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Officer Injured in Towson Pursuit

Baltimore County police said a 16-year-old Baltimore boy driving a stolen vehicle attempted to run over the officer.

 

A 16-year-old Baltimore boy was arrested following a Towson pursuit that left a Baltimore County police officer injured.

Antonio Rashad Green, 16, of the 1000 block of Woodson Road in Baltimore, was charged as an adult with 11 counts including attempted second-degree murder, assault of a law enforcement officer, vehicle theft and fourth-degree burglary.

The officer stopped a 2003 white Dodge Caravan traveling without headlights on Bristol Road near Stoneleigh Road at 1:27 a.m. Saturday. Police said the vehicle was driven by Green, according to a county police statement.

After stopping, Green reversed and rammed the vehicle into the front of the police car with the officer still inside, according to police.

Green then allegedly sped off toward Stoneleigh Road with the officer in pursuit. Police confirmed during the chase that the Caravan was stolen from Baltimore City.

Green pulled the minivan into a driveway in the 6700 block of Maxalea Road, and rammed the back of the police car again, according to the statement. The officer left the vehicle and attempted to place Green under arrest. Police said Green then attempted to run over the officer, who then fired multiple shots at the driver.

Police said the officer dived out of the way to avoid being struck by the minivan.

Green drove off on Maxalea Road before crashing into a parked car in front of the 6700 block of Maxalea Road, according to the statement. Green fled, and was later caught when a county K-9 officer found the driver, who had allegedly broken into a shed in the backyard of a house in the 6900 block of Sherwood Road.

Green was arrested after a struggle. He was not injured by any of the gunfire from police, according to the statement from the department.

The officer who started the pursuit was treated at Greater Baltimore Medical Center for minor injuries, according to the statement. He was later released.

Green is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $500,000 bail.


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Elizabeth Voss

2:57 pm on Saturday, December 1, 2012

It was very scary last night hearing gun shots in my back yard! I'm glad the officer is ok.

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Kathy Hoatson

3:26 pm on Saturday, December 1, 2012

Crime from the city coming to the county again. So glad the officer is okay. Throw this kid in real jail not the jeviunile system. He'll be out to do it again if they handle the case. Real jail is what he needs.

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Dan

7:21 pm on Saturday, December 1, 2012

That's where he is. Waived to adult status.

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felichia

10:25 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012

he has no criminal record, so where does your recidivsm theory come from?

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Dan

11:29 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

How can you say he has no criminal record...he's a juvenile. Juvenile records aren't available to the public.

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felichia

12:51 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

I will repeat, he has NO criminal record.

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felichia

12:52 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Not even a juvenile record.

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jackblasio

9:55 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013

This prolly qualifies as a "record" of the worst kind, and hopefully, he won't be given another opportunity to try not-to-fail at killing an officer to protect his own anonymity...[while joy riding in a stolen vehicle]...

Mike

3:30 pm on Saturday, December 1, 2012

What??, a fine young 16 year old black male making bad choices?? What is this world coming to?? ;)

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felichia

10:26 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012

Your sarcasm and callous comments. It is your stereotypical notions that is wrong with the world. Children make mistakes. What is the excuse for flagrant disregard for entire race of people?

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Needaname

6:41 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

What is scary felichia is your notion that what this teen-ager did was make a 'mistake' ? Really, a mistake ? Ramming a van into a police officers car TWICE is a mistake ? Attempting to run over an officer, a mistake ?

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Joe

12:02 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

felichia is one who is part of the problem not seeing this act as an act of violence where severe punishment should be issued. Excusing these kinds of people and acts is what perpetuates them. People like here seem to not even change when one of their own is the victim of such thuggery.

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felichia

12:21 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

A part of the problem. If you only knew my contributions to this community. But, anyway, the capacity of a teenager is different from that of an adult. That is why there is a juvenile penal system. "My own" -comments like that are the true problem. Stop turning everything into a race thing. Who said I was black, your assumption is very telling of who are as a person.

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Joe

12:25 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

felichia opined "Who said I was black, your assumption is very telling of who are as a person."

Your seeing things that are not there! How is that for an assumption? No where did I mention race or skin color. Seems that has been left to you to bring up. What a tragedy you see things in such a way as skin color.

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jackblasio

10:06 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013

Is the vehicle less stolen because of the "perp's" age...or was the officer's life less threatened, [not knowing if the "perp" had a gun or not], when he was nearly struck by the [less] stolen vehicle... again because the "perp" is only 16?...huh..felichia?

M Snyder

3:34 pm on Saturday, December 1, 2012

The shots & trying to run over the officer happened directly outside my house. Heard everything from my living room, feeding my newborn. Talk about scary & a freak thing that just doesn't happen in our neighborhood.

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Thomas Stone

2:59 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012

Time to wake up. The crime has been recently getting worse here over the last year.

Holton F. Brown

4:51 pm on Saturday, December 1, 2012

Actually, 1000 block Woodson Road isn't that far away ...runs east/west off York Road, just south of the city line ...1000 block would be close to northwood drive... it's not like he's from Pennsylvania and Gold ...houses in his neighborhood go for $100,000 plus.. w

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Holton F. Brown

9:12 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012

as for the posting by megan lee .. patch should install a "dingbat filter" to automatically reject posts that have nothing to do with the nerws subject

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Joe

11:05 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012

Ask if the thug was raised with a father in the home.

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felichia

10:30 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012

He is not a "thug" he is actually a very intelligent young boy who has had a very difficult childhood. He previously graduated with honors and has also held high disctinctions in state wide testing. My point is a one sided snapshot of one incident in someone's life does not give a total stranger the authority to make a character judgment.

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Joe

12:02 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

felichia, since you know and support the thug, answer the question! Was he raised with a father in the home?

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Joe

12:27 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

No answer to the important question felichia? I believe one can assume the answer is no.

Lablover

4:50 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012

Wow, lil trill sure has a way with words, must have majored in English, NOT!

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Nayana Davis

5:16 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012

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Parkvillehoney

5:41 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012

What upbringing did this young adult have that he tries to kill a police officer? Bad enough, he steals a vehicle now he probably will be charged with attempted murder! He should stay in jail until he is rehabilitated.

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felichia

10:32 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012

He did not try to kill a police officer. The officer just needed a way to justify shooting at an unarmed child. I guess you believe in unicorns and fairytales too. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

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Joe

12:04 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

"He did not try to kill a police officer."
that cop was just not getting out of the way right?

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felichia

12:27 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Oh I guess you were there.

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Dan

4:36 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

And you were Felichia?

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Parkvillehoney

10:28 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

If most people overlook Antonio Rashad Green actions, I don't see much hope for the upcoming generation. It is not normal behavior to try to run over a police officer not once but twice! Most logical people would just give up when caught in the act. I can't believe he was such a upstanding individual and went out and committed such a heinous crime. He needs rehabilitation in a secure facility, not on the street.

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jackblasio

10:16 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013

So felatio is saying that the officer was just itching t use his gun that day, so bad that he couldn't wait to fabricate a "fairytale" so that he could "justify'- shooting an unarmed child"....bah- humbug!

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Nayana Davis

5:44 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012

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Holton F. Brown

11:55 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012

to felichia.. judged by a total stranger? well in a few months he'll have his chance with 12 total strangers in a court room ....

Holton F. Brown

11:37 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012

seems the feloneous kid has some mouthy supporters

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felichia

12:44 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

I am mouthy and I am a supporter. I support him in trying to put the pieces of his life back together. Do I think that there is some accountability? YES. But in as much as he was driving a stolen vehicle and caused property damage. Do I think that a child should be tried as an adult? NO. Do I think that he tried to kill a police officer? I KNOW HE DIDN'T. He has never been in any legal trouble and I know that he regrets the entire thing. You may think you have never done anything wrong in your life, but for those of us who are imperfect understand that poor judgment and stupidity can put a decent person in a bad situation.

Holton F. Brown

11:39 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012

seems the kid's supporter might be his mentor....

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jamal sander

12:15 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Man we all make Mistakes , I grew up with him and he is not a thug .Free Ant

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Bobby

6:34 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

I agree that he probably didn't try to kill the officer. He was frightened in his stolen van and simply wanted to get away. Here is my issue with all of this....He WAS in a stolen vehicle, not obeying traffic laws, total disregard for authority figures, personal property or public safety. Thug? What I do know is that HIS behavior that evening was severely anti social and whatever you choose to call him, Ant, Flea, Tick, he is accountable. His behavior is a major part of what is wrong with current society. In my opinion, the remainder of the blame goes to those who excuse his thug like behavior on society, tough childhood and heavy handed police reporting. This is not a race thing....there is no shortage of dumb peach colored boys who make the same kind of stupid choices. A good strategy might be to NOT drive stolen cars and NOT hang out with kids who steal cars. Another good strategy might be to work harder than the next guy, so you can get ahead and make something of yourself, despite an unfortunate upbringing. He put this in motion by his choices and he should do the time.

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Needaname

6:50 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

If he was not trying to run over the police officer, what was he doing. I do not want these people in my neighborhood. Sure kids make stupid choices, like speeding, littering, grafiti but this is just plain BAD. Since Felichia does not believe this is BAD let him stay in her neighborhood and Felichia better not complain when she is a victim of a teenager-child making poor choices.

Holton F. Brown

6:51 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

let's see ,, he hit the cop car two times ..and then tried to run the cop over .. ..all this after stealing the minivan in the first place ..but then he's alledgedly a disadvantaged youth ..that's had a rough life .and that's his excuse....big question .. Why did he steal the car in the first place??????

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Joe

11:49 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

He is such a nice boy and would never do any such thing! Or so say his family and friends who seemingly are a part of the problem not a part of the solution thus the continued violence and arrest of young black men in heavily disproportionate numbers.

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felichia

12:50 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

He allegedly committed the crimes. But, there is nothing alleged about his life. I'm sure you would not have been capable of getting through some of the things that happened to him. Since you know nothing about disadvantage, how can you comment? No one said he should be excused. What was said is that random people on the internet have no place to judge. If you want to know why, ask him. He is a person with feelings, emotions and rational thought.

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Joe

3:04 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

felichia 12:21 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 "your assumption is very telling of who are as a person."

Wow! Then you go on to make many assumptions about me.
"I'm sure you would not have been capable of getting through some of the things that happened to him."

"Since you know nothing about disadvantage"

What a hypocrite. Now what does that say about you as a person?

You say "He is a person with rational thought."
and that thought almost killed a police officer and destroyed another's property they used to go to work, something that if the thug would have been doing he would not be stealing cars and assaulting police. So very rational.

Bobby

2:42 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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Bobby
2:38 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
There is still good in his alleged BAD life and he has choices to make. Many folks make it out of bad childhoods without stealing cars, speeding around endangering lives with police in pursuit, then assaulting an officer with a car.
His rational thought box must have been full. There is no shortage of compassionate people of all colors and economic backgrounds who are willing to mentor and give a leg up if it is politely asked for and respectfully accepted. The problem I've experienced during my many years,sitting on boards and working with shelters is that there are even more people, who are jumping up and down blaming everybody else for the consequences of their "rational thoughts". When WE, as neighbors, families and individuals start being and feeling accountable for our actions, we'll be getting somewhere. Most other people on earth have real hardship. We live in a free country with a million options for happiness and a steady supply of food and shelter, if we want it. Work harder than the next guy and you will have a good life.... People need to stop blaming everybody else for your troubles, it doesn't need to be that way.

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Needaname

4:46 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Well said Bobby. Your line of 'most other people on earth have real hardship' is so true.

Holton F. Brown

4:12 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

felichia.. if the actions of the perp or the weekend were "rational" there is no way I want to be in the same state when he has a psychotic episode..
and by the way ...it's a cliche but oh so much the truth here:
"Don't do the crime if you can't do the crime!"

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Needaname

4:44 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

..... Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

jamal sander

9:58 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Felichia Next Time you talk To Him Tell Him His Friends Tony , Dwayne , and Wylie Said keep his head Up we all use to live on the same block before everyone moved , Can you let me know when his visiting days are Please and thank you

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Holton F. Brown

10:37 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

this for felicia ..obviously you have a family connection since you know he has no juvvie record... and you know he accidentally hit the cop car three times .. and you know he really didn't mean to try and kill the cop.. so.. fount of personal knowledge .. please tell all of us: WHY DID HE STEAL THE MINI-VAN??t

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Holton F. Brown

11:35 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

ok this i'll whisper... everything considered by this guy's actions ..this is not a race thing.. there's plenty of white guys .. and hispanic kids .. asian types that are doing time for being feloneously naughty..

SANDY

11:49 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012

What ever happened to the judicisl system. I beleive you are innocent until proven guilty.I wasnt there and neither was anyone else on here. I dont know all the facts in the case just the one-sided statement from a police officer.Just because he claims it happens that way is one side of the story. I sure hope none of you people on here would ever be selected as jurors. NO matter what race get the facts before u presume the officer was telling the truth.

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jackblasio

10:40 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013

All judges, in this country, presume the same thing, "police officers tell the truth"....sorry if that seems one-sided to you, dear...

SANDY

11:57 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012

To Holton Brown are u an attorney because u know nothing about the law, this is all heresay on the part of the police who we know are humans and are capable of malice. They seem to have used excessive force pulling a firearm to shoot a teenager while driving off and then chasing him. So do I beleive police make the best choices no. DID THE 16 YR OLD MAKE THE BEST CHOICE NO EITHER. BUT ALLOW HIM HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL

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Holton F. Brown

8:07 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

further here abt my knowledge of law: When it happens to the witness (the cop) , they testfy so, it isn't heresay. It is heresay when I say that the cop told me that your friend tried to kill him.

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Lablover

8:05 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012

then chasing him.

Isn't that the job of a Police officer to go after the bad guy. What did you want the officer to do just let him drive off and look the other way?

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Joe

11:11 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012

Mr Green violated not only the Constitutional rights of the person whose car he stole but he violated the Ten Commandments as well!

Holton F. Brown

2:13 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

OK Sandy..innocent until proven guilty... nice concept...but then you're infringing on my 1st amendment rights .. but let's just say hgere is a preponderance of evidence that leads one to believe the kid did the crime...hit the cop car at least twice..injured the cop .. was seen in the stolen car ..and even you slipped when you typed he didn't make the best choice..oh.. and i guess the other folks in the neighborhood got together and concocted the kid being cayght in the shed..etc.... and he can certainly have a fair trial..with a county supplied PD .. who will probably talk him into taking a plea deal.....and I do know something about the law..haviung served on a murder trial jury...a prosecution witness ..and have friend of the defense side and the prsecution sdie in the city ...

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felichia

2:53 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

If you knew so much you would know that the burden of proof for a criminal trial is guilt beyond a reasonable doubt not preponderance of the evidence. This is a very high burden and each individual count has to be proven. Don't assume he will have a public defender.

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Holton F. Brown

7:59 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

you know felichia.. i think the problem with this perp is that YOU didn't tell him to get his act together and straihgten up and fly right!!hp

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Holton F. Brown

8:10 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

no, a preponderance of evidence is cited when going for an Alford plea. thats when a perp says there's enuf evidence for conviction but doesn't admit guilt in order to make a plea bargain.

Needaname

4:17 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

So all these supporters of Mr Green know that whatever he is charged with will just get dropped and he will be released and have the opportunity to freak out again and Lord knows - kill somebody. Where is Momma ? Where is Dad ? They should be apologizing to the Folks who's car he stole, the neighbors he scared in Stoneleigh and the person's whose shed was probably destroyed when the police tried to extricate him.

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felichia

4:28 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

Your knowledge is limited to the four corners of this article. You don't know him, his parents, what happened, or even what has transpired since that time.

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Needaname

4:34 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

If you cared so much for this young man why did you let him do this ? This is all your fault. You knew he was a young man with serious issues with a hideous history. You did NOTHING. Did you get him to therapy ? Did you contact school and let them know he was having issues ? NO - you did NOTHING. This is a wake-up call for you and all of his supporters. No one was seriously injured but the next time he freaks out - then what.

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Joe

11:13 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012

felichia, did Mr Green grow up with a father in the home?

felichia

4:38 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

Your comment is further evidence that YOU know absolutely NOTHING!! You ask and then answer question that you don't even know the answer to. I am starting to realize that the people who post are very limited.

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Needaname

4:49 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

You are just as responsible for this kids behavior - you knew he had issues and did NOTHING. Be GRATEFUL no one was hurt.

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Holton F. Brown

11:37 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

you know felichia, if you would have as much time counseling Green to go the straight and narrow as you do now defending him...this blog would not exist .

Buck Harmon

9:11 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012

felichia, Your points are well taken with respect..

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M. Sullivan

11:20 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012

Just another fine example of the effect of the blight creeping North out of the city. Quality of life, safety, and property values will continue to fall until the entire York Rd. corridor through Cockeysville is no different than North Ave. Just look at all the changes along
York Rd. in the past 10 years. When I saw a check cashing store open in Cockeysville, I knew that was the beginning of the end. All of you apologists willing to accept such heinous crimes as not so terrible are the biggest part of the problem. There are plenty of formerly wonderful neighborhoods in Baltimore and surrounding counties that are now slums because people just let these kinds of actions, or even more minor acts, slide. Don't want to be branded "racists" now, do we?

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Buck Harmon

11:24 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012

Keep in mind that this "creeping" you speak of is a direct result of the failures of your own generation... we reap what we sow.....what are you doing about it now?

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M. Sullivan

11:46 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012

Buck, when I speak out about these things, l get accused of being a bigot and racist by either liberals or those who are willing to look the other way. Our legal system is skewed in favor of the criminal and is to willing too plea bargain to save money. Locally, Baltimore County seems to want unrestricted growth at any cost. We continue to elect leaders who refuse to address the problems that are destroying our neighborhoods. More of us need to speak out and elect leaders who are going to preserve our quality of life without worrying about offending certain delicate sensibilities.

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Buck Harmon

11:59 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012

I agree tha some very poor development decisions have been made on a regular basis.... and that speaking out, at times being brutally honest holds value toward a solution.

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jackblasio

11:10 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013

I agree with you, mostly...

Buck Harmon

11:57 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012

I believe that quality of life responsibility lays with the individual and is not the responsibility of government or law... in fact, government and law has a profound history of screwing up the quality of life for many human beings throughout history.
it becomes as invasive as the city creeping description.

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jackblasio

11:12 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013

Sometimes the individual needs back-up from our "Gubment"...

SANDY

6:43 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Well he was acquitted of the attempted murder charge

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SANDY

8:12 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012

The grand jury it wasnt enough evidence to prove attempted murder

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SANDY

8:15 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012

His case is being transferred to the juvenile system and they dropped the attempted murder

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jackblasio

11:15 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013

Well, at least they brought in the grand jury, so it was little more than just a "mistake"...even though the system failed us all....

Holton F. Brown

10:54 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013

so following the "age factor" the 15-year-old shooter at perry hall high shud be given a slap on the wrist since he'ds a juvvie and his lawyer sez he really took the shotgun and 20 rounds to the school as an educational tool ..
by the way .. the md. annotated coide lists an automobile as a deadly weapon when used as such ,,

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