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Newsbrief:
Baltimore
Killings
Bring
More
of
the
Same
Old
Policies
10/25/02
The horrific murders of a
Baltimore couple and their five children, allegedly by drug sellers angered
by their attempts to curb the street-corner traffic, have shocked the conscience
of Charm City, but have failed to shock city and state officials into trying
anything different. Anti-drug crusader Angela Dawson, her husband
Carnell, and their five children died in house fire allegedly set by a
neighborhood drug dealer on October 15.
While city officials, law
enforcement leaders and neighborhood activists traded barbs and called
for more, more, more drug war, no one was calling for a new approach in
a city where an estimated 10% of the population is strung out on heroin
or other opiates.
Instead, Mayor Martin O'Malley
announced that the killings had energized government officials to pursue
their repressive policies even further. The state of Maryland will
provide 150 state troopers to patrol city streets and will hire an additional
75 parole officers, O'Malley said at a Tuesday news conference. The
state will also provide additional jail space. These measures come
on top of the $2 million the city spent on an anti-drug campaign that began
six months ago.
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Issue #260, 10/25/02
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