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A sad fact about Baltimore police officers

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December 2, 8:23 AM

by Adam Meister, Baltimore Politics Examiner

Last night I was speaking with a veteran Baltimore police officer. Baltimore residents often wonder why some police officers seem to be so friendly with some drug dealers. There have been instances where residents of my neighborhood have witnessed officers joking around with known drug dealers. The officer I spoke to last night told me that in the central district they tried to hire city residents as officers. In order to hire city residents they had to lower standards and thus they let in some characters with less than stellar backgrounds. Some of these individuals grew up with the drug dealers and remain friends with them.

The policy of hiring officers from the community sounds great in theory and in campaign speeches, but in practice it can be very dangerous and lead to corruption of the police force if standards are lowered just to maintain a hiring quota of city residents.

For more info: Would you hire this man?

Topics: drugs , police

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A sad trip back to my 92Q article

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November 25, 5:08 PM

Yesterday when I was about to pick up my trash can in the alley behind my house I saw something that made me flashback to the 92Q piece I wrote last week. I saw a kid who was at most ten years old walking quickly down the alley. He would randomly stop... Read More
Topics: drugs , Reservoir Hill , 92Q

92Q promotes Baltimore drug culture

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November 18, 4:31 PM

Last night I was driving in my car at 9:05PM. I was looking for music on the radio and I stumbled upon 92Q FM. The DJ was yelling about the "Hooligan Express". This apparently was the name of the segment or show that I had stumbled upon.... Read More
Topics: drugs , Reservoir Hill , 92Q

Pigtown activists want violent threats punished

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November 10, 8:14 AM

Today the Baltimore Examiner covered the Pigtown situation that I have been mentioning here for months. You can read what Luke Broadwater wrote in the paper here. It is great that this story finally made it into a regular print publication. My favorite... Read More
Topics: drugs , pigtown

Stripper stabs another stripper to death near the Block

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November 7, 8:05 AM

This morning around 2:30 AM a stripper stabbed another stripper to death in front of the Glass Slipper (a bar/strip joint) located on a street perpendicular to the Block. Apparently the strippers were arguing over money. Will this just be another Baltimore... Read More
Topics: crime , drugs , The Block

Jemini Jones: Would you hire this man?

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October 30, 10:41 AM

Luke Broadwater wrote an excellent article in the Baltimore Examiner last week about former cop Jemini Jones. I have not heard much talk about it so I want to encourage all of you to read it and I want to discuss it here. Jemini Jones was a policeman... Read More
Topics: crime , drugs , police , Baltimore City , Jemini Jones

More mayhem in Pigtown courtesy of Jessamy and company

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October 26, 11:49 PM

My source in Pigtown has sent me some more of his findings. The following is a description of the real Baltimore that our politicians (especially Pat Jessamy) do not want you to know about. Shocking stuff: "City Court Allows Gun Carrying... Read More
Topics: crime , drugs , police , Patricia Jessamy , State's Attorney , pigtown , Dan Cosgrove

Exclusive: City courts unleash drug dealers on Pigtown

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October 23, 9:26 PM

I received the following information from a source living in Pigtown. Read it here before anywhere else:"On 02/27/2006 a Baltimore City Court found, Anthony Banks DOB: 07/20/1988, guilty of seven (7) charges related to drug dealing, case 205229014.... Read More
Topics: crime , drugs , pigtown , Dan Cosgrove

Baltimore Needs To Worry About Real Issues Not The NBA

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July 6, 9:22 AM

In today's Baltimore Sun David Steele writes about how Baltimore needs a brand new full size arena so we we can have a shot at acquiring an NBA team. I have no idea where David Steele lives but I bet it is not in the city of Baltimore proper. ... Read More
Topics: drugs , NBA

Update On Shutting Down A Nuisance Liquor Establishment

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April 29, 5:07 PM

Linden Bar and Liquors at the corner of North Avenue and Linden Avenue in Reservoir Hill has been a blight on the community for over 30 years. On April 17, 2008 after a two hour hearing the liquor board did not renew the license for this establishment. ... Read More
Topics: drugs , liquor stores