Posted on Jan 5, 2018
Security Guards Hired During Holiday Season Due To Uptick In City Crime
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The new cost of doing business in Baltimorestan. Recall that in 2015 the previous Democratic Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake ordered police to allow rioters to loot stores during riots related to the Sonny Gray incident by saying, “Let them loot, it’s only property. Once you open Pandora's box - it is difficult to shut the lid.
Security Guards Hired During Holiday Season Due To Uptick In City Crime
Posted from baltimore.cbslocal.com
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A1C John Weiss
My philosophy is to carry everywhere, tell no one and always keep my head up and aware. Not in my phone like so many of the rest of this society.
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This is no surprise, the ELECTED officials set the stage and now the citizens reap the rewards. If regular folks were allowed to defend themselves this would screech to halt as the bodies piled up. Criminals tend to be wary when they are getting killed for robbing folks.
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That's not quite what she said. I'd be willing to bet most cities hire additional security during the holiday season. Especially if they have a lot of crime, like Baltimore does. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/apr/28/context-baltimores-mayor-space-rioters/
In Context: What Baltimore's mayor said about space for rioters
Did Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake make a conscious decision to allow violent protestors to loot and set fire to stores and police cars in her city? That’s the take from conservative pundits and journalists. The unrest began Saturday, April 25, in Baltimore as a peaceful march spun off groups who battled with police. As the evening wore on, about 1,300 police officers from the city and nearby jurisdictions fought to maintain control....
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LTC Orlando Illi
We are now seeing the long term manifestations of her ill advised 2015 utterances. That is at the core of the issue. Currently, due in part because of her statements Police are marginalized, thugs are emboldened and property owners feel as if the City does not care about them. It is axiomatic that once you abdicate responsibility for leadership at any level for the purpose of political expediency - it is almost impossible to regain respect as is evidenced by her successor's inability to curtail the rampant violence that is emblematic of 2018 Baltimore.
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