Street Life at Night as Seen by Baltimore’s Police Officers

‘I’m going to light this [expletive] up,’ an unstable and inebriated 25-year-old black male shouts at a BPD officer.

Baltimore police respond to a shooting at Morgan State University in Balitmore on Oct. 3, 2023. Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP

It is an unusually quiet night on the streets of Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood—but one that still has its share of surprises and shocks, including an attempted robbery of a 71-year-old lady.

Midnight on April 8 has long gone and outside The Point In Fells bar an unstable and inebriated 25-year-old black male threatens a Baltimore Police officer.