caitlin goldblatt
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☭ she/they, anti-zionist jew, tenants’ rights proselytizer, police scanner enthusiast, bylines elsewhere // opinions my own, etc. etc.
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Sex was created in 1984 by Prince when he released Purple Rain
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Having been in Baltimore during the uprising, I’ve gotta say, fuck CNN from Baltimore to Palestine
CNN’s Sara Sidner is confront by someone in the West Bank, who shouts: “You are genocide supporters! You are not welcome here! Genocide supporters! Fuck CNN!”
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Fox can go fuck itself for lots of reasons, including and especially for inviting commentators to blame the bridge collapse on “open borders” while dive crews are still combing the water for workers who immigrated here and died trying to repair that bridge
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Maryland enacted a statute protecting abortion rights at the state level decades ago. With the leaked news of SCOTUS overturning Roe, please donate to
@BaltimoreFund
to support abortions for folks who will increasingly have to travel here to access their right to healthcare.
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you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me
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I’d usually just reply to
@JoshuaPHilll
but this person’s response had me screaming because that person has apparently never even heard of the U.S.
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Israel “defending itself” by using US tax dollars to fund wiping out the entire population of an open air prison where half of those living there are kids and the median age is 18.
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Saw a group of 3 Baltimore teens w/ a parent kicked out of the Towson mall by security & a cop at 5 today bc “they [didn’t] have enough adults to supervise them”; the dad told me, “We can’t go anywhere the city & I guess no one wants us here, either.”
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Cool how the same people who advocated death for protesters blocking roads in the name of justice for people murdered by police a few years ago are now blocking roads with their cars to protest *checks notes* having to wash their hands
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Someone killed Samantha Woll, the president of Detroit’s only synagogue who worked to build solidarity with Muslim folks. Whether her murderer was anti-Semitic, hated her building community with Muslim people, or had another reason, this is awful. May her memory be a blessing.
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It took 90 mins for anyone at the Oscars to mention Palestine — the first to do so was Jonathan Glazer on his win for The Zone of Interest, in which he explicitly rejected the weaponization of Jewish identity and history in service to the occupation of and genocide in Palestine.
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The acceptance speech about Ukraine got a standing ovation, while the one about Palestine got a smattering of applause.
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I think about this Karl Rove quote from 2002 a whole lot
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Good morning to everyone who made the Cancel Rent & Fuck the Police billboard
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To folks protesting today, tonight, and in the coming days, weeks, and months, some things to keep in mind:
1. Don’t go alone.
2. Write the # for a friend who isn’t going and local bail fund on your body.
3. Disable face/fingerprint/tracking on your tech.
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Baltimore cops shot a man in mental health crisis on July 1st, took over 48 hours to release the names of the 2 cops who put him in ongoing critical condition, haven’t released names of the 6 other cops who were there, & haven’t released the body camera footage; & you’re silent.
Today I issued the following statement on events in Baltimore City. City leaders need to regain control of their own streets and immediately start making them safer.
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I really like this everyone’s sitting out NYE energy tbh
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Solutions to “students failing” might be to “stop grading” and “stop forcing everyone to pretend we haven’t been living in a pandemic for the last year” and “cancelling rent & paying people to stay home so kids aren’t living with the stress of going hungry and/or being evicted.”
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This Memorial Day — and all other days — I’m remembering Aaron Bushnell, who said of this genocide, “This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”
He died in service.
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The mall in Towson has a policy of not letting anyone under 18 in without someone over 18 5-10 p.m. on weekends; walked past more minors than that but only saw Black teens being asked for ID. Not surprised by this racist enforcement, but jfc let teens fucking live.
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Oh yeah, this is totally something a government does when it’s being completely honest
Israeli MP says any photojournalist who took photos or videos of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel will be added to an Israeli elimination list.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
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Honestly so weird for a sports guy to imply that Pride Night is a “day of evil” when it’s like, I’m eating cotton candy and talking about how Cowser has bi wife energy with my friends who were too scared to come last year bc they saw folks online threatening to attack the event??
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Dentists are the final bosses of people you lie to every time you talk to them.
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The country’s hottest state is Maryland. This state has everything: Vaping, schools without heating or air-conditioning, a governor who hates poor people so much he killed a transit project money was already allocated for, a mass reopening despite a rising COVID rate, crabcakes.
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“Rent paid” excuse me, we are in the middle of an unprecedented housing crisis
Checks in pockets. Kids back in school. Americans back at work. Small businesses open. Rent paid. A better night’s sleep. This is the American Rescue Plan.
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Force people to give birth against their will, deny infants formula to survive, and leave children to be massacred at school. If you survive, you can work a job that pays less than the cost of a tank of gas per hour. That’s the United States this nihilistic government offers.
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Given that there’s a parasite in drinking water that could make you shit your pants to completion, couldn’t the texting system the city used to tell us about the youth curfew every night last summer have been used to tell us about this?
JUST IN: Low levels of a microscopic parasite were found during routine testing of Druid Lake Reservoir, the DPW said, meaning the drinking water could sicken some vulnerable populations in parts of Baltimore, Baltimore County and Howard County.
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Cops arrested and attacked Freddie Gray, ultimately breaking his neck, nine years ago today. He died a week later. What those cops did to him was and always will be murder.
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God forbid someone who can afford $1,200 in concert tickets is inconvenienced by the traffic they themselves are part of in a city they don’t even live in
Crowd flowing into the lots now is increasingly angry. “I paid $1200 for these tickets. Shame on Baltimore,” yelled one woman as she hustled across the lot. Her husband stayed with their car in line to park.
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Idk man, maybe building I-83 for the comfort of folks not from Baltimore and displacing Baltimoreans through eminent domain was a bad idea; but you’d rather complain about squeegee kids recognizing that a high traffic area at the end of I-83 is good for business. I see.
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“This protest was useless, all it did was prevent business as usual and anger anyone who’d been ignoring the protest’s cause and get tons of attention and get me to read more about why protesters were doing what they did!”
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cancel rent and pay people to stay home cancel rent and pay people to stay home cancel rent and pay people to stay home cancel rent and pay people to stay home cancel rent and pay people to stay home cancel rent and pay people to stay home cancel rent and pay people to stay home
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Wow just in time for me to think about how How the Grinch Stole Christmas is actually a parable about restorative justice that cops didn’t read
The Grinch 'Arrested' In Western Maryland So State Can Have Merry Christmas
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Baltimore kids have been enduring unspeakable tragedies and being demonized in the wake of those tragedies, and anyone who’s commenting on news about this shooting like, “Baltimore lol,” can go straight to Hell.
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My 70-year-old dad, who’d never been to Camden Yards before tonight, got vertigo in the seats we were in on the upper deck, and the ticketing office immediately gave us lower level seats just past third base at a sold-out game — for free. Go O’s, truly. 🧡
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Stop giving massive tax breaks to companies whose taxes could fund our schools, you wet fucking biscuit
Gov. Hogan Says Baltimore City Schools ‘Must Be Held Accountable’ After Warm Weather Forces Early Dismissal
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Hii 👋🏼 Landlords’ incomes come from tenants, so when landlords talk about their own finances being threatened by progressive policies, they’re really saying those policies would prevent them from passing their costs on to tenants, whose labor real estate exploits by design.
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Majority white publications: If you want to know what black people think so badly, hire them.
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Cops, at least those in Baltimore, often admit they aren’t carrying Narcan. They don’t carry Narcan bc they don’t give a shit about people who use drugs, and they lie about fentanyl exposure bc they don’t want anyone else to administer Narcan to people who are overdosing, either.
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It’s great to see councilmembers coming out in defense of kids seeking refuge from the heat in closed city pools, and it also would’ve been great if they hadn’t approved a nearly $600M police budget while underfunding other city agencies, which ultimately led to pool closures.
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I’ll never forget how CNN played that burning CVS on loop for weeks and diluted the full scope of what was happening here and, even in the middle of a genocide, they still haven’t learned
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Mindhunter is ideal 2019 content bc it’s equal parts cops getting dressed down, hopelessly applying for research grants, a who’s who of serial killers, & also mid-century modern furniture porn
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Not posting video, but re: the
@BaltimorePolice
assault of an older Black woman tonight, she was barefoot in the road, mentally ill, & behaving erratically so *checks notes* a cop punched her out? Goes without saying, but brutality isn’t how to handle a mental health crisis.
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As a member of Baltimore’s “Jewish community” who supports Palestine’s right to defend itself against the fascist Israeli government, I’d discourage the mayor from suggesting his validation of Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians constitutes any solidarity with me.
I, like many mayors across the country, condemn the deadly and horrific attacks on civilians in Israel. Terrorism and violence have no place anywhere in our world. Baltimore will continue to stand with our Jewish community here and across the globe.
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Baltimore’s getting its first mayor in quite some time who isn’t a landlord & honestly I love that for us
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Losing my shit at Arnold Schwarzenegger’s living Dennis Hopper fanfic yes he’s wearing a Terminator t-shirt at home
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Thinking about how Baltimore City’s entire population is roughly 570,000 people
ROME (AP) — UN report says more than 570,000 people in Gaza are now 'starving' due to fallout from war.
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What’s something you’re expected to do at your job that a cop isn’t?
Mine is tell the truth.
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With a few hours left in the day, I’d like to invite all the grown men I’ve mothered to Venmo me
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We’re going to have to fight evictions and other state abuses related to housing on every level. Start talking to your neighbors if you don’t do so already — we’re all going to need each other.
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Not the Orioles showing how easy it is to 1) not be absolute cowards in the face of fascist failsons peddling “groomer” rhetoric and 2) not just pull some rainbow capitalism bullshit for Pride.
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Still baffled by this “avoid large gatherings…jk only if it’s not a school or workplace” messaging
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If I started a company where neighborhoods hired clowns to, in full clown regalia, direct traffic and mock people who were driving badly, that company would make neighborhoods safer than private security companies ever could.
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Remember when
@GovLarryHogan
had the National Guard sitting in Baltimore while protests happened nationwide & his admin, along with Jack Young’s, claimed they were there to “assist with COVID”? Well, where are they now that there’s a vaccine that needs to be rapidly distributed?
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The way Israeli kids get to be “children” while Palestinian kids are called “juveniles” really hits home; as in, Baltimore.
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Hi, it’s me, the Jewish friend this genocidal maniac told you to check in on: I support Palestinian freedom and need you to call for a ceasefire. 🇵🇸
Please listen to me - keep checking in on your Jewish friends.
They are not ok.
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Kelce is personally being an asshole to every Raven at all times and Zay gets flagged for “taunting” — absolute trash
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Hi Capitol Police are surrounding protesters in the Cannon Building rotunda and not letting anyone — incl press — enter the rotunda. They have pushed back the line of protesters and press standing outside the perimeter and are slowly taking people in the rotunda away in zip ties.
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In all-struggles-are-connected news, today SCOTUS will hear Johnson v. Grants Pass, which will decide whether cities are allowed to punish people for things like sleeping outside with a pillow or blanket, even when there are no safe shelter options.
After an announcement that Columbia University will allow students to stay in tents through the week — and after sleeping exposed through rain, wind, and cold temps for two nights — the Gaza Solidarity Encampment rapidly erected several tents even bigger than their first round.
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Re: The goats, I haven’t seen Baltimore Twitter this happy about a local thing since the surveillance blimp got untethered & floated away
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Hey it’s my first day at my new job, can I get a hell yeah going in the chat
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This smog’s got me thinking about everyone who has to keep their windows open because they don’t have a/c because Maryland landlords aren’t legally required to provide it
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Really love this piece by
@benedict_rs
that is about a lot of things and includes an extended s/o to
@mcmansionhell
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A kid just rode a scooter down my block announcing: “Coronaaaaaaaaaa!” Baltimore may not be real, may not be perfect - but it is iconic.
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Ok, listen.
Personally, I don’t think Baltimore’s mayoral election season is messy enough
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Sincere s/o everyone saying, “Actually, Prince’s creation of sex even predates Darling Nikki.” This next National Treasure iteration is set to be the best yet.
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BPD units shot a man experiencing a mental health crisis and possibly his 84-year-old grandmother on Christmas Day.
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A Jew who made a movie about the literal Holocaust in collaboration with the Auschwitz Memorial is telling you that Jewishness is being (and has long been) weaponized to justify the Zionist state’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. So idk maybe something to think about.
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Been showing cold symptoms + chest pain, so I kinda wanna get tested for COVID-19. Called 4 ERs, which all directed me to one another until one told me to call the health dept, which directed me to call 211, where I've been on hold for the last 30 mins listening to Riverdance :)
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Medics in hazmat suits just showed up to take my neighbor out on a stretcher for COVID-19
What do Fig Newtons and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches have in common? Listen to this preview of this week's podcast to find out — and then check out the full episode at or wherever you get your podcasts.
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The billboard at North Ave. and N. Charles St. now says FREE PALESTINE.
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8 years ago on April 12th, cops attacked Freddie Gray after he made eye contact with a cop. They broke his neck. He died a week later. In the QT are some stories on a few protests soon after his death.
Justice for Freddie Gray, Tyrone West, and all victims of police brutality.
This April makes six years ago feel like yesterday. Here are some dispatches from the Baltimore Uprising, written for Baltimore City Paper, from
@notrivia
,
@baynardwoods
,
@Serps
, and me.
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I hope reporters are asking elected officials who have school-aged children and are currently silent about schools reopening in-person after break whether they themselves will be sending their kids to public school in-person while COVID-19 surges.
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Idk who needs to hear this but building another building outside of your building isn’t outside anymore & if setting them up so people from Fed Hill can eat in Hampden is a thing I don’t want to hear shit about clearing homeless encampments ever again
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It doesn’t have to be this way. We don’t have to sell Baltimore for parts to venture capitalists and developers. We don’t have to spend twice our education budget on cops who cage and kill our family, friends, and neighbors. A better world is possible. I just want us to win it.
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So much was made of kids being isolated when schools were all virtual at the beginning of the pandemic, but now there’s a broad doubling down on keeping kids from hanging out pretty much anywhere, with isolation as one of the only options that might not lead to police interaction
A 4 p.m. curfew is in place for unaccompanied minors at Towson Town Center on Fridays and Saturdays. Baltimore County Police say they will step up their presence.
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Then stop forcing service workers back into harm’s way through phased reopening, extend the state of emergency & the eviction moratorium, reinstate the stay at home order, & cancel rent. Not killing your constituents is actually very simple.
The current infection rate among Marylanders under the age of 35 is more than 50% higher than the rate among those who are 35 and older. Younger people seem to feel bulletproof, but we cannot afford to stop being vigilant and cautious.
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Larry Hogan simply will not rest until everyone is dead except for cops & a lot of Democrats worked really hard to put that Republican motherfucker in office & I hope they stay ashamed
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Protesters got more police resistance for spray-painting “FOPenis” on the FOP lodge in Baltimore than white supremacists attempting a coup in D.C. are getting *for attempting a coup*
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Cancel rent and pay people to stay home.
The B.1.351 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus first detected in South Africa has been identified in Maryland. We continue to closely track new variants, and ask Marylanders to limit transmission by wearing masks, avoiding gatherings, and washing your hands.
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Have they thought about having it in July?
BREAKING: Artscape has been canceled for Saturday due to weather. Other events are still planned.
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*Stares in Baltimore*
There’s a disturbing trend in LA politics that the media isn't talking about: More and more candidates are running as Democrats, but hiding the fact that they’re backed by right-wing Republicans.
It’s happening in CD4, where I live, and it’s going to work unless we stop it. 🧵
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When we started Scan the Police, I was initially confused by some of our followers being surprised that we approached it from an abolitionist perspective instead of repeating what police say as if that’s always accurate, as if cops don’t misinterpret things, as if cops don’t lie.
The protestors are attempting to break down the doors of cathedral with a battering ram.
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Well, I guess we know who stole AOC’s shoes from her office.
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Fuck this clown for real, Baltimore rules
Baltimore mayoral candidate Thiru Vignarajah, a former prosecutor running a tough-on-crime campaign, getting an earful from protesters.
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Biden’s thing is happening three blocks from me, so there has been a helicopter hovering over my block for the last hour spewing gas for a man who has the power to forgive student debt, stop border detainment, offer a broad eviction moratorium, and more, yet *checks notes* hasn’t
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It’s almost like rushing to reopen in the name of making money for wealthy folks, rather than canceling rent & paying workers to stay home, was a bad idea Larry had.
Maryland has added 2,321 new
#COVID19
cases—by far the largest daily increase we’ve ever seen—and 20 deaths in the past 24 hours. Our statewide positivity rate has risen to 6.16%, and there are 921 total COVID-19 hospitalizations, a 120% increase over the past month.
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Tons of cops at the Inner Harbor didn’t stop the shooting and killing of a kid down there last summer, tons of cops at the harbor didn’t deter last night’s shooting, and cops being given another excuse to swarm kids via curfew enforcement probably won’t work out great, either.
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