[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by John_W

These type events make living in TV so much nicer and probably helps many to decide to move here. I know I couldn't wait to leave the Baltimore area, I still like the sports teams and maybe visit, although it's been since 2013 since my last visit.

I lived in a probably one of the best suburbs in Baltimore, it was Bel Air, and in 2016 two cops were ambushed and killed inside a Panera's next to Wegmans a 1/2 mile from my old house.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...11b_story.html

I usually try to avoid seeing or reading about these events, there's really nothing we can do about it. I even hate when I see someone start a thread like "Forget About Getting Fired", what good did that do, other than rile up a few people who live 1500 miles away. I wish those threads were never allowed. It's always the same posters, they stay quiet until something bad happens in the country and they quick to jump on the topic and post their views like they're know-it-alls. I wish that thread was closed right now,

I saw riots in Baltimore up close and personal when I was in the Maryland Army National Guard and was called to active duty for the Baltimore riot in the late 1960s. Nothing much about who participates and what happens seems to have changed. Most of these rioters are there to steal, commit arson and other crimes as they know they will get away with it. Many have criminal histories or are undesirables in various other ways. These riots are organized by small but high profile vocal extremist groups and tolerated by society. What a shame!