A recent surge in carjackings across Baltimore has highlighted the growing involvement of juveniles in these crimes, prompting calls for stricter penalties. In West Baltimore, four teenagers were involved in a carjacking, police say. The suspects were apprehended the following day, and a gun was found inside the stolen vehicle. According to the Baltimore Police Department, … [Read more...] about FOX45: Juvenile carjackings show a recent uptick, calls for tougher penalties
Police can do better | READER COMMENTARY
I am an ardent supporter of law enforcement, but occasionally it is its own worst enemy. Two recent occasions: You don’t need to shoot 38 times to subdue someone unless you are a very poor marksman (“Baltimore Police release body camera footage of former arabber’s killing,” June 23). Realize, many of those bullets were into a corpse. Secondly, shooting a 70-year-old woman armed … [Read more...] about Police can do better | READER COMMENTARY
An Eye for Art: Mounting medical bills lead to Christian-themed business
Steve and Lisa Abel, who live in Westminster, have a business called Cane & Abel Creations. Steve Abel has been designing T-shirts and other kinds of merchandise for 30 years. He started drawing at a young age — he loved to draw the cartoon character Snoopy. As a student at Woodlawn High School, he was the art director of “Totem,” the yearbook. As part of the sales … [Read more...] about An Eye for Art: Mounting medical bills lead to Christian-themed business
How safe is Baltimore? | READER COMMENTARY
I watched the mayor and the police commissioner in Baltimore claim that the homicide rate in Baltimore is dropping, yet it seems every day in the newspaper I read about shootings in Baltimore that result in people dying (“3 people dead after multiple shootings in Baltimore,” July 3). According to online sources, “Among the 35 or so cities on our list with populations that … [Read more...] about How safe is Baltimore? | READER COMMENTARY
What happened to the Great Society? | READER COMMENTARY
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society included key policies such as federal aid for education, Medicare for older Americans and the Medicaid health program for low-income citizens. These initiatives aimed to improve education and health care access (“Takeaways as Congress sends tax and spending cuts bill to Trump’s desk,” July 3). I hope you remember LBJ and his policies. … [Read more...] about What happened to the Great Society? | READER COMMENTARY