29 shot, 9 dead in bloody Memorial Day weekend in Baltimore

The city of Baltimore saw a bloody Memorial Day weekend, with a total of 29 people being shot, including nine who died, as the city scrambles to deal with its deadliest month since 1999.

The Baltimore Sun reported that one of those injured was a 9-year-old in West Baltimore who was shot in the leg Monday night. Another man nearby suffered a bullet graze to his head, police told the paper. Two victims in separate shootings suffered fatal gunshot wounds that pushed the number of homicides to 35 for May. A total of 108 have been killed in the city this year, The Sun reported.

WBAL-TV reports a man and woman were shot in a car around 12:30 a.m. Monday. Both were taken to the hospital where the man died. Officers responded to another report of a shooting around 1:43 a.m. Monday. A man died at the hospital. Another man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon. None of those shooting victims have been identified.

"The shootings and killings are all over the city. I don't think any part of the city is immune to this," William "Pete" Welch, a city councilman, told The Sun. "I’ve never seen anything like this."

The city, which has seen its population fall about 35 percent since the 1950s, has found itself in the forefront of the national debate on policing in minority communities after the case of Freddie Gray, whose death has led to the arrests of several Baltimore police officers.
Some suggest police in the city, discouraged with the Gray indictments of six officers, may be staging a slowdown in protest, while others say the cops find themselves in a precarious position and may be hesitant to intervene in violent crimes.

"Of course it makes me scared," one resident in West Baltimore, who heard gunshots, told The Sun. "I started praying. I didn't move. ... The drugs have escalated in this block in the last six months. With this new drug element in the block — oh, Lord."

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Sunday met with the police commissioner to discuss the crime issue, The Sun reported. Her spokesman said, "She is confident that the steps being taken by the Police Department will quell this latest uptick in violence."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/26/2-shot-dead-in-bloody-memorial-day-weekend-in-baltimore-capping-off-deadliest/

this is not uncommon, especially after whats recently happened

I suggest to people to choose ANY year recently and see the trend of crime increasing when weather gets hotter, and on long WEEKENDS during those hot summers,,,

Oh, ok, It's the warmer weather causing the high crime. I see.

well, it could just be that black people are so culturally violent, or because people dare to protest the system ,,,,,,whichever is easier for ya,,,

http://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-summer-crime-rates-increases-police.html]

Or, when the combined IQ of a city's
population, equals "potato".
Massive amounts of stupidity should simply be expected.

The "system" works just fine for most law abiding, it's the criminals and thugs who have a problem with the "system".
That and warm weather...

nah, decent people have a problem with unarmed citizens being gunned down too,,,


whether they have managed to never be caught breaking a law or not,,,

Really?
Decent people have a bigger problem with home invasions, car jacking and being killed themselves by thugs. There is much less chance of being "gunned down by a cop.

and 'decent' people have a justice system that has a problem with it too

not so much of a problem with cops killing black 'criminals' though

,,which needs to change

BALTIMORE BLOOD BATH

- After The Baltimore Riots

CRIME spiked... violent crime.. ILLEGAL GUNS & DRUG GANGS

Maybe the strictest , fanatical anti gun state, SUPER Liberal state..
So that LIE.... "that less legal guns = less crime" .... is working real well ! grumble: * extreme sarcasm *

BLOODY Mother's Day- during the Million Mom March, * that was a joke* 9+ shootings. 3-4 dead in 35 minutes.

BLOODY Memorial Day- * I stopped listening to the news or reading it, after hearing 9 dead, shot, ILLEGAL GUNS *

- I STOPPED CAREING ... which is exactly what happened BEFORE I LEFT the last Metropolitan area. And believe me.... referring to Baltimore MD as Metropolitan is being TOO kind!!
WAY back in the day... a great cultural, historical, tourist city. $$$$$

NOW- I canceled ALL my doctor appointments, etc.. & I'm rescheduling OUT of the MADNESS

.. I am NOT going there for ANYTHING in the world. And there are MORE & more 'law biding, tax payers ' thinking like me.
As I've posted before- - There WILL be ANOTHER mass EXODUS.

Let them kill EACH OTHER & blame everyone else!

Blame WHITE cops... * another funny joke *

Maybe now.. the media can TRY to blame the WHITE OUT, OPTING OUT !
* Why pay for destruction that you can't live in? *

No system is perfect and never will be, so get over it.
Me? I'll take what we have over thugs and criminals any day.

hmm, lets follow that logic in everything

no leader is perfect and never will be, so get over it

I'll take what we have over violent dictators and military states anyday?


,,,,does that really apply? didn't think so


the fact that something will never be 'perfect' has nothing to do with desire to make it better

Why don't you move here.. And where one of those black T-shirts that says in big white letters

" IT IS THE SYSTEM "


That what? Paid for 5 generations & makes excuses for animal behavior for people who are incapable of formulating a sentence or functioning in a society that has handed them everything.... to lift THEMSELVES up. ?

LET IT BURN.. & LEAVE IT

not even going to address the inaccuracy of the claim,

but it has nothing to do with whether unarmed people should be GUNNED down or maimed by police,,,

in the words of the poet known as "50 cent" he said in a song, "the summertime, its the killin' season. its hot out this b1tch, thats a good enough reason"

but it has something to do with whether innocent people should be killed, robbed or maimed by street thugs,,,
Who would you want to rule the streets police or thugs? Or do you prefer no police at all?

are the only two options allowing unarmed citizens to be gunned down by cops or having no cops at all?


well, I take a THIRD OPTION<, hold police accountable when they take unarmed lives,,,, very simple