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Re: My Home Town -- A Person Murdered Every 29 Hours

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From: theodoric3
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:41
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On Jun 11, 1:06 pm, retired10ye...@home.net (Way Back Jack) wrote:
> #2 in the country in violent crime.  Population: 2/3 black; 1/3 white.
> 99-100% of the murders are committed by _________ .  (Take a guess.)
>
> _______________
>
> Baltimore Leaders Demand Ceasefire
>
> (BWAHAHAHA!  Yeah, demand a ceasefire; that'll do the trick.)
>
> by Peggy Lee
>
> (WJZ) BALTIMORE Crime in Baltimore is grabbing the attention of the
> FBI, who recently ranked the city as second most violent in the
> country.
>
> Peggy Lee joined city leaders at a forum as they called for action.
>
> The FBI says gun violence in Baltimore is up 35% and averaged a person
> is murdered every 29 hours. The FBI ranked the city the second most
> violent in the nation.
>
> The same day those alarming numbers were released, two innocent people
> fell victim to gunfire. Four-year-old Donte Lee caught a stray bullet
>
> shot during a fight at the Dutch Village Condominiums. He survived,
> but police say 13 children were killed by violence this year. Hours
> later, cab driver Ghulam Mustafa was shot while driving through
> Charles Village. Police suspect road rage and the search for the
> shooter is on.
>
> With 133 murders this year, police say that's 18 more than this time
> last year. On Saturday, city leaders demanded everyone lay down their
> guns.
>
> Minister Sean Fields hosted a ceasefire forum and, joined by Mayor
> Sheila Dixon, reached out to the people.
>
> "It's going to take all of us to work in partnership to really
> eliminate crime and I encourage the members of that church to work
> with us, to get out in the community," Dixon said.
>
> At the forum, talk was about alternatives to crime by helping people
> get their GEDs or teaching them a trade or skill.
>
> You can find Minister Fields and those services at the Gospel
> Tabernacle Baptist Church on Walbrook Avenue.


A negro infested dungheap.

greg
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