Remember Robert Ponsi? He was a server at James Joyce Pub in Baltimore. He was fatally stabbed by a group of black males in January of 2016. One of the black males who participated in the execution of Ponsi was the son a community activist.
While on the phone with his wife, Jim Forrester - a musician and tattoo artist - was murdered by two blacks in Baltimore |
Remember Kimberly Leto? She was a bartender at O'Donnell's Pub in Baltimore. She was murdered by two black males in 2014. One of the black males who murdered her was the son of a police dispatcher.
The white working class in 70 percent black Baltimore has no community to support them, nor advocacy group to promote their interests.
Whites represent under 25 percent of the population of Baltimore, when in 1917 whites represented nearly 90 percent of the city's residents.
It was a world-class city then; now, it's nothing more than another Mogadishu in the making.
So, who is the next member of the white-working class to pay the Eloi tax in 70 percent black Baltimore? [Remembering slain Baltimore musician: Victim murdered while on phone with wife, ABC 2 Baltimore, 12-20-17]:
The white working class in 70 percent black Baltimore has no community to support them, nor advocacy group to promote their interests.
Whites represent under 25 percent of the population of Baltimore, when in 1917 whites represented nearly 90 percent of the city's residents.
It was a world-class city then; now, it's nothing more than another Mogadishu in the making.
So, who is the next member of the white-working class to pay the Eloi tax in 70 percent black Baltimore? [Remembering slain Baltimore musician: Victim murdered while on phone with wife, ABC 2 Baltimore, 12-20-17]:
A body piercer at the Baltimore Tattoo Museum, 43-year-old Jim Forrester joined his bandmates from the heavy metal group Foghound as they performed there for a holiday party on Sunday.
24 hours later, his life would end outside the business on Eastern Avenue when he stepped out to call his wife, encountered a pair of armed teens and suffered a gunshot wound to the chest as his wife remained on the other end of the line. Tattoo Artist Adam Jeffrey worked with Forrester.
Image of the two black suspects who murdered Jim Forrester while he was talking to his wife on the phone. The media in Baltimore is not yet identifying them as black
"Jim used to... him and his wife were definitely really into each other. They are very happy people and he would call her two or three times a day and he would step out on the steps and they'd have giggles and smiles,” recalled Jeffrey, “Whatever was going on there was sweet and he didn't like to do it in front of the guys." They are fond memories now balanced with the stark reality that Forrester was murdered. Following the fateful shot, the victim's wife called his co-workers to check on him outside.
"Our frontend manager performed CPR on Jim until the medics arrived,” said Jeffrey, “Yes. It's very hard... very hard to watch your friend coughing up blood and taking their last breath in front of you." A bass player for a pair of popular bands, Forrester was rebounding from serious health issues that have now left his widow with substantial medical bills, and his friends have started a GoFundMe page to help out. It's part of the untold challenge that comes with what will go down in the record as Baltimore's 334th homicide of the year.
"My reaction is the same as it has been for every murder in this city, whether it was a speed chase where I was at a police officer's funeral---too many illegal guns on the streets of this city," said Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh.
And now, one less person who brought music, art and smiles to a city much in need of all of them.
"The outpouring of support that has come through the last couple of days---it's indicative of how Baltimore is,” said Jerrod Sydnor, one of Forrester’s many friends, “We unite in tragedy and unfortunately it happens way too often, but at the same time, we never lose hope in ourselves and our friends and that's always good."Baltimore Police have released images of the two suspects, who are clearly black males. Jim Forrester was a white man who was not just a positive force for Baltimore, but a beloved husband and friend to many who are now losing hope in the 70% black city.
In a city where 99 percent of the suspects in homicides are black, Jim Forrester is just another white victim of black crime we are not supposed to remember. From a pattern recognition standpoint, Jim Forrester is just another member of the white working-class to be murdered by blacks in Baltimore, a city quickly regressing to the black mean.