The clown show in Baltimore opened a new chapter on Wednesday when Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced the firing of Police Commissioner Anthony Batts.
Her reasoning for dumping Batts was that his presence had become a distraction in a city that is experiencing a dramatic surge in crime following the riots in April.
“Too many continue to die on our streets, including three just last night and one lost earlier today,” Rawlings-Blake said. “Families are tired of feeling this pain, and so am I. … We need a change.”
https://twitter.com/LawrenceBJones3/status/618874528500813824
This coming from the woman who played a big role in deflating police morale in Baltimore when she ordered officers to stand down during rioting in April, later saying the city “gave those who wished to destroy space to do that.”
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As news of the firing hit social media, many saw the police chief as the proverbial “scapegoat” for the city’s poor leadership, while others wondered when Rawlings-Blake goes. The latest act, as one social media user put it, is “a disgrace.”
Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
Can we say scapegoat? #ohman https://t.co/IzD6BbN6A8
— Katie Wheatley (@mapgirl18) July 8, 2015
She should be next. #StepDown @MayorSRB https://t.co/dogvDVSooO
— Matt Thorpe (@MattsSportsTalk) July 8, 2015
Now, let us all call for @MayorSRB to resign as well. It was her that selected Batts to begin with.
— Baltimore BLOC (@BmoreBloc) July 8, 2015
A disgrace: #Baltimore @MayorSRB throws the @baltimorepolice Commissioner under the bus for her failings @fop3 https://t.co/LfevSs4GUS
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) July 8, 2015
@LawrenceBJones3 LOL payback will be hell. Now he has no reason to keep his mouth shut. Bet he knows where the ‘bodies’ are buried!
— Bill Ruescher (@bill_ruescher) July 8, 2015
@LawrenceBJones3 @MayorSRB @BaltimorePolice Oh, the book that he will write! The fallout will RUIN SRB if not all of Baltimore!
— Brian (@dad2ktj) July 8, 2015
Hey @MayorSRB , you’re gonna run out of people to throw under the bus, the blame starts & stops with you! https://t.co/krPljlmvD2
— Mark Culp (@MarkCulp3) July 8, 2015
Mayor Spoiled Rotten Brat(SRB) to fire the POLICE CHEIF when it’s HER ROTTEN POLICES that have caused the RISE IN CRIME.
— SMART DOG (@FURDOG54) July 8, 2015
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