WSJ Baltimore Op-Ed

Robertjeter · Feb 9, 2020

Some great quotes in this one.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-w...4 [\URL] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dreago · Feb 9, 2020

Couldn't read whole thing without a subscription.

chuck · Feb 9, 2020

Dreago said:
Couldn't read whole thing without a subscription.

Edit: Try googling the link, then trying to read it.

Jake4U · Feb 9, 2020

chuck said:
Edit: Try googling the link, then trying to read it.

I was able to read it after a Yahoo search. Typed in the name of the article and went from there.

Of course the author left out Maryland's "if it pleases the crown" approach to CCW.

danb · Feb 9, 2020

Try this link:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-wi...69dbe4275a1b139b4&reflink=article_email_share

Baltimore is a national embarassment

None of the largest 50 American cities approaches Baltimore’s per capita death toll. It rivals Third World metropolises that are plagued—like Baltimore—by gang wars, corrupt politicians and outmatched law-enforcement agencies.

Baltimore’s police have proven themselves to be corrupt, brutal and inept. Last year prosecutors revealed that an elite gun-crime task force was essentially acting as a rogue criminal enterprise. Hundreds of criminal cases have been compromised because of bad behavior on the part of police. As a result, dozens of dangerous criminals will be back on the streets of Baltimore much sooner than anticipated.

Even in cases in which police do make an arrest, their hard work often goes to waste. Despite a soaring homicide rate during her tenure, the State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has put fewer killers behind bars annually than her predecessor. Between 2015 and 2018, fewer than 1 in 6 charged murderers in Baltimore earned a prison sentence. Ms. Mosby has lost or dropped 43% of her homicide cases. Most urban prosecutors win 70% of their cases. Worse, Ms. Mosby has allowed 76 convicted killers to accept probation and return to Baltimore’s streets.

Baltimore’s violent-crime epidemic isn’t its only problem. The city suffers from large numbers of vacant houses, massive population flight and economic decline. Less than 15% of its students are proficient in math or English, and City Hall is blighted by official corruption. The highest levels of city government in Baltimore feel like a game of musical chairs in which the losers gets their houses raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

While Baltimore is a national embarrassment, Annapolis is busy twiddling its thumbs by criminalizing things that are not even remotely factors in Baltimore murders, like rifles

Bloomberg gave over a billion dollars to Johns Hopkins. What has that money done for Baltimore? The year after Bloomberg lobbyists helped pass the HQL, murder soared 35%

I mean if he can not renew a city in his backyard, what does that say about his platform for urban renewal?

Robertjeter · Feb 9, 2020

The musical chairs quote was my favorite.

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Kicken Wing · Feb 9, 2020

Thanks for sharing. As much as I hate to do it, I might have to subscribe to the lefty Sun or WSJ. They present good talking points that can work in our favor.

Robertjeter · Feb 9, 2020

Kicken Wing said:
Thanks for sharing. As much as I hate to do it, I might have to subscribe to the lefty Sun or WSJ. They present good talking points that can work in our favor.

The WSJ’s op-eds will maintain your faith in humanity. Best newspaper, hands-down.

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danb · Feb 9, 2020

WSJ is not lefty!

Allen65 · Feb 9, 2020

danb said:
WSJ is not lefty!

Relative to some MDSers, it's the Communist Manifesto.

But, yeah, its a rare voice of reason in the commercial media progressive snowflake hyperbole storm.

Kicken Wing · Feb 11, 2020

All of that said, I may have to go with the WSJ. I was not aware of their track record. I was particularly looking at the Sun because it is local and it prints articles that can be easily rebutted. Some of the Suns articles have stirred up rebuttals in my head. Possibly good to use in Annapolis and when talking to my reps.

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