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I went to the east coast for the cyber boom and ended up doing IT contracting for the City of Baltimore school system. I saw a large amount of the schools and i

I went to the east coast for the cyber boom and ended up doing IT contracting for the City of Baltimore school system. I saw a large amount of the schools and it was one of the most eye-opening and saddening experiences I've ever had... and I'm an Iraq war vet. So don't discount your experience there. Baltimore is not normal. Coming from Texas where at least I can concealed carry I had a couple of really fucking hairy incidents that really bugged me that I had no way to defend myself. I wouldn't live there if you payed me, and certainly never with a family. Side note, did you hear about the cop who was going to testify against the PD and ended up dead? The PD there is corrupt as fuck.

revelation 9y ago
There is currently an ongoing court case against a particularly corrupt Baltimore Police unit: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-gttf-day-two-20180125-story,amp.html http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-gtt... Among other things, they would carry BB guns to plant if they happened to shoot someone.
prklmn 9y ago
This was quite eye-opening for me: Video Appears to Show Baltimore Police Officer Planting Drugs https://nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/baltimore-police-video-drugs.html?referer=https://duckduckgo.com/ https://nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/baltimore-police-video-dru...
- srtjstjsj 9y ago
  http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-body-camera-tampering-20180124-story.html http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-bod... > The fabricating-evidence charge is a misdemeanor, which carries a maximum penalty of three years’ imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. Misconduct in office is a common-law offense, which means that the court is free to impose any penalty that does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. > Prosecutors said the video prompted them to drop more than 110 cases involving the three officers in the video from Pinheiro’s camera. That's 110 people who either were innocent and terrorized by the police, or were guilty and escaped justice due to police incompetency. Either way, not a good look. Prosecutor in this case the same State's Attorney Mosby who tried (and failed miserably) the Freddie Gray manslaughter/murder case.
  - DoofusOfDeath 9y ago
    >That's 110 people who either were innocent and terrorized by the police, or were guilty and escaped justice due to police incompetency. Either way, not a good look. To play devil's advocate: If you're going to reason that way, you should also consider the number of actual criminals who were punished only because of planted evidence. I'm not advocating corruption - I still think it probably warrants the death penalty due to its cancerous and widespread impact on innocent people.
    - bdhess 9y ago
      No, because it's a decided question. As a society, we've already chosen that we'd rather see a perpetrator walk free than imprisoned without proper evidence. We shouldn't have to revisit that decision on the merits just because some police officer who disagrees with it unilaterally breached the social contract. We should just punish him. Severely.
      - DoofusOfDeath 9y ago
        > No, because it's a decided question. It sounds like you're suggesting that ethical reasoning done by previous generations is somehow binding on future debates, almost like some form of case law. > As a society, we've already chosen that we'd rather see a perpetrator walk free than imprisoned without proper evidence. I wonder if you're failing to make a distinction between what people will say in public vs. their private thoughts on the matter.

revelation 9y ago

There is currently an ongoing court case against a particularly corrupt Baltimore Police unit: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-gttf-day-two-20180125-story,amp.html http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-gtt... Among other things, they would carry BB guns to plant if they happened to shoot someone.

prklmn 9y ago

This was quite eye-opening for me: Video Appears to Show Baltimore Police Officer Planting Drugs https://nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/baltimore-police-video-drugs.html?referer=https://duckduckgo.com/ https://nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/baltimore-police-video-dru...

srtjstjsj 9y ago
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-body-camera-tampering-20180124-story.html http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-bod... > The fabricating-evidence charge is a misdemeanor, which carries a maximum penalty of three years’ imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. Misconduct in office is a common-law offense, which means that the court is free to impose any penalty that does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. > Prosecutors said the video prompted them to drop more than 110 cases involving the three officers in the video from Pinheiro’s camera. That's 110 people who either were innocent and terrorized by the police, or were guilty and escaped justice due to police incompetency. Either way, not a good look. Prosecutor in this case the same State's Attorney Mosby who tried (and failed miserably) the Freddie Gray manslaughter/murder case.
- DoofusOfDeath 9y ago
  >That's 110 people who either were innocent and terrorized by the police, or were guilty and escaped justice due to police incompetency. Either way, not a good look. To play devil's advocate: If you're going to reason that way, you should also consider the number of actual criminals who were punished only because of planted evidence. I'm not advocating corruption - I still think it probably warrants the death penalty due to its cancerous and widespread impact on innocent people.
  - bdhess 9y ago
    No, because it's a decided question. As a society, we've already chosen that we'd rather see a perpetrator walk free than imprisoned without proper evidence. We shouldn't have to revisit that decision on the merits just because some police officer who disagrees with it unilaterally breached the social contract. We should just punish him. Severely.
    - DoofusOfDeath 9y ago
      > No, because it's a decided question. It sounds like you're suggesting that ethical reasoning done by previous generations is somehow binding on future debates, almost like some form of case law. > As a society, we've already chosen that we'd rather see a perpetrator walk free than imprisoned without proper evidence. I wonder if you're failing to make a distinction between what people will say in public vs. their private thoughts on the matter.