Posted on 05/10/2015 8:56:25 AM PDT by PROCON
As the number of shootings and homicides has surged in Baltimore, some police officers say they feel hesitant on the job under intense public scrutiny and in the wake of criminal charges against six officers in the Freddie Gray case.
State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby's decision last week to charge the officers has stoked strong opinions across the country — including praise from those who want accountability and derision from some legal experts.
But perhaps the most jarring effect has been on the Baltimore Police Department.
"In 29 years, I've gone through some bad times, but I've never seen it this bad," said Lt. Kenneth Butler, president of the Vanguard Justice Society, a group for black Baltimore police officers. Officers "feel as though the state's attorney will hang them out to dry."
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
Good luck, Baltimore, it was nice knowing ya.
I love it! Maybe the next time they need the police, they could call a looter instead.
40 shootings since the riots, 15 dead.
Of course they are, Duh. They'd be fools if they weren't
"They have a pride in their job," Scott said. "They would not do that to prove a point."
Has he considered that they are not so much trying to make a point as they are trying to protect themselves from the racist mob rule of the DA in Baltimore?
If the people who are charged with covering your back are sticking a knife in it, "purposefully hesitant" is simply the prudent thinking of self preservation.
Meanwhile,how’s Chicago doing with it’s body count?
Thank Gaia that Mosby is gonna take down that vicious cafeteria lady!
Anyway, there must be some of the Baltimordor cops quietly putting out feelers for jobs in other departments.
They should all be playing "Waldo" during their shift, especially in the "Black Lives Matter" part of town. The animals don't want to be policed, the Mayor doesn't want the animals to be policed... F'em, do your shift somewhere safe and go home alive and uncharged.
Put notices all over town that if someone wants the police to call Mosby. Don’t patrol alone. Don’t respond without backup. The city will be turned over to the gangs if the police decide that they are the target of the city management and the DOJ.
15 homicides in the past week
None by cops of course
Surely mosby is all over those cases
The reason America tolerates such massive black crime is because most of it is committed against their own.
It is now open season on “ people who got stuff”
Time to share da wealth and burn what’s left
But, but, but I thought #BlackLivesMatter?
The lying prosecutor and the MSM and the liberal hacks are reaping what they’ve sown. So what now? Are they going to condemn the cops for not acting?
That is part of it; on the other hand, trying to enforce Anglo laws is seen as provoking blacks. NJ gave up on that a long time ago; they can kill each other with impunity, and only deal with cops when the reservation has been picked clean and they head out across the frontier into taxpayer areas...
Just wait until the mayor and her clown car staff try to charge the cops for working “ by the book”
Of course the State Attorney General will....so will the DOJ, so will the “One”.
Other jurisdictions across the country looking for good, experienced officers should be recruiting in Baltimore.
Talk about wishful thinking. Keep on believing that, bub.
It’s all about milking the grievance.
It’s not just “da hood”, it’s the victimhood.
All this “stuff” going down In Baltimore reminds me a various episodes of “Homicide, Life on the Streets” and “The Wire”.
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