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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Baltimore Is Begging Feds To Step In To Restore Law And Order
2017-04-29
[DAILYCALLER] Baltimore’s mayor asked the FBI to send in reinforcements Wednesday to help the city get its murders under control.

Mayor Catherine Pugh, speaking at a news conference, explained she went to the FBI’s Baltimore office for extra agents to join with police officers in combating a skyrocketing murder count, reports CNN.

“Murder is out of control. There are too many guns on the streets. We’re looking for all the help we can get,” Pugh said.

The city already has 101 murders for the year, a number not seen in almost 20 years. The mayor’s spokesperson warned the violence could rise in the summer months.

“The summers in Baltimore tend to be very violent,” Anthony McCarthy told CNN. “And the mayor wants to get a handle on all the murders, the flood of guns on the streets and the gang activity.”

On top of an over 30 percent increase in murders, the city is also experiencing a shortage in police officers. The city is operating with the lowest number of officers in about a decade — 2,500 police officers. Usually, the department has 2,900 officers.

“You get in a crisis mode like we’re in right now with crime out of control and not enough uniformed officers on the street, I would say it’s at a crisis point,” Baltimore’s Fraternal Order of Police President Lt. Gene Ryan said.

The department is paying out $1 million in overtime just to make up for the difference.

“We continue to work with all of our federal partners to address the repeat violent offenders who have been the source of much of the increased violent crime that we have experienced this year,” the Baltimore Police Department spokesperson told The Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement.
Posted by:Fred

#26  Allow the second amendment to do its job.
Posted by: gorb   2017-04-29 23:17  

#25  A bit overwrought to ask the FBI to deal with murders resulting from local disputes over matters of commerce and personal insult. Can't you just hire some more cops? Oh yeah, *that*.

Having made their bed so thoroughly, it only seems fair to let Baltimore sleep in it for at least a little while, but perhaps we could help out by sending in the CIA. They could overthrow the City Council and install a government more... yeah, you're right. We'd end up with another Bay of Pigs.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-04-29 21:27  

#24  Well, seeking, if the murder rate continues to go up, eventually there will be riots. Then the gov can call out the Nat Guard.

Of course, this is all an attempt to make Trump look bad. "We asked for help, and the big meany racist wouldn't give it."

Actually, a lot of this is Marilyn Mosby's fault. That and Obama's DOJ coming down on them like a ton of bricks. And they wonder why they are short 500 officers!
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2017-04-29 20:33  

#23  The proper way to do this is to ask Local counties, If they refuse (for various reasons including lack of financial resources) then ask the governor to send the State Patrol to come in and give them a hand. The Governor is the only one that can legally ask the fed to come in. National Guards is used for riots ans such, murders, not so much.
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-04-29 18:06  

#22  And the United Nations.
Posted by: Crusader   2017-04-29 17:47  

#21  Move the NFL and ESPN offices to Baltimore. Just for sport.
Posted by: Bob Sinatra7445   2017-04-29 17:17  

#20  Kind of has an Atlas Shrugged ring to it.
Posted by: Iblis   2017-04-29 15:23  

#19  True.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-04-29 15:06  

#18  but that would mean you not fixing it

If they could cope with real world, they wouldn't be leftists.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-04-29 14:42  

#17  Fuck you Baltimore. It is your issue, you fix it.

Personally I would prefer to see all of your corrupt government hang from lamp posts to fix the issue, but that would mean you not fixing it.

So fuck you.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-04-29 14:14  

#16  Inmates have more rights than guards. The gangs use Moslem pray meetings for drug and general trouble efforts. Then in the city they have videos of police actions. Officers don't get out of the cruiser many times I understand in Baltimore as a result. Several lock downs in Western Maryland prisons this month already. Each prisoner has to be feed. This takes time and is tedious. A guard was stabbed 12 times with a shank hidden in a prosthetic leg. This inmate has done this before. Sent officer to local hospital where equipment was out of service(many hospitals are in a cash flow problem situation, insurances don't want to pay for anything). Shipped him out to shock trauma at Maryland University hospital for care. May never speak again because of a stab wound in voice box. His recovery is excellent. Police are not supported so this will continue. Go ahead and send in the Feds but they will be frustrated as well. As long as you have Democrats running things there nothing will improve. They are fighting Trump at every opportunity. So it will be business as usual. People will leave if they can. The state is paying people $2000. dollars to relocate. Exporting their problems. The crime goes with them. They lease a vehicle to transport drugs so if they are caught their private property is not confiscated. They return in a private vehicle or leased vehicle. They get more for their drugs out of Baltimore. We are involved in a die off event. The herd is being culled. Planned parenthood for adults.
Posted by: Dale   2017-04-29 14:07  

#15  It does not take the Feds to conduct basic law and order.
Posted by: newc   2017-04-29 13:15  

#14  So the Dems are going to use this as another opportunity to make Trump look bad?
Posted by: Bobby   2017-04-29 12:21  

#13  It's a tricky situation. Perhaps Fred could enlighten us. I can imagine a lot of reasons why Gov. Larry Hogan (R, yeah, R. Second one in 50 years. The other one was an exterminator.) would only get involved if there were something in it for the state. Hogan has survived stage 3 cancer, did not endorse Trump and sent troops in after the Freddie Gray rioting. He's not going to be a pushover.

Charm City is history. Now it will be Detroit on steroids without a bailed out auto industry to create the semblance of a comeback. Underarmor just won't do it. Whoever called it the reservation was right.

Sad, because it really was the land of pleasant living once upon a time. RIP Carl Christ.
Posted by: Omarong Dribble6344   2017-04-29 11:53  

#12  It's the city's problem and then the state's problem. They are responsible for governing. Congress cannot govern itself so no answers there.

In the next world you are on your own. Get used to having to take responsibility for a change.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-04-29 10:30  

#11  
Posted by: 3dc   2017-04-29 10:30  

#10  Sometimes you get what you want. Mosby is still there
Posted by: Frank G   2017-04-29 09:44  

#9  Send them some dough, radios, tactical gear, MRAP's (no weapons). They will quickly pi** it away or pawn it, and POTUS can say he supported their Law Enforcement efforts. Stand back and watch the Detroitification. Notify Ken Burns and have the documentary film crews ready.

A win-win.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-04-29 08:55  

#8  And if he doesn't do something you will get the same thing.
See Katrina.
The democrats and their media allies will make shit up no matter what he does. Just like they did with Bush. Except rump won't just sit there and take it like Bush did.
See "Trump is a Racist!" (no actual proof - quite the contrary)
See "Trump is homophpbic!" (no actual proof)
See "Trump lies all the time!" (no actual proof)
See ...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2017-04-29 08:44  

#7  Agree P2K and Besoeker, If Trump sends in Federal authority and it goes bad, you would never hear the end of it from the Dems. It would blow into the biggest scandal in our history according to the media and Dems. Let the Maryland send the state's National Guard handle this.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-04-29 08:27  

#6  Some people weren't around in the 60s. You use the state's National Guard, not subject to Posse Comitatus. There are conditions lesser than Martial Law dealing with significant restrictions in movement and access/egress and assembly. Use the Guard for security/patrols and the cops for enforcement arrests. That is all up to the governor not the Feds. Welcome to the Reservation.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-04-29 08:08  

#5  Stay out of it. Darwin was right. Given time, it will sort itself out.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-04-29 07:27  

#4  Never happen, JC.
See The Seige
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-04-29 04:46  

#3  A division or three of the Military to enforce Martial law. Curfews, looters shot on sight, 25 MM reply if troops are attacked.
Posted by: Jeasing Creque5352   2017-04-29 01:57  

#2  Denied, democrat idiots.
You need a basic functioning Police force before Agents gallantly grace your democrat sh!thole with their presence. And if you had not noticed, we are pretty short handed right now because the Feds were also stocked up with democrats - so they would do you no good anyways.

Idiot democrats.

Do like Camden did.
Or just vote democrat more. Idiots.
Posted by: newc   2017-04-29 01:18  

#1  On top of an over 30 percent increase in murders, the city is also experiencing a shortage in police officers. The city is operating with the lowest number of officers in about a decade — 2,500 police officers. Usually, the department has 2,900 officers.
Unexpectedly -- if you are a (D).
Posted by: magpie   2017-04-29 00:33  

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