Detroit's bankrupt, Baltimore City Councilman Bobby Curran's bankrupt. Who's next, Baltimore City?

Can A Bankrupt Councilman Be Trusted By A City Facing Fiscal Woes?

Filed by A.F. James MacArthur Ph.A.L.

Agitator-In-Chief

@BaltoSpectator

For the 1.21 to 1.25 million Americans who will file for bankruptcy this year, the move represents a low point in their lives. 

The reasons for filing are as varied as fingerprints; loss of income due to unemployment, unexpected disability and other health issues, and often just poor money management. In this era of frequent downsizing, layoffs, and company closings, there are many Americans seriously hurting.

When a gainfully employed, 18 year Baltimore City Council veteran, -- part of a political family dynasty -- files for bankruptcy, should the public be concerned? Or is it just a personal matter that ought to remain private?

Detroit Does It Again -- Cops Pretending To Be Cops Caught Committing Crime

Like their city, The Detroit Police Dept. is 

falling apart.

Over Aggressive Criminal Cops And A Dying Decaying City Go Hand In Hand

A.F. James MacArthur Ph.A.L.

Agitator-In-Chief

@BaltoSpectator

When a city goes downhill,  morale plummets and it shows in many ways.

In the latest bit of bizarre criminal corruption coming out of Detroit, we learn of two police sergeants who went around posing as pretend cops beating and robbing people.  One of the the two unidentified cops had 20 years on the job. We have to wonder how much of this supervisors moral defect was passed along to his subordinates during that time.

"Using a police officer’s badge and gun to commit crime is a particularly egregious threat to the community" Timothy Groh, FBI Special Agent 

Of course, this isn't the first time two Detroit Police officers were busted for pulling people over and robbing them. Maybe the sergeants learned from these two guys.

Greg Bernstein To Blame For Increased Homicides

Famed creator of The Wire tackles the issue of Baltimore's skyrocketing wave of violence. In a very well laid out, factual presentation, he makes his case that a weak prosecutor is partly responsible for murder rate increase.

Read: Chickens, coming home by David Simon

Be sure to check out some of the dozens of comments beneath the piece. Simon takes time to respond to many of them. Below is a sample of the kind of detailed analysis found in among reader comments.


CHAM GREENsays:

July 3, 2013 at 8:17 pm

1) Baltimore Police Department homicide clearance stats are deceptive. The FBI allows homicide detectives to question the colleagues of homicide victims to find out whether a deceased victim may have killed somebody previously. If a colleague claims that the recent victim had killed a previous victim, then the police are allowed to close a previous case with that information, even though there is very little corroborative evidence other than what a colleague divulges. Using the rules of the Uniform Crime Report, this shifty case closure method is acceptable, however, morally ethically and maybe legally this type of case closing doesn’t hold water. The Baltimore Police Department uses this clearance method in a good number of homicide cases, in reality that haven’t closed any of them.

2) +9% is a sky-rocketing homicide rate, especially since every other major American city has a decreasing homicide rate including Detroit.

3) Zero tolerance was very much about locking as many citizens up as possible. IN 2007 Baltimore City had 110, 000 arrests, that would be one arrest for nearly every 6 people who call this city their home. Between 2003 and 2007 Baltimore Police routinely made arrests for loitering, littering, use of vulgar language, open containers, drunk and disorderly, riding a bicycle on a public sidewalk and riding a bicycle without a headlamp (For fun and laughs, go check out the arrest history of BPD Officer Richard Cimini out of Western District, he had a thing about bicycles without headlamps, 100s of them). Clarence Darrow isn’t just wrong on Zero Tolerance, he’s a blatant liar.

4) Crime reporting does deter crime. Crime reporters report crime and how the criminal justice system is a self-generating industry that pleases those that earn their salaries, pensions and benefits from it. The voters realized they are getting snowed by the system and vote the top guy out. A new person gets elected to implement better systems that deter crime. Clarence Darrow should be concerned.

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GOODBYE GODBEE! Detroit Police Chief Out After Sex Scandal - 2nd Chief Scandal In A Row!

Apparently Chief Godbee was known to pack a large weapon.

Ralph Godbee Jr. stepped down as Detroit's police chief Monday after a sex scandal involving his relationship with an employee in the department's internal-affairs unit.

At a news conference, Mayor Dave Bing announced that Godbee, who had been under suspension in connection with the scandal, had decided to retire immediately. Godbee has been in the job since 2010, replacing former chief Warren Evans, who was forced out in part because of a sex scandal.

It should be noted, both Godbee and the former chief had sexual affairs with the same female police subordinate.  Her self-admitted intention was to sleep her way to the top, and both men were more than eager to oblige.

By the way, Godbee is married, a father, and yes, an ordained minister.

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Cop says she has proof she traded sex with Detroit Police Chief Godbee for promotion

Actual pic posted to twitter by police chief paramour

With scandal after scandal, the hits just keep on uh, coming as the Detroit Police are rocked with ANOTHER sex scandal. Detroit. One of the police prostitutes says she has proof she traded sex with Detroit Police Chief Godbee for promotion: "I kept that condom,"

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Enter At Your Own Risk: Police Union Says ‘War-Like’ Detroit Is Unsafe For Visitors

Detroit just seem like they can't catch a break. It's honestly going from pretty bad, to much more worse there. Enter At Your Own Risk: Police Union Says ‘War-Like’ Detroit Is Unsafe For Visitors 


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