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The scale of the riots

In certain circles (like my circles) it’s popular to post things about how when whites riot (and they do) we call it frat boys having a good time. Now whites frat boys riot over stupid shit, like their sport’s team winning, or their sport’s team losing. And don’t get me wrong, I’m not down with frat boy culture. I think…

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Don’t believe the hype

Baltimore has 99 problems… gangs aren’t really one. At least not on list of top 5. Batts seems a bit obsessed with them. That’s West Coast bullshit. An article by Leon Neyfakh in Slate.

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The “ghetto”

I use the word “ghetto” because it is the vernacular of police officers and many (though by no means all) of the residents. Here’s what I said about “ghetto” in Cop in the Hood: In any account of police work, inevitably the noncriminal public, the routine, and the working folks all get short shrift. Police don’t deal with a random…

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Civil Unrest Mom

“Isn’t that child abuse?” “Absolutely” Holly Walker is my friend. So no saying nothing bad about her. But how could you? She does a great job here. Get More: Comedy Central,Funny Videos,Funny TV Shows

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Life and Death in Baltimore’s Eastern (and Western) District

See Update for more current data More than ten percent of black men in Baltimore’s Eastern District are murdered! Why is this not known? Why is this not discussed with urgency? Why has this been going on for decades? This is from my book, Cop in the Hood. I can’t find it anywhere online. It should be. I’m still honestly…

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As Reagan said…

I’m going to attribute this to Ronald Reagan so cops will agree with it. Reagan invented compassionate conservatives, right? (Even if he didn’t coin the phrase.) Unlike Obama, Reagan was willing to speak the truth. Liberals just blame everybody else. But Reagan would blame bad parents for messing up their kids. Reagan would call out absent fathers. Reagan knew too…

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The Purge!

The Purge is coming! No. Actually, really it’s not (even though it sort of did). But this bullshit did a fair bit of work to fuck things up Monday afternoon. By noon this had already gotten more 16,000 views. The Purge was “scheduled” for 3:30pm. The first cop was injured at 3:45pm.

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Messages to rioters

These messages also need to be heard by all the apologists for rioters as well. Especially those that live nowhere near Baltimore. I don’t know these guys (well, I’ve heard of Ray Lewis), but I find these unrehearsed personal messages quite powerful. Especially compared to pontificating buffoons who don’t live in Baltimore and use the city’s destruction to fit their…

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Baltimore mom beats son for rioting

This had become a popular video in Baltimore. And the interview with moms. You know, technically, in our-spanking-is-wrong society, mom committed the crime of physical child abuse. The law says lock her up and put her child in protective services to protect him from her. The law is not made by single mothers in Baltimore.