Baltimore Businesses Threaten To Withhold Taxes Over Crime, Police Response
LAPPL News Watch
June 11, 2021
More
than 30 business and restaurant owners in the Fells Point neighborhood
of Baltimore are threatening to withhold taxes if city leaders do not
address crime, trash and other issues they say are plaguing the
waterfront neighborhood.
The group sent a letter to Baltimore officials
Tuesday — two days after three people were shot in the popular and
historic nightlife destination early Sunday morning — complaining about
blatant drug sales, public drinking and other problems they say are
happening in plain sight while police are handcuffed from enforcing the
law.
The letter bemoans a “culture of lawlessness” that allows the " the
kinds of violence and tragedy we witnessed (over the weekend),”
the Baltimore Sun reports.
The letter is a sharp response not only to
the violence of the weekend, but also to the policies of State’s
Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who earlier this year announced that she will no
longer prosecute a host of crimes, including drug possession, public
drinking and urination, and trespassing, among others.
It also comes as
the police department faces mounting questions from residents about its
strategies to quell violence as homicides and non-fatal shootings remain
at high levels.
2 comments:
Bus in social workers. Let the experiment begin!
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