MORE BALTIMORE VIOLENCE

No, [most decent] police out on the street are not satisfied with the law, no, people who are not sworn officers should NOT be allowed to be paid and speak out loud as if they are [Especially Guglielmi AND from PG County Kevin "OPEN MOUTH INSERT BOTH FEET" and Davis (the nut job) is a sworn officer], admittedly [with far more interaction with MD than I care for] I see a pattern that involves the states attorneys office therein lies A HUGE problem. This is not just happening in MD~there are 49 more with agendas. I am Justin's momma

 

More Baltimore Violence

Baltimore's been wracked by a spasm of violence since last Friday, honey -- 29 shootings, with ten dead in those five days. Community and city council are up in arms, mayor and commissioner slow to react. (Mayor was in Las Vegas at national mayor's conference.) If things don't change soon, might expect heads to roll. Based on some tone-deaf comments by Guglielmi, he's on step one ...of what is probably a two-step firing:

"Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said the department’s initial “messaging” about the shootings had been 'terrible.' He said he had temporarily reassigned spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, who drew criticism for saying during the weekend violence that the city was generally satisfied with crime reductions...

"...Batts said he had moved Guglielmi, the department’s chief spokesman since December 2008, to an assignment in which he will work more closely with the community. Guglielmi, whose salary was $99,000 last year, is not a sworn officer.

"Batts said the temporary move to the recently formed Community Partnership Division 'will be good for him and good for us.' Guglielmi declined to comment."


Also of note, Marilyn Mosby (rising young black politician, woman, lawyer, former Assistant State's Attorney, married to city councilman) just announced she's running against Bernstein to be State's Attorney for Baltimore. Says Ms. Mosby: "The police are doing their jobs. The judges are doing their jobs," she said. "The only person that's not doing his job is the state's attorney." (Of course, if she or her husband were running for mayor, she would be banging on the police, the commissioner, and the mayor.)

In other Maryland news, a 14-year old boy stabbed the family St. Bernard puppy to death.

Main article on rash of violence:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bal-mayor-police-commissioner-angry-about-continuing-wave-of-violence-20130626,0,244753.story