Tanya Williams
Bryan,
First , let me thank you for your efforts to help us through
the mayors office. I am forwarding the reply from the mayor. The Ombudsman
did contact me today by phone and I am very sad. His only concern is that
2 children(as he calls them) were bitten by my dog.
He said he will be starting an investigation but he said he does not understand
my fear because my husband is the only one who has committed a crime. We
invited him to watch the videos of their illegal activities and threats
but he said he would contact us after he completed his own investigation,
with his findings. These girls are not innocent children. They carry guns!
Just because someone is not legally an adult does not make them a child
either. They are dangerous people. And they are capable of taking a life. I
tried to plead my case explaining that the problem started before the dog
bite and still continues. Yes, they were bitten. But no one will look at
the tapes and no one would help to stop them before they came here to my
house to hurt me.I have them on tape plotting to come and rob me for the
video 2 hrs before they were bitten. In those two hours they came closer
and closer to my house to threaten and scare me. They win. I am threatened
and I am scared to death.My children do not sleep without nightmares. I
do not sleep for fear that they will come for us. When I tell official type
people the story they make it seem so trivial. I invite them to live
in my shoes for a while. Would you allow your children to play outside while
being called racial slurs even if they do not understand what they are
being called. It has been suggested several times that if I let them stay
in harms way long enough to be hit with a rock that something could be done.
How absurd is that!!!!! Choose one of yourselves to sacrifice so that
the others can have relief. So, I feel that in my efforts to get help I
have sent another official to build a case against my husband.
The stress and helplessness I feel is terrible. I am physically
sickened to my heart. We have lived here for 2 years and have never hurt
anyone and have helped many. Now, we are public enemy number one. I give
up, we are the bad guys. In Baltimore City juveniles have all the rights
no matter what they do to others. The Ombudsman was very scary indeed, He
brought me to tears and when Clayton talked to him it only got worse. He
says he will conduct an objective investigation, but he seems to have decided
we are the problem. I only hope he will come here and speak to the other
neighbors around us. We are not bad people,and we are not the only ones
afraid of these teenagers.
Tanya
P.S. while writing you I received your email about the dog.
The dog was quarantined for 10 days she was taken away immediately. We were
allowed to visit her but could not touch her or let her out of the 4x4 cage
she was kept in. She was abused as witnessed by my husband while picking
her up on day 11. He heard someone yelling SIT . And cursing . He was not
supposed to go in the back but he opened the door and the attendant had
her on a cord (like you would use for clothes line) tied in a noose and
was hanging her off the floor. My husband got the dog from him and took
her to the front where he put her collar and leash on. We had to pay about $300
and she has a micro chip in her somewhere(they don't tell you where, so
you can't take it out). She lost her hearing and was completely deaf. We
think it was clogged ears from being squirted while in the cage.(that is
just speculation though as I have no proof) And they made it very clear
that they can decide to come and get her and put her to sleep depending
the outcome of the bite officer's investigation. We have left a copy of
the tapes to City Paper and we have called channel 11 so far no one seems
interested.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 3:28 PM
Subject: RE: Tanya Williams in the Hanlon Community
Ms. Williams:
I've sent your e-mail
to Mr. Reggie Scriber, the Ombudsman for Baltimore City, who will be contacting
you.
Martin O'Malley
Mayor
-------- Original Message --------
Your Honor:
There are definitely two sides to every story, but I do not believe that
the angst and desperation conveyed in the Williams' emails and entry in
the guestbook could be contrivances. I intend to find out for myself what's
going on ASAP.
I know too well the terror juvenile delinquents can create right from my
experience here on Madison Avenue, long chronicled on my
website, including a night of
terror amoral "children" (teenagers)
created for this neighborhood
almost a year ago last July 4.
Regardless of what his investigation concludes, that your ombudsman would
give such an impression of prejudgement to this woman in his first phone
call is
wrong. It reminds me of the insolent, impudent and disrespectful
conduct of Jennifer Miehlke last year when we invited you to the grand opening
of the police substation here at 1708 Madison, rear. You referred me to
your scheduling secretary to set a date. When Ms. Miehlke called, she said
the police did not want the substation, would not use it and that you had
officially declined our invitation, even though Sergeant Hess had gladly
accepted our offer many months before. You never did decline our invitation
to me, but we gave up.
Sheila Dixon and Catherine
Pugh cut the ribbon. City officers use the substation several
times every day with Central District Major Gutberlet's support, supplied
and
supported by many
citizens. Police Commissioner Designate Clark visited the substation
on February 9 as a result of
reading about it and
our predicament here in the City Paper and encouraged the officers he
met that night to use it.
I ask you to assign a new and impartial person to investigate this matter,
please. I intend to bring the media in for the same purpose. Someone needs
to hear both sides of this crisis. Something is obviously way wrong and
such circumstances are not uncommon in this city. I'm reminded of senior
citizens moved to gun play over harassment by out of control juveniles and
young adults, as happened at least twice last year.
And how can any of us escape the similarity here to the pleas the Dawson's
made just last year.
Please give this matter some personal attention. The frustration here is
shared by way too many Baltimoreans.
Bryan