Street Life at Night as Seen by Baltimore’s Police Officers

Published on May 15, 2024

It is an unusually quiet night on the streets of Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood—but one that still has its share of surprises and shocks, including an attempted robbery of a 71-year-old lady. Midnight on April 8 has long gone and outside The Point In Fells bar an unstable and inebriated 25-year-old black male threatens a Baltimore Police officer. “I’m going to light this [expletive] up,” he shouts. An unsurprised police officer says: “That’s Baltimore” as at one moment it can be peaceful and the next it is not, suggesting that not much has changed regarding public safety in the city....

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