As the city of Baltimore notches it’s fifth COVID-19 case, it’s mayor, Jack Young, has issued a plea to some of his most notable constituents; the city needs hospital beds for victims of the public health crisis, so please stop shooting each other.<\/p>\n
No, seriously.\ufffc\ufffc<\/p>\n
He really, really means it:<\/p>\n
\ufffc\u201cI want to reiterate how completely unacceptable the level of violence is that we have seen recently,\u201d Young said. \u201cWe will not stand for mass shootings and an increase in crime.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cFor those of you who want to continue to shoot and kill people of this city, we\u2019re not going to tolerate it,\u201d Young implored. \u201cWe\u2019re going to come after you and we\u2019re going to get you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I am no expert \u2013 like, the mayor of a city that’s been controlled by the Democrats for three generations – but something tells me that this should’ve been a priority before the city had a public health emergency, and if the city wasn’t “coming after and getting, criminals when times are relatively easy, the job is going to be just a little\u2026<\/p>\n
… well, Captain Obvious is going to skip straight over Major and jump straight to Lieutenant Colonel if he finishes that sentence, isn’t he?\ufffc\ufffc\ufffc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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