3300 block of West Division about 4 p.m. when a dark-colored SUV pulled up and someone inside fired shots, police said. He was shot in the chest and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died, police said.
Less than an hour earlier, a man was killed in a drive-by shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
About 3:20 p.m., LaSean Barnes, 38, was in the 3200 block of West Maypole when someone fired shots from a passing beige conversion van, authorities said. The van then drove off east on Maypole.
Barnes, of the 3000 block of West Polk, was shot in the right side of his abdomen and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:25 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said.
Early Sunday morning, a woman died in a shooting which injured two others at a party in West Englewood. About 12:45 a.m., four people were denied entry to a party in the 6100 block of South Honore, police said. The four males then surrounded the party and opened fire, striking three people outside, including Deja Atwood, 29, authorities said. She was shot in the chest and leg and taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where she died.
A 39-year-old man shot in the chest was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, and a 25-year-old man shot in the arm was taken to Holy Cross, where his condition stabilized, police said.
Minutes earlier, one man was killed and another wounded in a shooting in South Shore. They were standing on the sidewalk in the 7900 block of South East End Avenue at 12:27 a.m. when a gunman fired shots, police said. One of them, age 32, was shot in the neck and taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Another man, whose age was not available, was shot in the buttocks and went to Jackson Park Hospital, where his condition stabilized.
About 11:45 p.m. Saturday, a man was found shot to death in an alley in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Daniel Rivera, 27, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his face in an alley in the 4700 block of North Albany, authorities said.
Rivera, who lived in the 7200 block of North Damen, was pronounced dead at the scene, the medical examiner’s office said.
Earlier Saturday afternoon, a 24-year-old man was found fatally shot in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Charlie R. Weathers had a gunshot wound to the head when officers found him about 12:45 p.m. in the 0-100 block of North Laramie, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
Weathers, of the 5000 block of West West End Avenue, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:01 p.m., authorities said.
Early Saturday morning, a 20-year-old man was found shot to death in University Village, police said.
Officers responding to the 1000 block of West 14th Place about 2:10 a.m. found the man unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The holiday weekend’s first fatal shooting happened about 1:45 a.m. Saturday in Wicker Park. Carlos F. Marino, 34, was sitting on the front porch of a home with two other people in the 1700 block of West Pierce when someone walked up and opened fire, authorities said.
Marino, who lived in the same block as the shooting, was struck in the chest and shoulder and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:34 a.m., authorities said.
The most recent nonfatal shooting left a woman with a graze wound to her leg following a domestic dispute with her boyfriend early Tuesday in the Austin neighborhood.
The 47-year-old woman was shot about 2 a.m. by her boyfriend in the 4800 block of West Madison, police said.
She was treated and released at the scene and no one is in custody.
At least 35 others have been shot since Friday night.

 

[Willie99]

isn't Baltimore another Republican stronghold?

Obama 201,042
Romney 25,501

another great example of the educated & informed vote

who knew Baltimore has 25k racist people

 

[Willie99]

that picture looks like it was taken in the middle east, and libtards call Republicans a threat to this country

they're just so fucking stupid, it's mind boggling



PS: probably find a couple of Ravens in that picture too, fucking thugs

 

[LENBO]

Just imagine if these officers are found not guilty .

 

[russ1945]

They are guilty, guilty of doing their jobs. Twenty prior arrests says it all.

 

[russ1945]

[h=2]Local[/h]
[h=1]Baltimore Bloodshed Continues; 29 Shot, 9 Dead Over Holiday Weekend[/h]May 25, 2015 11:40 PM
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[h=4]Related Tags:[/h] Baltimore, Memorial Day Weekend, Shootings, violence
BALTIMORE(WJZ)–It’s the deadliest month Baltimore has seen in more than 15 years. More than two dozen shootings over the holiday weekend alone have city police working around the clock.
Now, leaders hope community members come forward to help stop the violence.
Meghan McCorkell has more on this spike in violence.
From West Baltimore, to the East Side, Govans, to Reservoir Hill–a spike in weekend violence is plaguing all parts of the city. Over the Memorial Day Weekend alone– city police report 28 shootings and 9 homicides.
Baltimore Police say they responded to 6 shootings on Friday night, 7 on Saturday, 5 on Sunday and 11 by night fall on Monday.
One of those include a double shooting in which a 9-year-old boy was found shot in the leg and a man who suffered a grazed wound to his head.
Investigators are running down strong leads in many of these shootings and are pleading with witnesses to help.
Investigators have just released surveillance video of a person of interest in one of the latest homicides. That murder happened along Ducatel Street in the middle of the afternoon right across the street from a busy park.
“It’s disturbing because you have the kids playing here and you know, bullets don’t have any names on them,” one man said.
Neighbors who spoke to WJZ didn’t want to be identified for fear of retaliation.
“If you say something to these young people they’re ready to take your head off,” one person said.



WJZ has learned that the mayor held an emergency meeting with the police commissioner and his command staff to address the uptick in violence.
“My hope is the police will the support they need from the community to be able to get some answers and bring some of these individual to justice,” said Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
But that support doesn’t come easy.
“We can’t demand that of citizens. We have to go out and earn their trust,” said Anthony Batts, City Police Commissioner.
So someone– who knows a person of interest, or anyone involved in these shootings, will come forward with clues that could put a killer behind bars.
There have been 108 homicides in the city this year. City police are now putting together mini task forces to hit hot spots throughout the city.

 

[SheriffJoe]

isn't Baltimore another Republican stronghold?

Obama 201,042
Romney 25,501

another great example of the educated & informed vote

who knew Baltimore has 25k racist people

Obama's America:

 

[JudgeWapner]

Good to see everything is still the same in my home town.

 

[russ1945]

Police: Crowd attacked officer during arrest

Phoenix Low charged with battery on law enforcement

UPDATED 8:11 AM EDT May 26, 2015










MELBOURNE, Fla. —Police in Melbourne said one of their officers was attacked by a crowd as he tried to make an arrest Saturday.

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The officer approached Phoenix Low, 22, about an ordinance violation on New Haven Avenue, and Low became combative, police said.
The officer tried to arrest Low, at which point he resisted and attempted to run, according to police.
Police said as the officer tried to place Low in handcuffs, “a crowd surrounded the officer and began to interfere with attempts to arrest Low by yelling, striking and pulling at the officer and the prisoner.”
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The officer used “less-lethal force” on the crowd.
Low was able to break free and run away before being captured again, police said.
Low was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting with violence, resisting without violence and open container of alcohol.
According to police, this is the second time that a crowd has tried to interfere with an arrest in the past two weeks.

 

[russ1945]

[h=1]Rio Rancho officer killed in shooting; 1 suspect in custody, another on the run[/h]
Updated: 05/26/2015 11:14 AM | Created: 05/25/2015 8:34 PM
By: Elizabeth Reed, KOB.com
Rio Rancho police plan to release more information about the fatal shooting of an officer on Memorial Day later Tuesday.
The department plans to release the "basic facts" in a news release and will hold a press conference at 2 p.m.
The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department said deputies arrested one of the suspects at a Valero gas station near Rio Bravo and Broadway early Tuesday.
The officer was shot during a traffic stop near Southern Boulevard and Pinetree Road in Rio Rancho. He later died at UNM Hospital, the department confirmed early Tuesday.
RRPD did not name the officer, but said he was 49 years old, a four-year veteran of the department and a married father of five adult children. He was also an Air Force veteran.
"Losing him is going to have a great impact with the officers, on the department, with the employees on the department... I'm sure once we're able to identify the officer to the community, they will feel a loss as well," Captain Paul Rogers said.
RRPD said this is the first time an officer has been shot and killed in the line of duty in the department's 34-year history.
Just after 8 p.m. Monday, Rio Rancho police said the officer pulled over a man and woman in an SUV at Arby's on Southern Boulevard. The suspects fled in the vehicle and ended up near the Esther Bone Memorial Library.
Investigators are still trying to determine the exact details, but say at some point, the exchange turned violent. Police said one of the subjects inside the vehicle shot the officer.
The officer received immediate first aid at the scene and was transported to UNM Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Authorities were searching for the two suspects in a brownish-gray 1999 Dodge Durango with New Mexico license plates 331RAT. After 3:30 a.m., the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department confirmed they had one person in custody in connection to the shooting, but did not say whether it was the man or woman.
The other suspect remains at large. Anyone with information on the vehicle or suspect should call (505)-891-5874.
A high school student who witnessed part of the incident told KOB he heard four gunshots and could smell the gunfire from where he was riding his bike.
"There was four shots, just went pop, pop, pop, pop−four real quick shots. And I was looking that direction, you know right away... it's like, where's it coming from, and then I looked a little bit closer to me, and then that's when I saw the actual person giving him CPR and some dude laying on the ground," Elijah Ortiz Y Pino said.
The Esther Bone Memorial Library will be closed until further notice due to the ongoing investigation.
No further details have been released; stay with KOB.com for the latest developments.

 

[roadreeler57]

Amount of Trash in the streets tells the story......

 

[SheriffJoe]

Amount of Trash in the streets tells the story......

It reminds me of one of the worst days in American history:

 

[scottcarter]

its hard to believe this is the USA

 

[Dave007inVegas]

its hard to believe this is the USA

Reality bites.

 

[scottcarter]

Reality bites.

so what's the answer? Seems like one could say this is a generation lost. If so, what can be done for the next generation? It seems like most politicians have just given up. There is more news coverage about deflategate.

I watched a show and the guy said "[FONT=helvetica, arial, lucida grande, sans-serif]government is a giant drug pusher, they lure people into dependency to a system that will maintain them into permanent poverty" Hard not to agree. What do we do? More police on the streets? [/FONT]

What would you do if you were POTUS Dave007?

 

[roadreeler57]

Let them kill each other off....Problem solved...

 

[hehateme82]

its hard to believe this is the USA

It's hard to believe this shit is 15 miles south of me. That city is so fucked.

 

[scottcarter]

It's hard to believe this shit is 15 miles south of me. That city is so fucked.

sad to hear