
On Wednesday night, former Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts told a crowd at Mount St. Mary’s University that police “took a knee” after riots in April, blaming their activity for rising crime rates that ended in his firing. Batts said, “Part of the crime rate increase is that the police officers at some point took a knee, and they are doing that like other officers.”
by William Bigelow3 Sep 2015, 12:35 PM PST0

Ed Mullins, President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association in New York, wants Baltimore Police Chief Anthony Batts and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to resign.
by Alex Swoyer5 May 2015, 12:38 PM PST0

As the Baltimore curfew ends, Gov. Larry Hogan tells reporters more than 200 businesses were destroyed – many of which did not have insurance – and that millions of dollars have been lost.
by Alex Swoyer3 May 2015, 10:49 AM PST0

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” economist and political commentator Julianne Malveaux said the curfew that the Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake put in place “seemed like a plantation at some level that the overseers are deciding you can’t go outside.” “[I]t’s overtime
by Pam Key3 May 2015, 10:27 AM PST0

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (D) vowed “I will continue to be relentless in changing the culture of the police department” in a press conference in reaction the charges filed against police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray on Friday.
by Ian Hanchett1 May 2015, 10:53 AM PST0