As Baltimore spins out of control, the mayor fired the police commissioner.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Wednesday that she has replaced Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts.
Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, a veteran Maryland law enforcement official, was named the interim commissioner.
A Los Angeles native, Batts headed the department since the fall of 2012 after serving as chief in Long Beach and Oakland.
In a brief statement Tuesday evening, Batts said, “I’ve been honored to serve the citizens and residents of Baltimore. I’ve been proud to be a police officer for this city,” the Baltimore Sun reported.
Rawlings-Blake said her motivation for replacing Batts was a spike in murders during the past month and not a police union report criticizing her and Batts for the April riots after Freddie Gray was fatally injured while in police custody. Six officers have been indicted, including one for murder.
Remember,this is the mayor who had the police stand down so the rioters could “have space to destroy” and who also said said during the riots “it’s only property”. She declared war on the police and the police decided the safest thing to do was nothing since they would be second guessed. It’s obvious that the mayor was on the side of the rioters and the looters. So was the Obungler administration. A drug dealer with multiple arrests, who should have been in jail, was elevated to sainthood, just like St. Trayvon of Skittles, St. Michael of Swisher Sweets, and St. Eric of Smoothies. It’s sez a lot about our divider-in-chief that he sent no one to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral, but sent representatives to the funerals of cheap street thugs.
“We cannot grow Baltimore without making our city a safer place to live,” the mayor said at a news conference. “We need a change. This was not an easy decision, but it is one that is in the best interest of the people of Baltimore. The people of Baltimore deserve better.”
That ship has sailed. Baltimore is done. You either enforce the law or you don’t. The dumb mayor decided that she didn’t want the law enforced and now she is reaping the consequences of her actions. Batts is the scapegoat. The real problem is Rawlings-Blake. The same thing is happening in Mayor Warren Wilhem’s New York. What? You didn’t know that was his real name? Wilhelm has waged war on the New York City police and crime is rising there as well. When liberals progressives rat bastard commies run things crime goes up. Look at San Fransissy and its sanctuary city policy. The Mexican who shot the young lady had been deported five times but he knew he was safe in San Fransissy. If I were that lady’s family I would sue the city for all it is worth.
Well Baltimore, you elected another RWPP and this is what you get. More homicides. More violent crimes. A major league baseball game played in an empty stadium because it wasn’t safe for the fans to attend the game.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, and Baltimore’s State Attorney, Marilyn Mosby, are so incompetent and so far over their heads. That city was bad 25 years ago when I would go there on business. They have a beautiful harbor…just don’t go two blocks in or you’ll be in trouble. That city will never recover.
just look at who was fired and who was hired.
He was the “sacrificial lamb” for the reality that the cops refuse to put themselves in the “bulls-eye” of the knee-grows like the black bitch mayor, Rev. Al Sharpton and other progressive Commies who are just itching for another “RACIST incident”.
What’s an RWPP?
Put your mouse on top of it and all will be revealed.
Thanks denny :–)
She told the police to “stand down”. They did. I haven’t heard that she has ever said “Stand up” since. Not that they would, knowing full well that if they so much as arrest or even raise their voice to a knee-grow their ass is grass.
If all the police in Baltimore aren’t looking for new jobs I would be surprised. Whyinell be a target while not being allowed to defend yourself?