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Martin O'Malley

giftedgirl77

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4. Oh yeah, that's why he took the whole broken windows

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Sun May 3, 2015, 06:06 PM

May 2015

policing approach? People couldn't sit on their own front stoops without getting harassed & arrested by the cops. Nice try though. Minorities remember the fucked up shit he did & his legacy is still burning bright today. Him trying to sugar coat it with niceties & pandering doesn't change the facts.

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O'Malley: Blacks are not 'disposable citizens.' [View all] elleng May 2015 OP

He didn't feel that way when he was mayor. giftedgirl77 May 2015 #1

Wrong. elleng May 2015 #2

Oh yeah, that's why he took the whole broken windows giftedgirl77 May 2015 #4

O'Malley left office in 2007 and I am no fan of CompStat — and I want to make that clear. Raine1967 May 2015 #5

No, it wasn't just Baltimore but that doesn't exonerate him. giftedgirl77 May 2015 #6

Ok. You will never vote for him. Raine1967 May 2015 #7

I'm well aware of the SOP, O'Malley stands a snowballs chance giftedgirl77 May 2015 #8

Perhaps this is not the group for you. Raine1967 May 2015 #10

Every major city in this country followed that form of policing between 1990s and ealry 2000s. FSogol May 2015 #12

You've badly garbled the statistic Jim Lane May 2015 #14

Agreed. bravenak May 2015 #3

Didn't realize this was the O'Malley group trashing now giftedgirl77 May 2015 #9

Trashing? Raine1967 May 2015 #11

No, I just don't want to offend anyone in here with my opposing views giftedgirl77 May 2015 #13