Baltimore Sun: Violent Weekend In Baltimore
How does one protest against operatives who have come from your own community, having been indoctrinated from the prevailing culture within?
At some point when do the adults within take a step back and begin to inspect the concepts that are being communicated amongst the masses within the community and work to implement a set of corrective actions?
A protest march is ill suited. It shows that the community is united against the EXTERNAL force that threatens it. If this force seeks to beat them down - it will have to beat all of them. The community is unified, looking outward to bring this external threat down to size.
When the threat is INTERNAL then there is a "Human Resource Management" problem that must be addressed by those who have control or influence over the said community. Instead of marching against the killer Street Pirates the community must de-program from their present ways, restoring them into upstanding pillars of the community.
As with so many other places the people of the city of Baltimore have to accept that after decades of taking the political route for community development per the "American Political Domain" that their leadership directed them toward for salvation a change is necessary. The bulk of their problem reside from the benign neglect that is suffered in the "Community Cultural Consciousness and Competency Development Domain".
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A man died on the 2100-block of Ramsay Street in Southwest Baltimore after being shot multiple times.
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A rally against violence was held Tuesday at City Hall, where groups gathered to draw attention to Baltimore's recent string of killings.
Ten people have been murdered in Baltimore over the last few days. The latest was a man who was shot to death on Bruce Court around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Mike Hellgren reports nine of the victims were fatally wounded in at least 12 shootings since Friday night. Another person was stabbed Monday night on Truesdale Avenue.
Three people were arrested after a man shot at a police officer on a West Baltimore street Monday night.
"Whatever it's going to take to keep the city safe. We're not going to worry about overtime. We're going to pull out all of our resources to make sure that the city of Baltimore is safe," said Anthony Guglielmi, Baltimore City Police spokesperson.
Police canvassed the scene around Hollins and South Pulaski where two people were killed at a house party. WJZ found both had lengthy criminal records.
The victims were Kelvin Harris' cousins.
"It happens to someone in every family, and it has to stop," said Harris. "People are fed up. People are outraged. A lot of people just don't know what to do. In the communities where they live, they feel like they're going to be retaliated against, so a lot of people keep things suppressed, but it's time to shout it out."
"We look at common associates and prior crimes they may have been involved in, and we work it from that angle," said Major Terry McLarney, Homicide Unit Commander.
That murder was just four blocks away from where 5-year-old Raven Wyatt was shot in the head last year. It's also just around the corner from another murder on Ramsay Street. Investigators confirm there were children in the house at the time.
"This was a bloody weekend in Baltimore, and it's really an opportunity for us to put a call to action out across the city. We can't expect the mayor, we can't expect the police department to do this alone," said Anthony McCarthy, community activist.
"We will be having a very heavy police presence in the city, proactive patrols, some roll call on the streets, as opposed to districts," said Guglielmi.
"We're still considerably down in homicides, but to see this eruption is a little frustrating certainly," said McLarney.
It's all over Baltimore. A man was murdered in Northeast Baltimore Monday morning off Loch Raven Boulevard, leaving neighbors fed up.
But many who spoke to WJZ were too frightened to show their faces.
"Right next door. You know it's insane. I have to catch the bus and wonder am I gonna be shot? Am I gonna be next?" one neighbor said.
"We really need help with these bad guys with guns. Call police; it's going to save a life," said Guglielmi.
"Unfortunately, we've had these weekends before. I can remember weekends with unfortunately more victims than we have right now," McLarney said.
Councilwoman Agnes Welch, who represents Carrollton Ridge where some of the violence occurred, talked to WJZ.
"I think I was surprised," said Welch. "It was such a violent weekend over the holiday, but we're coming together and staying together to see what we can do as a community."
Police have seized more than a dozen illegal guns since Friday.
An anti-violence rally will be held Saturday, June 12 at the Department of Education Headquarters on North and Calvert Ave. The parade will start at noon at HIlton and Milton. Click here for more information.
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