I follow a few that live stream on Tiktok. It's almost always the graveyard shift but still all they are doing is sitting and chatting with whoever comes in the room. Fill out some paperwork or drive around....something. If you're going to live stream at least look productive.

The fact that they both have ALPR's mounted on the roof and aren't actively driving around looking for hits upsets me. With the amount of stolen and or wanted suspects I'd constantly be trying to find dangerous felons or those not supposed to be on the road.

Yes. My point is that despite the increase in murders between then and now, the area around the park is markedly better now.

Not naive. Have lived in southeast Baltimore since 2000. It's a night and day difference in and around the park.

Nothing good happens after midnight. Sad that a kid had to lose his life to some nonsense.

During Sheila Dixon admin it was more like 150 less murders than now. And that was with a higher lethality rate (less ppl being saved at JH and Shock Trauma)

Shootings (fatal and nonfatal) are way higher now.

3 types of people out at 3AM- first responders, victims and criminals. Don't be out at 3AM, there's no reason for it in a violent city.

North of the park really isnt in the L. At best its the margins. Youngans man corners and guard drop points just blocks away. Like 1-2 blocks

Anyone saying this is naive. That's 05 zone up there, you're mere blocks away from ddh

In daylight it's mostly ok, but whem dusk hits, let alone late night, be careful and stay in groups

It's been that way since roughly 2009 when I first moved to the city. It was the same when I left in 2019. I'm not even the least bit surprised, there's been several senseless murders of non-gang residents over that period of time there and elsewhere. Do not let the niceness of the day fool you, you still need to look over your shoulder all the time in that city. Glad I'm gone.

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> why the fxxx do people glorify harming people just for clout

To even begin to understand what circumstances in someone's life would drive someone to eventually do that is not something our society is ready to confront and proactively do something about. We punish after the fact. We aren't set up to prevent it from happening in the first place.

Someone who is secure, fed, medically cared for, and housed adequately has no reason to join a gang or murder anybody.

H was an incredible person. He was a one of a kind personality that you only meet one of in life. If you knew him you were lucky. We'll miss him so much. It was never deserved and were heartbroken to see him go. 💔💔

I like living in Baltimore. I feel safe, but there is a longgggg way to go to make the city safe for everyone

Agree, surprised this happened there. A block up from the park is still pretty much the demarcation line for safe an unsafe imho. We need a transit line on fayette to improve quality of life in east Baltimore.

Honestly it infuriates me to hear friends and others say stuff like, "It's not that bad." I get not wanting to hear your home's name get dragged through the mud but stories like this are FAR TOO COMMON. The state of the city is horrifying.

Thank you for sharing your words with us. I'm so sorry for what you and your loved ones are experiencing. I am not eloquent enough to provide anything more than witness to your unimaginable pain. You will feel better again some day, but maybe not today. <3

This is obviously a horrible story and I feel awful for the victim and family. However, this story should not be filed under the "Baltimore is getting so much worse" BS. Patterson Park, and the area surrounding PP, is immensely safer now than it was 5 years ago, and especially 10-15 years ago. There was a time in the recent past that people would avoid the Park because of muggings, gang activity, and prostitution. It's not perfect now, but man, it's a lot better than it was. Even during the Shelia Dixon reign, when Baltimore had a hundred less murders than now, Patterson Park was a lot more dicey. Yes, random violence can and obviously does happen, but to anyone paying attention, PP is great and getting greater.

Ah yes the great investigative journalist Arch Mckown.

2008 until like 2015 was very different than now. Dixon years and beginning of SRB before she fucked it up.

You should write poetry. This is a beautiful piece of art displaying great pain. -I’m sick of hearing and/or seeing on the news the senseless killing & bullying of innocent people. From the inner City of Baltimore, across all states, in every hood, why the fxxx do people glorify harming people just for clout!? That could’ve been there own brother, sister, or even little cousin if things were different.

Maybe you're mislabeling it. I see a bunch of people talking about cesspools. Maybe that's what they were responding to instead of a puddle. 🤔

I've never been banned. Meanwhile, trolling is actually against this sub's rules. So keep on deflecting and projecting. Sad that you're the absolute height of the anti-cop crowds.

Didn’t say that it was. I did not have access to that detail. I was simply providing some information about why describing his clothing might not have been enough. All of which you’d know if you paid attention to the meaning of my comment.

Isn't it against Reddit rules to change accounts to get around bans? What is it about cops that makes them have so many issues obeying rules?