burglary Hampden Businesses Targeted in String of Burglaries in Baltimore 2025-08-17 A string of burglaries in Baltimore's Hampden community prompted an investigation on Friday night, police said. Officers said at least two businesses were burglarized, and a third had property damage. One of the locations impacted was Nepenthe Brewery. 'Kind of surprised, they came through the front door,' said customer Michael Kaspar. 'They posted on Reddit, so I came in to help support them.' Baltimore police responded to the brewery just after 5:30 a.m. on Saturday. Surveillance video from inside the brewery shows at least two suspects behind the bar after smashing the front door. Police also responded to a burglary call at Keller's Liquor and Grano's Pasta Bar for destruction of property, where it appears someone tried to smash their door. Officers did not say if they believe the same suspects are responsible, and are investigating each incident separately. 'Of course, when you see a local business that gets broken into, it's tragic,' said customer Alex Kellum. 'You don't want to see local businesses suffer because of things like that.' That's why the community said they will continue to come out and support these businesses during the good times and during the bad. crime Baltimore's Crime Decline Under Mayor Brandon Scott 2025-08-16 Last year, after the Dali cargo ship lost power, it crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing a partial collapse. In the immediate aftermath, as city officials took stock of the damage, some pointed to Baltimore's Black mayor, Brandon Scott, as the source of the problem. Of course, there was no credible reason to blame him for the catastrophe or to believe anyone in city leadership could have prevented the collision. Yet, this talking point gained traction among those who buy into the racist beliefs that Black people are unfit to lead. But what happens when Black leaders are successful? In this case, some experience cognitive dissonance, as they confront contradictory ideas — their endorsement of racist stereotypes and the positive social change achieved under their leadership. Some, it seems, deny this reality to maintain their worldview.Now that crime rates in Baltimore, Maryland, have dropped precipitously under Mayor Brandon Scott's administration, his critics have grown silent. This is to be expected, as acknowledging the success of a Black leader's approach would mean abandoning their racist assumptions. The city has become safer, and that's remarkable when we consider the strategies used to achieve this decline. But before we dig into the details of this multi-faceted approach, let's consider how we got into this situation in the first place. crime The Untold Stories of Baltimore's Crime Decline 2025-08-16 The end of violence in Baltimore is a litany of stories that weren't told in 90-second clips on the evening news, about shootings that didn't happen.The untold stories sound different, said Sean Wees: 'The guys had guns pointed at each other. We got in between.'One summer afternoon, two years ago, two men emerged from a corner store at Patapsco Avenue and Fifth Street, steps from Wees's office at Safe Streets, in Baltimore's Brooklyn neighborhood.Violent crime in America's big cities has been receding from pandemic highs for about two years. But even in comparison, Baltimore's improvement is breathtaking: fewer people have been killed in the city over the last seven months than in any similar period in the last 50 years.As of 15 August, the running 365-day total for murders in Baltimore stood at 165 dead. Assuming the city remains on that pace, its murder rate would finish below 30 per 100,000 residents for the first time since 1986. If it remains on the pace set since 1 January, it would finish 2025 at 143 murders, a rate of about 25 per 100,000, last seen in Baltimore in 1978. |
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