UPDATED (5:06 p.m.)—Sen. Jim Brochin said Tuesday that Baltimore County residents don't feel safe visiting Baltimore and called on Gov. Martin O'Malley and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to use Maryland State Police to patrol the Inner Harbor.
The Towson Democrat made his comments weeks after Del. Pat McDonough, a Middle River Republican, called on O'Malley and Rawlings-Blake to deal with "" and declared the Inner Harbor a no travel zone.
"My constituents are talking about this and they say they don't feel safe going down there and they aren't going down there," Brochin said, adding that he disagreed with McDonough's racially-charged presentation but agreed that something needs to be done to make the area safer.
"Everyone knows that most of the people in these incidents are black youth but you don't have to say 'black youth mobs," Brochin said. "You only inflame the issue. The part of [McDonough's] issue that is solid is that the city resources can only be stretched so far and there are only so many police officers they can hire."
Brochin said O'Malley and Rawlings-Blake should put together a task force and look at the idea of using state police in the Inner Harbor area during the tourist season.
"All you have to do is look at the video from St. Patrick's Day and you'll see 100 youths running and wilding down the street," Brochin said.
The issue is one of importance to county residents, according to Brochin.
"I'm out door-knocking in my district and constituents in my old and new district are talking about this and saying they don't feel safe going down there and they're not going," Brochin said. "Everyone knows the people of Baltimore County are one of the engines that drive the economy in Baltimore City."
Brochin said he and Councilmen Todd Huff and David Marks, two Republicans, worked together to solve issues related to problems with youths near the Towson Town Center.
O'Malley and Rawlings-Blake are dismissing the issue because it comes from McDonough, according to Brochin.
"That put me over the top. Their response is nothing," said Brochin.
A spokesman for Rawlings-Blake declined to comment for this post.
North Baltimore Patch Local Editor Adam Bednar contributed to this report.
Also the State of Maryland pays more tax money to the City of Baltimore then any other county throughout the state. That my friend is everyone's tax money! Facts and Education pays!
That being said, we very rarely venture into the White Marsh Mall area either. I had a close call there a few weeks ago when someone tried to get into my car. It is quickly going the way of Baltimore City.
Brochin and McDonough, and the citizens they represent would be well served if they would return their focus to the Districts and their problems. They clearly lack a true understanding of the reality of the situation. The idea that the State Police have the resources to add downtown Baltimore to their responsibilities is laughable. They are stretched to the limit as it is.
Son, you just don't understand how life works. If I go downtown and one of these "at risk youth" decides to attack me and I kick their ass or even find it necessary to draw my legally carried firearm and waste them, then my life will change forever. Their family will appear on the local media along with throngs of their many friends telling everyone "what a nice person" the thug is/was and how they were "just getting their life together" when thhis "unfortunate incident happened". My legal bills will rival the national debt as I try to protect myself from a court system that favors the "rights" of these scumbags to prey on law-abiding citizens rather than protecting my rights. Don't believe this? Give George Zimmerman a call in Florida (a state that has a strong stand your ground law). No sir, Abel, I have no desire to put myself, and everything I worked for during my entire law-abiding life in jeopardy just to defend myself in the God-forsaken sewer known as Baltimore City.
1. I am a middle class, law abiding, honest, hard working, respectful, loving father and husband, volunteer in the community, and never even considered committing a crime; in fact, I have on many occasions been a Good Samaritan when I saw a crime or person in distress and I helped out. The majority of people whom I have helped in distress over the years have been black women and black children. 2. I hate white supremacy! I hate racism! I hate serious criminals! I dis-like white trash druggies and abusive people! I dis-like people who lie and deceive when it is obvious they know they are doing it! And also I dis-like mobs of black youth that run wild in the streets for many years now with one agenda; to cause fear, panic, and to break the law! Racism has nothing to do with telling the truth!
4. Of course, the famous robbery and beating of an innocent Canton man by a group of black teens (he was in a coma and later died). Then the racial beating of a young Asian man in Federal Hill by a group of black teens (which dozens of witness' watched and reported that is was purely racism). And the racial motivated beating of a white woman and her disabled child on the light rail while she taking her daughter to the JHU for treatment (the mob was a dozen black girls yelling racial names as they beat them both). Last year the 4th of July murder of a white out of state tourist father by a group of black thugs. The most current racially motivated beating of a young white man on St. Patrick's Day by the now infamous 200+ mob of black youth running wild causing fear, panic, terrorism, and crimes. These are to just name a select few of these black youth racial mob beating!!!
This my PC friends is not a one time thing! This is a major growing issue that must be addressed! I am assuming because you all feel one incident here and there it is acceptable? If that is what you are saying then you think its ok to be a victim with no recourse for the thugs. I will agree to this... If there were one or two mob type racial beatings in Baltimore City over the past 5 years... it would be very wrong and criminal, yet it would be considered a rare occurrence. BUT this is not the issue! There have been dozens of black youth mobs racially profiling and attacking innocent citizens. This has been an issue for years, but it has been covered up. Next time one of you PC fools open their mouths think this first... are you defending the criminals? or are you asking the innocent victims how they felt? You can sit back and preach your PC nonfactual point of view, but when or if you or a family member becomes a victim, I guess we should just sit back and blame you for being in the wrong place.
You are right on target. The fact of the matter is this. If you have a container that holds 1,000 balls and the balls are of two colors, black and white. If you dip into that container of 1,000 balls and draw out a sample (providing that the balls are thoroughly mixed) then the sample you will get will match the ratio of black to white balls (if 70% of the balls are black and 30% of the balls are white then a sample taken of 100 balls taken at random will be 70 black balls and 30 white balls). This is a simple statistical fact. Now, suppose that all of the balls in the sample represent all of the criminals running around in Baltimore CIty (not the normal, hard-working, law-abiding residents, just the criminals) then you will find that 70% of the criminals are black and 30% are white. The problem is that even if the City was able to round up 100% of the criminals in Baltimore (all of the black, white, brown, yellow, and all other colors) they would not and are not doing a good job of prosecuting and punishing them. This is why the City is in the shape it's in now.
Able. Remember when Jessie Jackson got caught on tape saying very derogatory things about Obama during the Presidential Race? That was because Obama at that time was preaching that black people need to take 100% responsibility for their lives, actions, children, and teaching morals to their children. Funny, eh? Thats your guy. Don't you agree with Obama on that one?
Ronn - thanks for presenting a 'real' prospective on the issue!
BTW: Able and his brainwashed cronies would die if they knew my race, culture, religion, and position in society. I am sure these "fellow bloggers" will angle this falsely to make the standard, stereotypical statements that brainwashed liberals say; BUT, they would be very, very wrong. Per example: Able says, "Are some of your best friends black too?" These programed, wealthy, black leaders, rappers, and comedians have advanced this very statement for two decades now. Obviously, Weak and Wrong and Conveying the Race Card to a PC advantage!
The easy thing about blaming culture for a societal problem is that you don't have to do anything about it except complain. Those darn rappers! This is all their fault! Nevermind the fact that blacks are arrested and convicted for possession related drug offenses more often than whites, despite a much lower level of drug use. If it's *only* culture that's the problem, then you get to wash your hands of it. How convenient.
Keep playing the race card my uninformed friend. The rest of us will live an honest, tax-paying, crime free and real life, telling it as it is. As I said... Able, time for you to find another blog to pollute with your biased, slanted, hate pandering, agenda! Bye Bye! Go away buddy! You have no game (but the race card). LOL!
If there were a local debate on the issue; would you attend to debate the topics? I guarantee that I would attend! You would probably make excuses and bail out due to illness or to....
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