Baltimore killings highest in 43 years

[Hortical]

© AP Photo/Patrick Semansky An investigator photographs the scene of a shooting, Monday, July 27, 2015, in Baltimore. Police said a male was shot in the chest near the epicenter of unrest in April following… BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore reached a grim milestone on Friday, three months after riots erupted in response to the death of Freddie Gray in police custody:



With 43 homicides in July, the city has seen more bloodshed in a single month than it has in 43 years.
The 43rd recorded homicide was Jermaine Miller, 18, who took a bullet to his head just before noon the day before.
With his death on Friday, this year's total homicides reached 187, far outpacing the 119 killings by July's end in 2014. Non-fatal 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.


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[Mosiah]

Ok. So we see the symptoms. What is the root cause.

Historian, your views, if not recently apprised by Orlando Patterson, are not welcome here.

[Don1]

Ok. So we see the symptoms. What is the root cause.

Historian, your views, if not recently apprised by Orlando Patterson, are not welcome here.

mi clavicle!!

[Time]

Ok. So we see the symptoms. What is the root cause.

Historian, your views, if not recently apprised by Orlando Patterson, are not welcome here.

The police are on go slow because a few of their members were charged for homicide. One solution is to make the entire city police force redundant and form a new county police. Camden did it, the police union screamed union busting but it worked. The new force was also cheaper to run.

http://www.npr.org/2014/09/02/345296...he-city-around

[Mosiah]

I agree. Police feel that no one should question what they do and how they do it. Dat not gwine work!

[Hortical]

They are want the city to crash & burn. Time to bust the union, fire the department & hire new cops.