ON THE RECORD – CITY GEN ATTY – DEMOCRAT – 267

Thiru Vignarajah — BikemoreThiru Vignarajah (Challenger)

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END THE BLOODSHED

  • REDUCE RECORD MURDERS TO RECORD LOWS
      1. Conduct simultaneous wiretaps of violent gangs in the city’s 12 deadliest neighborhoods
      2. Launch a cold case initiative for murders involving high-caliber weaponry, 10 or more gun casings, and headshots.
  • BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY, CRIME, AND PRISON
        1. Forgive government debt for returning citizens who hold down jobs and avoid criminal conduct for 2 years.
        2. Launch “Faith in Justice” reentry initiative, securing $5 million in federal grant money from the Second Chance Act, for 100 nonprofits and faith organizations to help with reentry for 500 citizens annually returning from prison.
        3. Dedicate $10 million to a diversion program modeled on the District Court Re-entry Project, which would allow juveniles and low-level offenders to avoid prison by enrolling in skills training, workforce development, and job placement as a condition of probation.
  • BUILD STRONGER CASES AGAINST REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS
      1. Offer $100 rebates to residential and commercial property owners who purchase cloud-based security cameras and register them with BPD, with the ultimate goal of adding 10,000 ground cameras to the city’s private camera network.
      2. Clear the backlog of untested burglary crime scene evidence, because 40% of DNA and fingerprints in burglary cases hit off the federal forensic database, resulting in more effective prosecutions of violent offenders.
BaltimoreBrew
Declaring himself a fresh alternative to two-term incumbent Marilyn Mosby, Thiru Vignarajah today announced his entry into the race for Baltimore state’s attorney, saying a new approach is needed to reduce crime in a violence-plagued city.
“OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH . . . THIRU!”  – SLOGAN ON THE CANDIDATE’S WEB PAGE.
The result four years ago was that Mosby clinched re-election with about 49% of the vote, while the two men split the remainder. Bates came away with 28% of the vote and Vignarajah with 22.5%.
WBAL-TV 11 News and Weather
“I can’t, as a person who’s devoted his life to public service and fighting crime, watch from the sidelines as this human catastrophe unfolds, especially when I know I can do something to stop it,” Vignarajah said. “Because everyone has a right to feel safe on every street in every neighborhood at every hour.”