A new deputy police commissioner in Baltimore got a firsthand lesson in the city’s crime problems — getting robbed at gunpoint while out with his wife, according to reports.
Deputy Commissioner Daniel Murphy had only started with the force in April after being brought in from New Orleans to help lead sweeping reforms, according to the Baltimore Sun.
He was robbed at 9 p.m. Friday by four men in a white SUV near Patterson Park, according to the Sun.
[WHITE SUV IS A DICK]
wo of the men, said to be about 18, jumped out and approached Murphy and his wife, showing a gun during the holdup, police said in a release.
They fled with multiple cellphones, the officer’s wallet and his wife’s purse as well as some cash, the reports state. No one was injured, police say.
Murphy was one of the first top deputies hired earlier this year by new Commissioner Michael Harrison after they worked together in New Orleans, according to the Sun.
He was sure that Baltimore would be like the Big Easy, he told the paper after starting his new gig in April.
“Obviously, every community, every police department is unique, but the success we had in New Orleans is directly transferable to here and we will modify it as necessary,” he said.
The robbery came just a month after the department launched a new “crime reduction strategy” that it said would “reduce the victimization and fear of victimization of violent crime in Baltimore City.”
There have been 185 homicides in the city so far this year, with 166 from shootings, according to the Sun, with only St. Louis having more murders per 100,000 people, according to a Pew Research Center study based on 2017 figures.
das racist is a p dope rap group
I know it is a joke but the dude jumps on pretty much anything that might sound good about him from whomever so it isn't out of the realm of possibility.I am sure you thinking that keeps the president up at night
Ten members and associates of the Proud Boys, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has called a “hate group,” were arrested as a result of the altercation. And this week, two are going to trial in what appears to be the first time members of the group, which have clashed with left-wing opponents in other parts of the country, will appear before a jury to face charges stemming from an attack.
Jurors, however, are unlikely to hear from any of those who were beaten.
The four victims have not cooperated with the authorities, who do not even know their names. They are identified in an indictment only as Shaved Head, Ponytail, Khaki and Spiky Belt.
Far-Right Proud Boys Go on Trial, but Anti-Fascists Are Boycotting - The New York Times
justice those poor masked black bloc antifa, despite their no sho, innocents so brutally attacked (FOR NO REASON) by the proud boys
JUSTICE FOR SPIKY BELT
The racist card is worn out. It's why no one could say anything bad about Obama.
Everything Trump has been saying is TRUE. DC is a rat infested mess (literally), that's not racist.
It's a combination of using the race card to say someone isn't politically correct. Too bad when it's the truth.
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