07-09-2015, 10:57 AM
Tough road for the new guy. If he tries to stand up for his cops, we'll see if he gets the backing of city hall.
Recall that the protesting and riots didn't start that day at Mondawmin Mall. They had begun during the weekend, at which time the official policy of the city was to allow it without any real police interruption. That wasn't a policy Batts put down himself, it had to come from the mayor. Then she goes on to make at best a terribly worded comment about giving space for people to destroy things. The union slammed Batts because they have to work with Rawlings-Blake for the time being... but my guess is that when things were going down at Mondawmin, leadership told Batts not to escalate or come down too hard.
Her handling of the riots was abysmal, and the current state of Baltimore reflects her shitty leadership. I mean holy crap, she's been mayor since 2010 and nothing has substantively improved in Charm City. Batts was a dead man walking from the minute Mondawmin went south.
Recall that the protesting and riots didn't start that day at Mondawmin Mall. They had begun during the weekend, at which time the official policy of the city was to allow it without any real police interruption. That wasn't a policy Batts put down himself, it had to come from the mayor. Then she goes on to make at best a terribly worded comment about giving space for people to destroy things. The union slammed Batts because they have to work with Rawlings-Blake for the time being... but my guess is that when things were going down at Mondawmin, leadership told Batts not to escalate or come down too hard.
Her handling of the riots was abysmal, and the current state of Baltimore reflects her shitty leadership. I mean holy crap, she's been mayor since 2010 and nothing has substantively improved in Charm City. Batts was a dead man walking from the minute Mondawmin went south.