Posted on 05/07/2015 12:09:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai
U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski said Thursday that she and other members of Maryland’s congressional delegation support Baltimore’s mayor in asking for a broad federal investigation of whether city police engage in discriminatory patterns or practices—a request sparked by the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody last month.
The Democratic senator told U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch during a Senate subcommittee hearing that Lynch would get a letter later Thursday from the Maryland delegation supporting Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s request, made Wednesday.
“In many cities throughout the country, including my own city of Baltimore, the trust between community and police is broken. We must do all we can to restore that trust,” Mikulski said in a written statement.
Rawlings-Blake has won support from other public officials and praise from legal experts for requesting the investigation after previously saying she was determined to fix the Baltimore Police Department’s problems herself. …
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The history books are going to have a field day with this.
How about a federal probe of the mayor and her incompetent leadership.
Great job lady, throw your police dept. under the bus.
Funny how the politicians never seem to want to investigate the violent nature of young black urban males.
Probe the Mayor and the Persecutor, er, Prosecutor instead!
That would reopen the matter of the destruction of the family by the government. Can’t put the spotlight on that, no way!
Would Loretta Lynch actually do the right thing, like Eric Holder had to when there was no evidence of Darren Wilson doing anything wrong?
This entire affair is a false flag designed by the regime to nationalize America's police departments. The King made a desperate plea for Congress to vote on Lynch. Congress approved Lynch just 4 DAYS before the riot. JUST A COINCIDENCE, EH? Black Mayor.. Black State Prosecutor.. Half the charged cops are BLACK yet this is STILL about RACE. It boggles the mind! Open your eyes, THUGS!
“U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski”
Sheeeesh....I didn’t know the ol bat was still alive.
Why have police departments at all? The Secret Service is there to protect the Americans who matter.
Soma.
Not just “no” but heck no.
She will do no such thing.
She will double down on persecution of “politically expendables and undesirables” to further “the cause”.
Formaldehyde does wonders, as does necromancy.
They’re setting up a federal case for violation of civil rights under color of law. This means they know the local charges and the local “prosecutor” have no chance. This also explains why Loretta Lynch visited Baltimore this week; not to calm things or to check in on the investigation, but to promise the mayor and her goober prosecutor that the Fed will bail them out.
Irony. Lynch mob at DOJ.
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