Baltimore's mayor urges residents to stop shooting each other because hospitals need beds for coronavirus patients...

[posty 2,296]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/baltimores-mayor-urges-residents-stop-172222256.html

Baltimore Mayor Jack Young urged residents this week to stop shootings and violent crimes because medical resources will be needed to treat coronavirus patients.

Young decried recent episodes of shootings and other violence as the city as coronavirus cases tick upward

As of Friday, Baltimore had 11 coronavirus cases, and Maryland officials reported 149 across the state. 

"I want to reiterate how completely unacceptable the level of violence is that we have seen recently," Young told reporters in a press conference, according to CBS Baltimore.

He continued: "We cannot clog up our hospitals and their beds with people that are being shot senselessly because we're going to need those beds for people infected with the coronavirus. And it could be your mother, your grandmother, or one of your relatives. So take that into consideration."

Baltimore officials have struggled to respond to both the coronavirus and recent violent crimes, including one mass shooting Tuesday evening that injured seven people.

At the same time, the city's police department is trying not to increase the jail population out of fear that an outbreak could spread through facilities and sicken both inmates and staff.

The Baltimore Police Department told its officers Thursday to use discretion when it came to low-level arrests, and prosecutors announced the day before they would not pursue cases involving drug possession, prostitution, trespassing, minor traffic offenses, and public urination.

"An outbreak in prison or jails could potentially be catastrophic," Marilyn Mosby, the city's chief public defender, said. "Now is not the time for a piecemeal approach where we go into court and argue one by one for the release of at-risk individuals."

[JustinCharge 2,397]

Gun violence among inner city youth is acceptable.  This is because they vote democrat.  The goal is to shame republicans.  Rural people vote republican, so gun law is crafted to shame them and take their guns away.  So gun crime news and laws focus on areas where white people are most likely to shoot people.  Its not about saving lives.  Its about winning elections.

So, a mass shooting in the urban areas where 7 die is mention several paragraphs down.  No big deal.  Doesn't fit the agenda.

[kutulu 1,542]

Or he could urge them to be better shots

[Utilit99 4,099]

Did he give them a date as to when they should start the violence back up?

[TBayXXXVII 2,106]

Did CNN or MSNBC come out and criticize Trump and his racist supporters for causing these shootings?

[5-Points 2,716]

That's it, appeal to their humanity. There will never be another shooting in Baltimore now.  

 

 

[NorthernVike 2,079]

Quit treating gang members or their families.   Problem solved.

 

And if you ask how can you tell?  Anyone with a hole in them gets sent home.

[DonS 3,063]

4 minutes ago, NorthernVike said:

Quit treating gang members or their families.   Problem solved.

 

And if you ask how can you tell?  Anyone with a hole in them gets sent home.

That should make triage easy peasy.  Thug life homies that are bleeding?  Fock off.  Old man with a cough? Go to the head of the line.