Maryland Democrats nominate former crack dealer who took part in a gun battle!

[genghiskhanraven]

The difference is white convicted criminals get radio shows, black convicted criminals who turn their life around are still treated like criminals, per this thread

Our gov Marty seems to agree with the posters on here and doesnt want this guy appointed. if the guy wasn't a thug getting in a gun battle with a fellow drug dealer a 7th grader wouldn't have been killed walking home from church, thats going to be difficult for many people to forgive and let him hold office. This guy couldn't get elected dog catcher if he was white so I don't think this is a racial discrimination issue.
Plus wasn't Marrion Barry reelected mayor again after his criminal conviction for smoking crack, not all criminals are still treated like criminals after turning thier life around.

[bmore_ken]

Plus wasn't Marrion Barry reelected mayor again after his criminal conviction for smoking crack

ELECTED, not appointed

[pepper]

Absolutely. My anger would be for the person who blew my child away. This guy did not shoot a child. He was charged with a misdemeanor gun charge and has since become a productive citizen. I don't know how many times I have to say the same thing to get through your thick skull

Hi Ken

Personally, my point is that we should be able to have people without checkered pasts as the options. It seems we're not able to do that in some cases, so we'll go with the seriously flawed but seemingly redeemed, and hope for the best.

And to your post, this guy has not become a productive citizen since being involved in a gunfight that resulted in a kids death. That was in 92, and he's been a loser well after that into the 2000's. Should make you wonder how much this guy has done yet not been caught. Typically losers break the law a lot more often than their busted.

Yes, your anger (were you involved in such a tragic shooting) would naturally be directed mainly at the guy that fired the shot. But theres really no way to ignore the other participant in that gun battle and consider him any less the loser. As if he would have given a crap about the victim either way. Folks that get involved in such things are not worth your apologetic deflection of accountability.

[pepper]

Ken, let’s be straight about this, the man is black. Different strokes for different folks. God forgives; the good ole boys only forgive club members.


That is the way it is.

Lets be straight about this...the man is not worthy of elected office, by his own actions. He only seems worthy because it seems they can't find anyone better.

He's responsible for his shady history, no one else. God forgives is irrelevant.

Here Race clouds the thinking. We ALL should simply demand better.

[musicmd]

Andrew Jackson killed people and he became President

Good ole boy, enough said.

[pepper]

Good ole boy, enough said.

That guy lived in the late 1700's and 1800's. This guy is a little more current.

Are you implying that this guy is a victim somehow and not responsible for his sorry history because he's black? That he's being unfairly attacked for his own crappy actions just because he's black?

And using the example of a guy born in the 1700's as an argument pointing out a double standard?

race clouds the view, for both sides. here it applies to you as well as anyone else.

If this guy is clean now, great. The real issue is our inability to have candidates that have not been repeatedly involved in the system.

[bmore_ken]

And to your post, this guy has not become a productive citizen since being involved in a gunfight that resulted in a kids death.

Really? what do you call this?

Hall, now a businessman and former Prince George’s County Council aide

OMG that's horrible

[demopublican]

That guy lived in the late 1700's and 1800's. This guy is a little more current.

Are you implying that this guy is a victim somehow and not responsible for his sorry history because he's black? That he's being unfairly attacked for his own crappy actions just because he's black?

And using the example of a guy born in the 1700's as an argument pointing out a double standard?

race clouds the view, for both sides. here it applies to you as well as anyone else.

If this guy is clean now, great. The real issue is our inability to have candidates that have not been repeatedly involved in the system.

It is all that they have.
It is sad to set your expectations so low.

[russ498]

So people can never change?

Some crimes are so egregious that they should never be forgiven and should have lifelong consequences. This guy, and those like him should never be eligible for public employment or to hold any office. What part or dead 7th grade student didn't you understand.

[russ498]

The difference is white convicted criminals get radio shows, black convicted criminals who turn their life around are still treated like criminals, per this thread

Wrong spanky. Most child sex offenders and white collar criminals are white, and I think they too should be excluded.

[THE_1]

The racial rhetoric here is diverting from the real issue at hand: why does our society set such a low standard for our elected officials? For some reason that completely evades my comprehension, we allow people with felonious backgrounds to run for legislative and executive political offices, yet such background issues are completely unacceptable (and rightfully so) for someone to become a law enforcement officer. Why should the people who create our laws be forgiven for such transgressions, while those who enforce the laws created by these individuals of questionable character have to be squeaky clean? As a society, we should hold them all to the same high standard. This transcends race. Our current and most recent former president have both admitted to drug use that would have made them ineligible to hold a LE job, and would likely disqualify them for a wide range of federal jobs. Yet to actually run the executive branch of our federal government, those character flaws are acceptable.

[bmore_ken]

What part or dead 7th grade student didn't you understand.

What part of this guy didn't kill anyone don't you get?

[russ498]

What part of this guy didn't kill anyone don't you get?

He was participating in a crime where a child was killed. Defend that scum bag all you like.

[bmore_ken]

People like you are the reason criminal recidivism is so prevalent in society. This guy did some bad things and has turned his life around to being a productive citizen of society and people like you won't let them forget what they left behind

[durango46]

The difference is white convicted criminals get radio shows, black convicted criminals who turn their life around are still treated like criminals, per this thread

somethings are forgivable........this isn't one of them.
an innocent child's life was taken and that is way beyond inexcusable.

I don't give an F what color he is

but hey keep playing that race card....smh

[buzzthefuzz]

So people can never change?

The stats show they don't. We're not talking about shoplifting.

Let's give Sandusky another chance. No one was killed there.
Where's the accountability. Do whatever you want now and don't worry about it latter because you can change.

Didn't they do that in WW II. forgive and forget.

[demopublican]

People like you are the reason criminal recidivism is so prevalent in society. This guy did some bad things and has turned his life around to being a productive citizen of society and people like you won't let them forget what they left behind

How about he gets a job where he can pay his own taxes for a whole but is not making tax and legal decisions for the rest of us?

[bmore_ken]

How about he gets a job where he can pay his own taxes for a whole but is not making tax and legal decisions for the rest of us?

He's s business owner, I think he's doing that already

[demopublican]

He's s business owner, I think he's doing that already

How is that business doing?

Police discovered a gun hidden in the front seat of a car Hall said he was driving for a friend in 1994.

He says he unknowingly bought two cars at auction with invalid temporary tags, most recently in 2004. Both cases were also dropped, according to court records.

Hall has also had financial problems and is working to pay off at least $9,000 in back taxes, he said.

[BlandFood]

What part of this guy didn't kill anyone don't you get?

The part that his bullets didn't hit the child, they went elsewhere? You like anybody else would have wanted BOTH of them to fry, who are you trying to crap?