tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764429864871986236.post2987801151946574924..comments2023-05-13T04:11:16.518-04:00Comments on buzoncrime: Updated/More Ups and Downs of crime, policing, and security in Baltimore for 2008buzoncrimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00222344932427990980noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764429864871986236.post-47927056404017214882009-01-13T14:56:00.000-05:002009-01-13T14:56:00.000-05:00Andy---that's what I was afraid the dog would do! ...Andy---that's what I was afraid the dog would do! I'm glad I hadn't made it into Big Bad Wolf yet and come out with my carnivorous goodies in my hand!buzoncrimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222344932427990980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764429864871986236.post-81863428820336435352009-01-13T14:53:00.000-05:002009-01-13T14:53:00.000-05:00Anonymous--thanks for the reply; a lot of what you...Anonymous--thanks for the reply; a lot of what you say resonates with me. I also detect a strong sense of entitlement.<BR/><BR/>A lot of people don't know that rats will eat dog feces if they cannot get other kinds of food, especially in the winter.<BR/><BR/>I think a lot of folks i saw running their dogs freely and naturally would be upset if I brought 2 or 3 Hampden boys with their pits and told them the dogs needed exercising, too. Heh,heh. Wonder how long before they would be asking for enforcement of the leash laws?<BR/><BR/>Please see my previous blogs about the "riot" in Federal Hill last summer and my thoughts on it, as well as the "riot" in Fells Point which an out-of-towner sent me. I believe too many young people (though, thank goodness, not a majority) believe that living in the hip areas is just an extension of college: drinking {to excess}, partying, yelling at the top of your voice, peeing, vomiting, urban surfing on people's cars, etc. Of course, Ravens fans do some of that in the neighborhoods surrounding the stadium, too.<BR/><BR/>And I hear what you're saying. I have thought for a long time, as I've heard about robberies and vicious assaults against young professionals, that there seems to be a lot of resentment against them by folks who consider themselves "locals", which leads to a lot of violence: who do these punks think they are taking over our neighborhood? We'll show them! <BR/>But, I do remember, when I was a lieutenant working the midnight shift in Fells Point (oh, a couple of years ago), that the quickest way for one of my guys to arrest a young urban professional was for him to say: "you can't lock me up; you don't know who you're dealing with". Zoom, the handcuffs came on along with a ride out to the lockup on Eastern Avenue. So much for double standard.<BR/>However, the lifeblood and future of our dear city depend upon these same young professionals coming here, working here, and ultimately living here. Perhaps some of them might even want to raise families here.buzoncrimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222344932427990980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764429864871986236.post-52173346901541052482009-01-13T14:52:00.000-05:002009-01-13T14:52:00.000-05:00Anonymous--thanks for the reply; a lot of what you...Anonymous--thanks for the reply; a lot of what you say resonates with me. I also detect a strong sense of entitlement.<BR/><BR/>A lot of people don't know that rats will eat dog feces if they cannot get other kinds of food, especially in the winter.<BR/><BR/>I think a lot of folks i saw running their dogs freely and naturally would be upset if I brought 2 or 3 Hampden boys with their pits and told them the dogs needed exercising, too. Heh,heh. Wonder how long before they would be asking for enforcement of the leash laws?<BR/><BR/>Please see my previous blogs about the "riot" in Federal Hill last summer and my thoughts on it, as well as the "riot" in Fells Point which an out-of-towner sent me. I believe too many young people (though, thank goodness, not a majority) believe that living in the hip areas is just an extension of college: drinking {to excess}, partying, yelling at the top of your voice, peeing, vomiting, urban surfing on people's cars, etc. Of course, Ravens fans do some of that in the neighborhoods surrounding the stadium, too.<BR/><BR/>And I hear what you're saying. I have thought for a long time, as I've heard about robberies and vicious assaults against young professionals, that there seems to be a lot of resentment against them by folks who consider themselves "locals", which leads to a lot of violence: who do these punks think they are taking over our neighborhood? We'll show them! <BR/>But, I do remember, when I was a lieutenant working the midnight shift in Fells Point (oh, a couple of years ago), that the quickest way for one of my guys to arrest a young urban professional was for him to say: "you can't lock me up; you don't know who you're dealing with". Zoom, the handcuffs came on along with a ride out to the lockup on Eastern Avenue. So much for double standard.<BR/>However, the lifeblood and future of our dear city depend upon these same young professionals coming here, working here, and ultimately living here. Perhaps some of them might even want to raise families here.buzoncrimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222344932427990980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764429864871986236.post-63964569561346805122009-01-13T14:51:00.000-05:002009-01-13T14:51:00.000-05:00Anonymous--thanks for the reply; a lot of what you...Anonymous--thanks for the reply; a lot of what you say resonates with me. I also detect a strong sense of entitlement.<BR/><BR/>A lot of people don't know that rats will eat dog feces if they cannot get other kinds of food, especially in the winter.<BR/><BR/>I think a lot of folks i saw running their dogs freely and naturally would be upset if I brought 2 or 3 Hampden boys with their pits and told them the dogs needed exercising, too. Heh,heh. Wonder how long before they would be asking for enforcement of the leash laws?<BR/><BR/>Please see my previous blogs about the "riot" in Federal Hill last summer and my thoughts on it, as well as the "riot" in Fells Point which an out-of-towner sent me. I believe too many young people (though, thank goodness, not a majority) believe that living in the hip areas is just an extension of college: drinking {to excess}, partying, yelling at the top of your voice, peeing, vomiting, urban surfing on people's cars, etc. Of course, Ravens fans do some of that in the neighborhoods surrounding the stadium, too.<BR/><BR/>And I hear what you're saying. I have thought for a long time, as I've heard about robberies and vicious assaults against young professionals, that there seems to be a lot of resentment against them by folks who consider themselves "locals", which leads to a lot of violence: who do these punks think they are taking over our neighborhood? We'll show them! <BR/>But, I do remember, when I was a lieutenant working the midnight shift in Fells Point (oh, a couple of years ago), that the quickest way for one of my guys to arrest a young urban professional was for him to say: "you can't lock me up; you don't know who you're dealing with". Zoom, the handcuffs came on along with a ride out to the lockup on Eastern Avenue. So much for double standard.<BR/>However, the lifeblood and future of our dear city depend upon these same young professionals coming here, working here, and ultimately living here. Perhaps some of them might even want to raise families here.buzoncrimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00222344932427990980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764429864871986236.post-38820429545563034392009-01-13T14:41:00.000-05:002009-01-13T14:41:00.000-05:00it scared me when I was walking down Harford Road ...<I>it scared me when I was walking down Harford Road [and] an unleashed pit bull, accompanied by an ignorant teenager, was crossing my path, and kept turning around looking at me, as though we were something to eat.</I><BR/><BR/>Maybe he just wanted to take a bite out of (buzon)crime?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764429864871986236.post-50164243491637986572009-01-12T17:53:00.000-05:002009-01-12T17:53:00.000-05:00Patterson Park has been taken over by the off-lead...Patterson Park has been taken over by the off-lead crew, too. Never mind that children have been bitten, dogs have been attacked (and rumored killed), that dog faeces are far more plentiful than before the explosion in (mostly upper middle class, mostly young and mostly white) irresponsible, militantly lawbreaking down owners, it is "natural."<BR/><BR/>Rats are natural, too. <BR/><BR/>I blame young, well off people who grew up in the suburbs and have no idea of how to be considerate of others, especially in high population density areas.<BR/><BR/>The murders, thefts, muggings, rapes, etc. are all bad, but when the police ignore crime that is committed by people who aren't 14-25 year old, low income black males, it just looks like you can do whatever you want to do if you have money. Were I a young, poor black man, I'd resent the double standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com