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I am not a member and don’t intend to remain. I sometimes have a bit of time between classes and will gaze over some threads. But, this thread went too far and, I felt I had to respond.

1. People here are probably not residents of the baltimore community. This took place across the street from a giant dangerous public school next to two shuls. The students in this school are responsible for many episodes in the community. Just personally, two robbed my parent’s shed- two blocks from this incident. The cops came two days later despite the fact we called when they were in the shed. A few of these kids beet up my brother’s 12 year old friend on his way to my house- 15 min walk from the school. We did not call the cops until after shabbos because a rav said they won’t come. This was before the days of Shomrim. Shomrim are essential to our community. It’s not black and jewish neighborhoods here. They are all mixed.

2. You don’t know this special family nor what this silly case has done to them. You have no idea of the pain it has caused. Don’t forget the “guilty” older brother was just recently married and may spend some time in jail leaving his new bride alone as he sits in a cell while he is in school full time.

3. Primarily, so many are so quick to put another poster/member of klal yisroel down. I’ve seen it in so many threads which is why I refrain from posting along my spouse and children who keep me really busy. Why do people bash others? Does Health’s profession really invalidate him from feeling badly for these boys? Who cares is he isn’t a lawyer? Neither am I. But, I wouldn’t speak that way to another person because I would not appreciate someone speaking like that to me. As a rav in my community said in a shabbos drasha –when people love themselves, they are by definition kinder to others. And, my guess is he is an MD. MDs and PhDs are trained in a way that when they state a medical opinion, there is a recognition that people with certain backgrounds can pick up. RN, techs and medics are trained differently. It’s about how and not why to respond. And, I am not putting any profession down; they are all absolutley required in order to save lives!