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Title: Number of arrests in Baltimore plunge as violence rises
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URL Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32889836
Published: May 26, 2015
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2015-05-26 21:04:34 by out damned spot
Keywords: Baltimore, homicides
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The number of arrests made by The number of arrests made by Baltimore police in May has plummeted as shootings and homicides have dramatically increased. Data from the US city shows that officers are making about 45% fewer arrests than comparable times in previous years. Meanwhile, local media have reported that May has turned out to be the deadliest month in the city since 1999. police in May has plummeted as shootings and homicides have dramatically increased. Data from the US city shows that officers are making about 45% fewer arrests than comparable times in previous years. Meanwhile, local media have reported that May has turned out to be the deadliest month in the city since 1999. The police department has not explained the decline in arrests. It has been under scrutiny since the death of Freddie Gray in April set off weeks of protests and unrest. Two homicides on Monday brought the total number of killings for the month to 35, and 108 for the year, according to the Baltimore Sun newspaper. Arrest data made public by the city government and reviewed by the BBC showed that Baltimore police made 791 arrests from 1 May to 16 May - the most recent data available. This marks a decline of over 55% from the same periods in 2013 and 2014. Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts has said in media interviews that a work slowdown by officers was not behind the decline in arrests. New York City saw a drop in arrests in late 2014 after a man targeted and killed two officers in their patrol car. Although the police union denied an organised effort, those declines were largely attributed to a work slowdown by rank-and-file officers. Mr Batts has also said large numbers of protesters and other observers has made it difficult for officers to conduct routine police work. Gray, 25, suffered a severe spinal cord injury in police custody and died a week later. During the incident, Gray repeatedly asked for medical assistance but was denied. His death sparked weeks of protests and later riots and looting in Baltimore. Government officials imposed a mandatory curfew and dispatched the national guard in an effort to restore order. Six police officers involved in Gray's arrest have been charged in his death.
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The Obama Crime Wave: • The deadliest month Baltimore has seen in more than 15 years, with almost 30 shootings and nine deaths just over the holiday weekend. That makes well over 100 murders this year, compared with 71 at this time last year, the fastest the city has reached 100 homicides since 2007. • Any time Baltimore officers respond to calls on the city's west side, scene of the Freddie Gray riots, as many as 50 people threaten them, Police Chief Anthony Batts says. "We have to send out multiple units just to do basic police work," he said. "It makes it very difficult to follow up on violence that takes place there." • In Melbourne, Fla., likewise, police have reported mobs surrounding and striking cops trying to handcuff suspects in two separate cases in the past two weeks. • A similar spike in violence was reported in Chicago, where 12 people were killed and at least 44 — including a 4-year-old girl — wounded in mostly gang- related shootings over the Memorial Day weekend. • In Manhattan, 16 people have been murdered this year, a 45% jump over the same period last year, while the number of shooting victims nearly doubled, from 33 to 61. That doesn't include a rash of Central Park muggings, subway assaults and vandalism. • In the nation's capital, the so-called "D.C. Mansion Murders" have gripped the city, which is suffering a similar surge in homicides. V In Omaha, Neb., a white female police officer was shot and killed by a black gang member as she tried to serve him a felony arrest warrant. • A New Orleans housing authority cop, also white, was gunned down as he sat in his patrol car — the first on-duty death in the department's history. • In Rio Rancho, N.M., another white police officer was gunned down after pulling over a gang member during a traffic stop — the first officer shot and killed in the line of duty in the department's 34-year history.
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