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Race clouds debate over downtown crime
The ongoing debate over youth crime in downtown Baltimore has sparked a war of words over race — overshadowing a debate over the police response to disturbances and objections from city politicians who say the issue is vastly overblown.
Since a...Tags: 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore County, NAACP, Republican Party, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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A 10th floor view of crime
I have been living downtown in the Central Business District for the past six years at one of the nightly hot spots — Saratoga Street and Guilford Avenue. This is the home of the infamous Club One (now a parking, lot after the liquor license was...Tags: Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Witnesses, Prosecution, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs
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Fight crime by helping city neighborhoods
The Sun's recent "Your turn" commentary regarding downtown crime ("A 10th floor view of crime," May 26) speaks the truth. We certainly need more such pieces to properly understand Baltimore's crime problems and to address them. What we are hearing from...Tags: Grand Prix of Baltimore, Inner Harbor
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Crowds flock to Harbor fireworks, area parades
Braving sweltering heat, strident warnings of roving gangs and a killjoy calendar that let the Fourth of July fall midweek, Marylanders and visitors from around the world flocked to the Inner Harbor Wednesday night to catch their share of rockets' red...
Tags: Federal Hill, Baltimore County, Festive Events, Fells Point, Music
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Rodricks: Doubtful Towson mob 'came from Baltimore City'
Jim Brochin, a state senator from Baltimore County, had a letter to the editor published in this newspaper last week. In it, he complained about a lack of facts in my recent column on the mob scene and brawl outside the Recher Theatre in Towson on Sept....
Tags: Baltimore County, Kevin Kamenetz, Towson, Prince George's County, Shootings
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Two workers are assaulted by youths downtown
A group of youths attacked a federal office worker and a BGE employee Thursday morning in downtown Baltimore in random assaults that police said were related. The workers suffered injuries described as minor in the latest in a series of violent incidents...Tags: 1st Mariner Arena, Safety of Citizens, Theft, Harborplace, Juvenile Delinquency
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Towson melee riles McDonoughs
Letter writer Thomas F. McDonough recently called for the firing of someone at The Sun for failing to report that the melee among young people in Towson Circle last week was caused by "marauding bands of black youth" ("Why no mention of race in Towson...Tags: Inner Harbor
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Twitter, Facebook can be powerful law enforcement tools
To head off problems such as the unruly, violent crowds that descended on Towson and downtown Baltimore this year, police departments locally and across the nation are seeking new ways to tap into Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. Baltimore...
Tags: Riots, Public Relations, Laws, Shootings, Twitter, Inc.
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McDonough: Towson melee not the same as Inner Harbor crime
Here we go again. "Clueless Danny" Rodricks is launching another misleading attack ("Refs, retail politics and a quiet delegate," Sept. 27). Mr. Rodricks claims that I have failed to comment on last weekend's incident in Towson. Sun reporter Allison...Tags: Baltimore County, DREAM Act, Kevin Kamenetz, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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St. Patrick's Day attackers plead guilty in videotaped beating
Four young people charged in a videotaped attack on a drunken tourist, who was beaten, robbed and stripped in front of a city courthouse on St. Patrick’s day, pleaded guilty to their roles in the crime Monday, the Baltimore State’s Attorney&...
Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Trials, Lawyers, CNN (tv network)
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Blue Angels add awe to Sailabration festivities
Shrieking children covered their ears and adults flinched as the Blue Angels made a low pass over Fort McHenry, only to stretch their necks and shade their eyes to track the Navy jet fighters as they soared into the sun.
At the Inner Harbor, crowds lined...Tags: Federal Hill, Festive Events, Equestrian, U.S. Navy, Fells Point
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Readers react to St. Patrick's Day violence
Sunday's story on violence at St. Patrick's Day attracted many reactions. Most people writing me emails and in comments at the bottom story said the city had become scary. It's further proof of the uphill battle the city has trying to show improving crime...
Tags: Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Holidays
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