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Avocadofarmer32 OP t1_j9aogjv wrote

Sorry for the bad photo! My hand was a shaky mess. Luckily I was able to get his license plate & give to the cops. They put a bolo but I’d say there’s a snowballs chance in hell that anything will be done.

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maudlinmary t1_j9aoyle wrote

I’m sorry this happened to you!! That’s on my morning commute route and people are absolutely nuts heading out of the city. I thought I’d seen it all, but not this. Take some time to be kind to yourself and emotionally recover today, that’s really scary. :(

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Avocadofarmer32 OP t1_j9apghx wrote

Thank you ❤️ you too! It’s a holiday and there was no traffic today. You’d think people would have been less grouchy, but nope.

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RevolutionaryIce7240 t1_j9b676d wrote

To give you some hope, a similar scenario happened to a friend of mine but he got out & went up to her car with the gun… they caught the guy but she’s in PG.

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Avocadofarmer32 OP t1_j9b9br4 wrote

That is terrifying!! I’m so happy this pos stayed in his car.

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Yo_WhoNeeds2Know t1_j9dmobh wrote

Was just talking about something similar that I saw happen on 301 in PGC. Sitting in slow moving traffic, saw a dude pull to the shoulder, go to his trunk, pull out a shotgun and start walking backwards in traffic. Wasn’t trying to stick around to find out how it went.

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baltimorecalling t1_j9c57zy wrote

I can't imagine being a good photographer in that moment. Glad you're not hurt.

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Gallen570 t1_j9bw2i9 wrote

We all known the cops don't care.

Sorry this happened to you and you're ok.

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Cunninghams_right t1_j9biq2w wrote

remember when candidate-Scott promised more license plate scanners so that we could catch carjackers, shooters, etc.? pepperidge farm remembers....

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bmore t1_j9bklos wrote

They did equip far more city vehicles with them. Getting BPD to do anything with that information is another matter.

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Killbot_Wants_Hug t1_j9rli41 wrote

Yeah, I think a lot of Baltimore's crime problem come from lack of police enforcement.

A guy I knew had his OneWheel taken at gun point. He contacted the police but they basically did nothing. One of the girls in our group did a bunch of research, finds the guy selling it on Facebook market place, gets his name and his address, finds the crime camera that would have video of it. They get the footage from the police with this info, it's apparently all recorded.

The guy has warrants for shooting someone. So now they have video taped evidence, a witness, they already knew his address, they even have contact information and a reason to get him to meet up.

They never arrest him.

When my motorcycle was stolen the cop didn't file the police report for like 3 months (which delays insurance payout), and even when he did he never had the vin added to the stolen vehicle registry. So even if someone got caught with the bike they wouldn't know it was stolen.

Police in Baltimore don't do their jobs. And these aren't even the only stories I know about of Baltimore cops just not doing what they're supposed to.

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Cunninghams_right t1_j9h29b2 wrote

how many city vehicles? which city vehicles? are the city vehicles patrolling a set pattern? putting them on city vehicles is great for finding abandoned stolen vehicles, but you need a defined pattern in order to catch someone like shown above.

but I agree that is only one piece of the puzzle, you also have to get the police to take action.

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