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LurkerOrHydralisk t1_iye4np7 wrote

Reply to comment by bookoocash in Baltimore police make arrests after ride-share passengers robbed by locker1313

Yeah, I doubt that teenagers with guns are really that politically aware as a whole, much less basing their violent crimes on who is likely to be elected

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z3mcs t1_iye5yyv wrote

I try to point people to the story of the guys that robbed a "cop bar" type restaurant in like 2017. Most of the stuff you see around Baltimore isn't like some well thought out mission impossible. People are impulsive and/or desperate. And you'll get a person or a small group of people that commit the same crimes with the same m.o. like 4 times in a row in a span of 24 hours. For the most part they're not like slipping in and out of the shadows between police shifts or calculating the hours until a new states attorney takes office.

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LurkerOrHydralisk t1_iyechap wrote

Yep. That’s how they all get caught. They repeat the same crime over and over again in a very short period in the same location/area.

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bookoocash t1_iyedp0u wrote

Lol yeah I was joking for the most part, outside of my cautious, weak optimism for Bates.

Real talk, I do agree that the crime has gotten pretty alarming as of late. Not sure exactly what’s happening but I’m hoping either we get a handle on it or it subsides on its own.

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LurkerOrHydralisk t1_iyeepuf wrote

Yeah. Wouldn’t count on it subsiding without the city doing anything.

A recession is here, whether it’s official or not. The working class never fully recovered from 2008, and is already feeling terrible effects of inflation.

People are desperate, and desperate people do desperate things.

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christwin t1_iye63q1 wrote

I first read it that way, too, but I think the commenter you're replying to was only saying that he hopes that they're only attempting to get away with these crimes until we reach a point where the crimes will be punished adequately to limit them. Not that they're trying to get away with them because they're currently aware of the transition to a new state's attorney.

I'm also not confident that much will be done to limit the amount of crime that's being committed by teens as young as 13, it seems, in a more immediate way.

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LurkerOrHydralisk t1_iyec8zn wrote

There’s only so much that can be done about that without creating a working social safety net, investing in education and healthcare, etc.

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christwin t1_iyedfk1 wrote

I definitely agree. As a homeowner in the city, I really hope that we're able to work on that while also finding a way to reduce the crime in the short-term. I want the city to be more equitable all-around, but I don't want the progress that is made to take so long that crime drives many more families out first.

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LurkerOrHydralisk t1_iyef1g9 wrote

The city has been propping itself up for a long time. It was always going to get worse before it got better. Continual focus on short term solutions and greater police funding has only made this worse.

We need to do something about the actual problems, not just tough on crime short term solutions. That sort of technique isn’t going to keep teenagers from doing what they do.

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christwin t1_iyek46i wrote

That makes sense. Hopefully a governor who might prioritize the city's concerns more than Hogan and a States Attorney who seems to have a good head on his shoulders can move things in the right direction.

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