Signs of Decay
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7/29/2007
I love Baltimore with all my heart and it will always be my home, but there comes a time when people need to open their eyes to the truth. I have since moved from Baltimore for just over a year and did not go back until 48 weeks after I left. I always knew Baltimore had its' problems with crime, but it became more evident when I started seeing construction sites with the generators hanging from cranes. I asked a friend who is in construction why they did that and his explanation was this, "We do it because, the drug addicts keep stealing them and selling them for drug money. At around $10k to $20k per generator, we can't afford to keep losing them." Baltimore has become a haven for drug addicts and drug dealers. The "Stop Snitching" shirts started there. People took it as a novelty in other cities without really knowing what it was about. That whole campaign was to advise anyone who snitched on the drug dealers and/or anyone else dealing in criminal activity would be dealt with in a swift and usually fatal way. Baltimore also made the limelight of national media when the story of a mother who was trying to stop the drug dealers from selling drugs and sitting on her front steps while selling it had her home fire bombed because she "snitched" on them. Unfortunately, she and her children had to pay the cost for standing up what is right. It was said that prior to the Battle of 1812 when the King of England decided that he wanted the U.S. back as its' territory, he said he didn't want to start the war in Baltimore. He said it was "the land of pirates and thieves". Has it changed any over those almost 200 years, definitely not.
Michael | Arlington, TX