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August 20, 2009

Two more arrests; more details in hate attack

Baltimore police have arrested two more suspects -- ages 16 and 17 -- in the brutal attack of a black fisherman at Fort Armistead Park in which a self-proclaimed white supremacist (left) has already been charged. Some in today's newspaper are suggesting there's a growing climate of anger amid the debate on health care reform, but it looks to me like this was an attack of opportunity.

The first suspect arrested, Calvin Lockner, has a tattoo of Hitler on his stomach and police said he told them the attack wouldn't have happened had the victim, 76-year-old James Privott, been white.

I did spend some time on the fishing pier at the park and was heartened to watch as three men of three different races helped each other real in a two-pound catfish. They helped each other without a second thought, a battle waged by men that transcended any and all differences.

Here is a copy of the police charging document outlining the state's case against Lockner (it contains some stronge language): 

Calvin Lockner Att Mur Vic James Privott
Posted by Peter Hermann at 7:41 AM | | Comments (1)
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what could health care possibly have to do with this incident? Is there any evidence that this individual is a partisan in the debate over national health care?

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Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.

Coverage will focus on crime trends, problems in neighborhoods in the city and elsewhere, profiles of victims and police officers and try to offer readers a fresh perspective on one of the most vexing issues facing Baltimore and its future.


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Contributing to this blog is Justin Fenton, who joined the Sun in 2005 and has covered the Baltimore City Police Department and the criminal justice system since 2008. His work includes an investigation into Cal Ripken Jr.’s minor league baseball stadium deal with his hometown of Aberdeen, a three-part series chronicling a ruthless con woman, the killing of five Amish children at a schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa. and a job swap with a British crime reporter to explore differences in crime-fighting.
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