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“Exponentially Deteriorating”: Baltimore’s Lawlessness Spreads Into Suburbs As Democrats Lose Control

by Tyler Durden

Saturday, May 09, 2026 - 09:25 PM

Maryland is one of many blue states that have transformed into a failed progressive experiment, where net migration flows are negative as productive, working-class taxpayers flee the state, not just because of high taxes and the power bill crisis, but also because they’ve had enough of left-wing politicians and their failed criminal justice and social reforms that have fueled a decade of violent crime chaos.

We’ve extensively covered more than a decade of violent crime, riots, population collapse, and the exodus of taxpayers and businesses from imploding Baltimore City, which has been hit hard by a commercial real estate crisis in parts of the downtown area. But rarely have we focused on Baltimore County, just north of the city, where, yet again, left-wing politicians who masquerade as competent managers but are merely DEI activists have unleashed years of lawlessness through failed policies.

FOX45 News spoke with Mickey Hoppert, a retired sergeant with the Baltimore County Police Department who has spent more than two decades on the force, warned about the lawlessness of juveniles in the Towson metro area:

I wouldn’t say that it’s out of control, but it’s getting there. Baltimore County is slowly, actually it’s not slowly, it’s exponentially deteriorating, and there are more and more pockets of bad elements coming into the county and wreaking havoc.

Read more at

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/exponentially-deteriorating-baltimores-lawlessness-spreads-suburbs-democrats-lose-control