Baltimore City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young wants to impose higher fines to curb rude and obnoxious -- and illegal -- behavior outside of bars. This partly in response to complaints from people in neighborhoods upset by rowdy behavior from drunks in and around bars.
Last summer, city cops were busy with fights, robberies and shootings blamed in part on emptying nightclubs and some gans at the Inner Harbor and further north in Mid-Town Belvedere. Friday night, reporters Justin Fenton and Julie Scharper toured Federal Hill near the 2 a.m. bar closing time and witnessed a fight and one case even got mooned (the video was taken by Justin).
Here is a summary of what the council president plans to introduce at tonight's council meeting: