Ramon Caraballo
Back in July, when the NAACP held a meeting for folks to put forth unsubstantiated allegations of police brutality by members of the Charleston Police Department after the suicide of Denzell Curnell, a fellow by the name of Ramon Caraballo stepped forward to complain about being racially profiled. We wrote about that meeting and pointed out to Caraballo he was probably stopped by police more than the average person due to his criminal history and his affinity for carrying marijuana on his person. He apparently doesn’t understand the term “pattern of behavior”. Click that link and you can read about his prior arrests for marijuana possession, marijuana distribution, and resisting arrest.
After we wrote that story we received all sorts of threats from Caraballo on our Facebook page about his desire to kick our asses. He later thought better of it and deleted those threats. Some of his former Army buddies from around the country also chimed in telling us he was a veteran and we should probably ignore all of his bad behavior because of that. We pointed out our own veteran status. Unfortunately, there are some who served their country honorably, like Caraballo and Sen. John McCain, who think that service earns them a lifetime of forgiveness for every bad or stupid thing they do in their lives. Yeah, well, not so much, guys.
You can head on over to this post and read some comments from Ramon and his pals. We even offered to help Ramon publicize his allegations if he could get us some video of all those racist CPD officers in action. He disappeared from the site shortly after that and we never heard from him again. Imagine that.
Now we see Ramon Caraballo in the news yet again for actions consistent with his established pattern of behavior. It seems he was in a vehicle stopped by CPD officers while he was holding a significant amount of marijuana. He attempted to flee the scene, but was stopped. Officers found 14 bags of marijuana packaged for sale. A total of about half an ounce. During the subsequent arrest Caraballo decided to fight with and assault three police officers, even spitting on one of them. That never works out well. Officers found an additional six bags of weed in his pocket after the arrest.
Caraballo’s continued pattern of behavior now has him charged with PWID Marijuana, three counts of assault on a Police Officer and one count of Throwing Bodily Fluids. He was released on a total bond of $10,000 set by Judge Linda Lombard.
But the cops only stop him because he’s black, right? Yeah, that must be it.
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Agreed he’s an idiot but let’s be honest marijuana should not be illegal or should at least be decriminalized. Maybe CPD should put more resources into catching the thieves who have been breaking into houses in my neighborhood downtown, or controlling the drunks on king street when the bars let out and they get in their cars. I don’t feel any safer now that one less bag of weed is off the streets. Maybe one less idiot though, which is good.
We tend to agree with regard to decriminalization of personal use amounts. For the time being, though, possession and distribution is against the law. Instead of just taking the hit on those willful violations of current law like a man, this one chose to fight with and spit on the police, thereby exacerbating the situation. Not too bright.
The criminal and racist black taxi drivers in Charleston need to be profiled and exposed. They harass passengers. They use ghetto agression to threaten and intimidate passengers. They charge white people and tourists higher fares. They text and talk on cell phones while they drive. They set their seats far pack to where passengers cannot sit and they play excessively loud gangster rap and vulgar ranb music. That’s an article that needs to written by CTL.
Do we really want to a la carte which laws we want police officers to uphold? As long as dealing illegal drugs is on the books, the law must be upheld. Besides, this dude was not just carrying for his own use. He’s a dealer. And an ignorant one at that. Resisting arrest and assaulting officers? Yep, a thug. Get him off the streets.
Our president just decided not to enforce our immigration laws so, sadly, the precedent is there!
I don’t know. When the police are put into a certain neighborhood because crime is out of control its racist.
Agreed he’s an idiot but let’s be honest marijuana should not be illegal or should at least be decriminalized. Maybe CPD should put more resources into catching the thieves who have been breaking into houses in my neighborhood downtown, or controlling the drunks on king street when the bars let out and they get in their cars. I don’t feel any safer now that one less bag of weed is off the streets. Maybe one less idiot though, which is good.
We tend to agree with regard to decriminalization of personal use amounts. For the time being, though, possession and distribution is against the law. Instead of just taking the hit on those willful violations of current law like a man, this one chose to fight with and spit on the police, thereby exacerbating the situation. Not too bright.
The criminal and racist black taxi drivers in Charleston need to be profiled and exposed. They harass passengers. They use ghetto agression to threaten and intimidate passengers. They charge white people and tourists higher fares. They text and talk on cell phones while they drive. They set their seats far pack to where passengers cannot sit and they play excessively loud gangster rap and vulgar ranb music. That’s an article that needs to written by CTL.
Do we really want to a la carte which laws we want police officers to uphold? As long as dealing illegal drugs is on the books, the law must be upheld. Besides, this dude was not just carrying for his own use. He’s a dealer. And an ignorant one at that. Resisting arrest and assaulting officers? Yep, a thug. Get him off the streets.
Our president just decided not to enforce our immigration laws so, sadly, the precedent is there!
I don’t know. When the police are put into a certain neighborhood because crime is out of control its racist.
First - Not here to excuse or justify any of Ramon’s actions. However I have had the opportunity to make acquaintences with him, and I like the guy. This incident is very out of character for him. I know for a fact that he has friends and family that are good (law abiding) people. My hope here is simply that he reaches out to the RIGHT people, and get his life turned around, because I know he has the aptitude to do so. If ever there was someone who could beat the odds by making this their last criminal endeavor, it would be Ramon. Good luck bro, I wish you the best.
So this wanna be political activist, who believes that police profile Black people in high crime areas, while using statistics on criminal activity to find out which areas need the most attention, decides to resist his lawful arrest and assault police and you believe will he will “beat the odds by making this their last criminal endeavor”? No this man will reoffend again and again. We already know he has violent tendencies because he threatened the owner of CTL. If you wan to be a “political activist”, you might want to become a role model instead of a thug that resists a lawful arrest.
“No this man will reoffend again and again”
statistically you’re right.
I was trying to point out — this guy has friends who are not thugs. He has a better chance of turning his life around than 99% of the other thugs featured on here…
So, still, I wish him the best..
First - Not here to excuse or justify any of Ramon’s actions. However I have had the opportunity to make acquaintences with him, and I like the guy. This incident is very out of character for him. I know for a fact that he has friends and family that are good (law abiding) people. My hope here is simply that he reaches out to the RIGHT people, and get his life turned around, because I know he has the aptitude to do so. If ever there was someone who could beat the odds by making this their last criminal endeavor, it would be Ramon. Good luck bro, I wish you the best.
So this wanna be political activist, who believes that police profile Black people in high crime areas, while using statistics on criminal activity to find out which areas need the most attention, decides to resist his lawful arrest and assault police and you believe will he will “beat the odds by making this their last criminal endeavor”? No this man will reoffend again and again. We already know he has violent tendencies because he threatened the owner of CTL. If you wan to be a “political activist”, you might want to become a role model instead of a thug that resists a lawful arrest.
“No this man will reoffend again and again”
statistically you’re right.
I was trying to point out — this guy has friends who are not thugs. He has a better chance of turning his life around than 99% of the other thugs featured on here…
So, still, I wish him the best..