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Where's the Outrage?
Officer Gunned Down 1 Day Before Maternity Leave
http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/05/21/officer-gunned-down-1-day-maternity-leave
May 21, 2015 8:19 am
"A Nebraska police officer was killed in a shootout a day before she was scheduled to go on maternity leave.
Omaha police officer Kerrie Orozco, 29, was gunned down yesterday when she went to serve a warrant to 26-year-old shooting suspect Marcus Wheeler. He was also killed in the firefight.
Orozco gave birth prematurely in February to a baby girl named Olivia Ruth. Orozco returned to work while her newborn was growing stronger in the hospital. She planned to start maternity leave today, the same day that Olivia is scheduled to return home from the hospital.
Orozco worked in the gang unit and was a seven-year veteran of the police force. The Omaha Police Department posted on Facebook that her life was taken too soon.
“Her loss will not only impact the police officers but will also be a huge loss for the citizens of Omaha,” the post said, citing her role as a baseball coach at the North Omaha Boys and Girls Club and her volunteer work with the Special Olympics."
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Every day we're seeing police officers being killed and I'm really disturbed that most of them aren't even making front page news, except maybe their local newspaper.
In this case, the shooter was black, and he was killed, as well, so let's not be surprised if Jesse and Al or even the President show up to bemoan his death even though he killed a young mother and left her infant motherless.
Where's it going to end?
http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/05/21/officer-gunned-down-1-day-maternity-leave
May 21, 2015 8:19 am
"A Nebraska police officer was killed in a shootout a day before she was scheduled to go on maternity leave.
Omaha police officer Kerrie Orozco, 29, was gunned down yesterday when she went to serve a warrant to 26-year-old shooting suspect Marcus Wheeler. He was also killed in the firefight.
Orozco gave birth prematurely in February to a baby girl named Olivia Ruth. Orozco returned to work while her newborn was growing stronger in the hospital. She planned to start maternity leave today, the same day that Olivia is scheduled to return home from the hospital.
Orozco worked in the gang unit and was a seven-year veteran of the police force. The Omaha Police Department posted on Facebook that her life was taken too soon.
“Her loss will not only impact the police officers but will also be a huge loss for the citizens of Omaha,” the post said, citing her role as a baseball coach at the North Omaha Boys and Girls Club and her volunteer work with the Special Olympics."
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Every day we're seeing police officers being killed and I'm really disturbed that most of them aren't even making front page news, except maybe their local newspaper.
In this case, the shooter was black, and he was killed, as well, so let's not be surprised if Jesse and Al or even the President show up to bemoan his death even though he killed a young mother and left her infant motherless.
Where's it going to end?
Police officer ambushed in New Orleans, but few in the White House care to comment on any of this.
"a little taste down Baltimore way"? I'd say $1.8 billion is more than a taste and what did it get them? They had all those programs and what good did it do? Looks like they might just as well have taken that money and tossed it into a bonfire...
I'd like to know just what some of those programs entailed - for instance, exactly WHAT activities are being performed to reduce poverty? HOW are they re-vitalizing low income communities? HOW are they empowering low income families and individuals?
While they need to teach young children, what about those that are older and should already have a job? Those are the ones they need to focus on, to get them off the streets and into school, jobs or job training...
It doesn't look to me like they've done much to make anyone self-sufficient.
I'd like to know just what some of those programs entailed - for instance, exactly WHAT activities are being performed to reduce poverty? HOW are they re-vitalizing low income communities? HOW are they empowering low income families and individuals?
While they need to teach young children, what about those that are older and should already have a job? Those are the ones they need to focus on, to get them off the streets and into school, jobs or job training...
It doesn't look to me like they've done much to make anyone self-sufficient.
So Baltimore got $1.8 billion... its gone and they want more? Don't get me wrong, republicans throw a lot of money at broken programs but this is a prime example of what it wrong with parts of this country. They get a cash infusion, throw the money at the problem and when they discovered that they problem is still there, they ask for more money.....!
Oh, I just read that the infusion funded, amongst other things, 276 awards. People are getting awards with money that they don't have.... yup, that sounds just like a government. Bullfrog mouth writing checks its tadpole a55 can't cash.
man am I sick of this crap. I can't believe the people in communities going through the same thing don't see this as a problem and demand more.
Oh, I just read that the infusion funded, amongst other things, 276 awards. People are getting awards with money that they don't have.... yup, that sounds just like a government. Bullfrog mouth writing checks its tadpole a55 can't cash.
man am I sick of this crap. I can't believe the people in communities going through the same thing don't see this as a problem and demand more.
Baltimore Received $1.8 Billion from Obama’s Stimulus Law
http://freebeacon.com/issues/baltimore-received-1-8-billion-from-obamas-stimulus-law/
Don't miss this part, where he blames TheRepublican-controlled Congress"
“There’s a bunch of my agenda that would make a difference right now in that,” he said.
The president then proceeded to blame the Republican-controlled Congress for not implementing his agenda.
“I’m under no illusion that under this Congress we’re going to get massive investments in urban communities,” Obama said"
City burned despite ‘massive investment’ implemented by president
The city of Baltimore received over $1.8 billion from President Barack Obama’s stimulus law, including $467.1 million to invest in education and $26.5 million for crime prevention.
President Obama claimed last Tuesday that if the Republican-controlled Congress would implement his policies to make “massive investments in urban communities,” they could “make a difference right now” in the city, currently in upheaval following the death of Freddie Gray.
However, a Washington Free Beacon analysis found that the Obama administration and Democratically-controlled Congress did make a “massive” investment into Baltimore, appropriating $1,831,768,487 though the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as the stimulus.
According to Recovery.gov, one of Baltimore’s central ZIP codes, 21201, received the most stimulus funding in the city, a total of $837,955,866. The amount included funding for 276 awards, and the website reports that the spending had created 290 jobs in the fourth quarter in 2013.
Of this amount, $467.1 million went to education; $206.1 million to the environment; $24 million to “family”; $16.1 million to infrastructure; $15.2 million to transportation; $11.9 million to housing; and $3.1 million to job training.
ZIP code 21202 received $425,170,937, including a $136 million grant to “improve teaching and learning for students most at risk of failing to meet State academic achievement standards.”
Twenty-nine other ZIP codes listed in Baltimore city received a total of $568,641,684.
The Free Beacon calculated the total amount of stimulus funds disbursed to all ZIP codes in Baltimore City, as reported on the stimulus website Recovery.gov. The analysis includes the totals of awards to prime recipients in Baltimore, plus sub-recipient awards to Baltimore organizations and companies that conducted stimulus projects located outside the city.
The projects included $26.5 million from the Justice Department (DOJ) to combat gang activity and provide community support for at-risk juveniles.
“The State of MD Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention (GOCCP) goals and objectives of this project are to create and retain jobs to bolster Maryland’s faltering economy, and make resources available to law enforcement and other public safety agencies to help protect Maryland citizens,” the project’s description states.
Among the listed goals are “to curb the growth of criminal gangs in Maryland, and to effectively dismantle existing gangs.”
Funding also went to “Operation Safe Kids,” which sought to “develop and implement an effective community-based supervision model for at-risk juveniles to minimize residential placements without compromising public safety.”
The project also included criminal justice reform, to “identify non-violent substance abusing offenders who may be amenable to treatment, and place them under community-based supervision with intensive drug treatment combined with strong judicial oversight and support.”
The stimulus also gave the city $26 million for the “Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc. Neighborhood Stabilization Program,” to “redevelop residential foreclosed, abandoned, or vacant properties in designated neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland.”
Roughly $9.5 million went towards homelessness prevention.
A total of $5,644,792 of Community Services Block Grants went to Baltimore meant to “promote the economic and social well-being of children, youth, families and communities.”
“The funding is used for activities that contribute to the reduction of poverty, revitalization of low-income communities, and empowerment of low-income families and individuals,” a description of the project said. “These activities include, but are not limited to; emergency services, shelter programs and services, job training and job readiness training, Head Start and Early Head Start programs, nutrition programs, as well as medical assistance programs and services.”
“Working through a network of non-profit community action agencies and other neighborhood-based organizations in rural and urban areas, this wide range of programs and services is implemented to help clients become fully self-sufficient,” it said.
Another $548,100 project, which reported creating 15.41 jobs during its most productive quarter, was devoted to the “preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.”
Baltimore’s unemployment rate currently is 8.4 percent.
Following the violent riots on Monday evening that resulted in over 235 arrests, 15 torched buildings, 144 destroyed vehicles, and 20 injured police officers, President Obama spoke on the issue.
Obama called for more early education programs, criminal justice reform, and “making investments so that [youth] can get the training they need to find jobs.”
“There’s a bunch of my agenda that would make a difference right now in that,” he said.
The president then proceeded to blame the Republican-controlled Congress for not implementing his agenda.
“I’m under no illusion that under this Congress we’re going to get massive investments in urban communities,” Obama said.
The left-wing comedian Jon Stewart and the ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos made asimilar argument on the Daily Show on Tuesday.
“You just wonder sometimes if we’re spending a trillion dollars to rebuild Afghanistan’s schools, like, we can’t build a little taste down Baltimore way,” Stewart said. “Like is that what’s really going on.”
“This is what drives me crazy, you just got applause when you said that line,” Stephanopoulos said. “Any single politician in the country gets applause when they say that line. Yet it doesn’t happen.”
Peter Wehner of Commentary Magazine pointed out that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) only invested $885 million in education projects in Afghanistan over a ten-year period, less than the amount that Baltimore received from the stimulus law.
This entry was posted in Issues and tagged Barack Obama, Federal Stimulus, Government Spending, Maryland.
http://freebeacon.com/issues/baltimore-received-1-8-billion-from-obamas-stimulus-law/
Don't miss this part, where he blames TheRepublican-controlled Congress"
“There’s a bunch of my agenda that would make a difference right now in that,” he said.
The president then proceeded to blame the Republican-controlled Congress for not implementing his agenda.
“I’m under no illusion that under this Congress we’re going to get massive investments in urban communities,” Obama said"
City burned despite ‘massive investment’ implemented by president
The city of Baltimore received over $1.8 billion from President Barack Obama’s stimulus law, including $467.1 million to invest in education and $26.5 million for crime prevention.
President Obama claimed last Tuesday that if the Republican-controlled Congress would implement his policies to make “massive investments in urban communities,” they could “make a difference right now” in the city, currently in upheaval following the death of Freddie Gray.
However, a Washington Free Beacon analysis found that the Obama administration and Democratically-controlled Congress did make a “massive” investment into Baltimore, appropriating $1,831,768,487 though the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as the stimulus.
According to Recovery.gov, one of Baltimore’s central ZIP codes, 21201, received the most stimulus funding in the city, a total of $837,955,866. The amount included funding for 276 awards, and the website reports that the spending had created 290 jobs in the fourth quarter in 2013.
Of this amount, $467.1 million went to education; $206.1 million to the environment; $24 million to “family”; $16.1 million to infrastructure; $15.2 million to transportation; $11.9 million to housing; and $3.1 million to job training.
ZIP code 21202 received $425,170,937, including a $136 million grant to “improve teaching and learning for students most at risk of failing to meet State academic achievement standards.”
Twenty-nine other ZIP codes listed in Baltimore city received a total of $568,641,684.
The Free Beacon calculated the total amount of stimulus funds disbursed to all ZIP codes in Baltimore City, as reported on the stimulus website Recovery.gov. The analysis includes the totals of awards to prime recipients in Baltimore, plus sub-recipient awards to Baltimore organizations and companies that conducted stimulus projects located outside the city.
The projects included $26.5 million from the Justice Department (DOJ) to combat gang activity and provide community support for at-risk juveniles.
“The State of MD Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention (GOCCP) goals and objectives of this project are to create and retain jobs to bolster Maryland’s faltering economy, and make resources available to law enforcement and other public safety agencies to help protect Maryland citizens,” the project’s description states.
Among the listed goals are “to curb the growth of criminal gangs in Maryland, and to effectively dismantle existing gangs.”
Funding also went to “Operation Safe Kids,” which sought to “develop and implement an effective community-based supervision model for at-risk juveniles to minimize residential placements without compromising public safety.”
The project also included criminal justice reform, to “identify non-violent substance abusing offenders who may be amenable to treatment, and place them under community-based supervision with intensive drug treatment combined with strong judicial oversight and support.”
The stimulus also gave the city $26 million for the “Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc. Neighborhood Stabilization Program,” to “redevelop residential foreclosed, abandoned, or vacant properties in designated neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland.”
Roughly $9.5 million went towards homelessness prevention.
A total of $5,644,792 of Community Services Block Grants went to Baltimore meant to “promote the economic and social well-being of children, youth, families and communities.”
“The funding is used for activities that contribute to the reduction of poverty, revitalization of low-income communities, and empowerment of low-income families and individuals,” a description of the project said. “These activities include, but are not limited to; emergency services, shelter programs and services, job training and job readiness training, Head Start and Early Head Start programs, nutrition programs, as well as medical assistance programs and services.”
“Working through a network of non-profit community action agencies and other neighborhood-based organizations in rural and urban areas, this wide range of programs and services is implemented to help clients become fully self-sufficient,” it said.
Another $548,100 project, which reported creating 15.41 jobs during its most productive quarter, was devoted to the “preservation of jobs that are threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.”
Baltimore’s unemployment rate currently is 8.4 percent.
Following the violent riots on Monday evening that resulted in over 235 arrests, 15 torched buildings, 144 destroyed vehicles, and 20 injured police officers, President Obama spoke on the issue.
Obama called for more early education programs, criminal justice reform, and “making investments so that [youth] can get the training they need to find jobs.”
“There’s a bunch of my agenda that would make a difference right now in that,” he said.
The president then proceeded to blame the Republican-controlled Congress for not implementing his agenda.
“I’m under no illusion that under this Congress we’re going to get massive investments in urban communities,” Obama said.
The left-wing comedian Jon Stewart and the ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos made asimilar argument on the Daily Show on Tuesday.
“You just wonder sometimes if we’re spending a trillion dollars to rebuild Afghanistan’s schools, like, we can’t build a little taste down Baltimore way,” Stewart said. “Like is that what’s really going on.”
“This is what drives me crazy, you just got applause when you said that line,” Stephanopoulos said. “Any single politician in the country gets applause when they say that line. Yet it doesn’t happen.”
Peter Wehner of Commentary Magazine pointed out that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) only invested $885 million in education projects in Afghanistan over a ten-year period, less than the amount that Baltimore received from the stimulus law.
This entry was posted in Issues and tagged Barack Obama, Federal Stimulus, Government Spending, Maryland.
Brice - When the oppressed react and become the oppressors, they take control and things change... In Baltimore, they've had a Democratic government, mostly black, for some years now and you can see that it's not working. They got millions (perhaps billions) in the bailout and now they say they need more money to help the black people - what the heck did they do with what they had? It would appear that they may not have used it as wisely as they might have.
I really need help understanding the situation. I read an "explanation" the other day that more or less said, "when you oppress people, eventually they react and the oppressed become the oppressors."
I'm trying to find the oppression. Its either right under my nose so I don't see it or I have no idea what I am looking for. It seems as if republicans/conservatives are often referred to as the oppressors but Baltimore has a government mostly run by democrats.... right?
What am I missing?
I'm trying to find the oppression. Its either right under my nose so I don't see it or I have no idea what I am looking for. It seems as if republicans/conservatives are often referred to as the oppressors but Baltimore has a government mostly run by democrats.... right?
What am I missing?
Thank you... I just realized that I didn't even write a complete sentence above.
I did follow the link and read the article. Pretty sad, what's happening around the country and, particularly, in Baltimore.
I did follow the link and read the article. Pretty sad, what's happening around the country and, particularly, in Baltimore.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bs-md-ci-violence-surging-20150518-story.html#page=1
Do you have to that article?
excerpt from Baltimore Sun
Baltimore has seen 34 murders in 30 days in a violent surge that ... Homicides are up nearly 40 percent while non-fatal shootings are up 60%
Baltimore has seen 34 murders in 30 days in a violent surge that ... Homicides are up nearly 40 percent while non-fatal shootings are up 60%
This is awful!! Just awful. Thanks Barb
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