tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981669.post7865471016740003234..comments2024-03-23T10:55:30.196-05:00Comments on Cold Fusion Guy: The ‘Ferguson effect’ and the New Nationwide Crime WaveJim Peethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649414726939918803noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981669.post-27855640231268197412015-06-12T19:58:30.904-05:002015-06-12T19:58:30.904-05:00NYTimes: West Baltimore’s Police Presence Drops, a...NYTimes: <a href="http://nyti.ms/1Gyq1ww" rel="nofollow">West Baltimore’s Police Presence Drops, and Murders Soar</a>:<br /><br /><i>A month and a half after six officers were charged in Mr. Gray’s death, policing has dwindled in some of Baltimore’s most dangerous neighborhoods, and murders have risen to levels not seen in four decades. The totals include a 29-year-old man fatally shot on this drug corner last month. Police union officials say that officers are still coming to work, but that some feel a newfound reluctance and are stepping back, questioning whether they will be prosecuted for actions they take on the job.<br /><br />...<br />“Without law enforcement, there is no order,” Pastor Weah said. “In truth, residents want a strong police force, but they also want accountability.” She said that she sympathized with many officers who did their jobs well but were now just as hated as the abusive officers, and that she prayed the spate of killings would be the shock that finally caused change.<br /><br />“This crisis was bound to happen because of the broken relationship between law enforcement and the people,” she said. “When something gets this infected, you have to break it down and start from new.”<br /><br />At least 55 people, the highest pace since the early 1970s, have been killed in Baltimore since May 1, when the state’s attorney for the city, Marilyn J. Mosby, announced the criminal charges against the officers. Victims of shootings have included people involved in criminal activity and young children who were simply in the wrong place</i>Jim Peethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649414726939918803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981669.post-90402668718418550722015-06-02T21:02:44.915-05:002015-06-02T21:02:44.915-05:00CNN: Is a New Crime Wave Coming?"CNN: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/02/us/crime-in-america/index.html" rel="nofollow">Is a New Crime Wave Coming?"</a>Jim Peethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649414726939918803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981669.post-29647837120725312492015-06-01T10:10:05.129-05:002015-06-01T10:10:05.129-05:00But when dozens or hundreds of young black people ...But when dozens or hundreds of young black people die because the police aren't making arrests, Al Sharpton doesn't come calling for some reason....Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981669.post-28707483974898964292015-05-31T12:32:40.659-05:002015-05-31T12:32:40.659-05:00Chiraq: Spike Lee and John Cusack Defend Upcoming ...Chiraq: <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/spike-lee-john-cusack-defend-upcoming-film-chiraq/story?id=31043042" rel="nofollow">Spike Lee and John Cusack Defend Upcoming Film, 'Chiraq'</a>:<br /><br /><i>Spike Lee's upcoming project, "Chiraq," a film about gun violence in Chicago whose title merges the city's name with "Iraq," has been criticized by local politicians for allegedly likening the city to a war zone.</i>Jim Peethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649414726939918803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981669.post-26567973034564932432015-05-30T19:52:45.292-05:002015-05-30T19:52:45.292-05:00Murder capital: Baltimore’s homicide explosion in ...<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/30/murder-capital-baltimores-homicide-explosion-in-wake-freddie-gray-case-dwarfs/" rel="nofollow">Murder capital: Baltimore’s homicide explosion in wake of Freddie Gray case dwarfs rate of similar cities</a>:<br /><br /><i>“The criminals are taking advantage of the situation in Baltimore since the unrest,” Lt. Gene Ryan, President of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3, which represents officers in Baltimore, said in a statement provided to FoxNews.com. “Criminals feel empowered now. There is no respect. Police are under siege in every quarter. They are more afraid of going to jail for doing their jobs properly than they are of getting shot on duty."<br /></i>Jim Peethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649414726939918803noreply@blogger.com