COL Charles Williams801455<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So, this is the Police's fault? How about the mayor? - who told the police to stand down and stay back, and not create problems? Maybe she should go on patrol at midnight...<br /><br />Leadership = Personal Responsibility and Accountability... I thought...<br /><br />BALTIMORE – The Baltimore mayor fired the troubled city's police commissioner Wednesday, saying that a recent spike in homicides weeks after an unarmed black man died of injuries in police custody required a change in leadership.<br /><br />Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake thanked Police Commissioner Anthony Batts for his service — and praised the job he had done — but said growing criticism of his leadership had become a "distraction" that was preventing the city from moving ahead.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/08/baltimore-mayor-fires-police-commissioner/">http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/08/baltimore-mayor-fires-police-commissioner/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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This is the Police Commissioner's Fault? How about the Mayor? "Baltimore Mayor Fires Police Commissioner... "2015-07-08T21:00:05-04:00COL Charles Williams801455<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So, this is the Police's fault? How about the mayor? - who told the police to stand down and stay back, and not create problems? Maybe she should go on patrol at midnight...<br /><br />Leadership = Personal Responsibility and Accountability... I thought...<br /><br />BALTIMORE – The Baltimore mayor fired the troubled city's police commissioner Wednesday, saying that a recent spike in homicides weeks after an unarmed black man died of injuries in police custody required a change in leadership.<br /><br />Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake thanked Police Commissioner Anthony Batts for his service — and praised the job he had done — but said growing criticism of his leadership had become a "distraction" that was preventing the city from moving ahead.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/08/baltimore-mayor-fires-police-commissioner/">http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/08/baltimore-mayor-fires-police-commissioner/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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This is the Police Commissioner's Fault? How about the Mayor? "Baltimore Mayor Fires Police Commissioner... "2015-07-08T21:00:05-04:002015-07-08T21:00:05-04:00SSG Private RallyPoint Member801462<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If she runs for reelection, she just might find a big change in leadership happening to her personally.Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 8 at 2015 9:03 PM2015-07-08T21:03:10-04:002015-07-08T21:03:10-04:00Sgt David G Duchesneau801463<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Got to blame somebody and like they say, it starts at the top!Response by Sgt David G Duchesneau made Jul 8 at 2015 9:03 PM2015-07-08T21:03:11-04:002015-07-08T21:03:11-04:00MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca801485<div class="images-v2-count-2"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-50691"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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<a class="fancybox" rel="de89a00af76b255686cbae7d8c7bb2f2" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/050/691/for_gallery_v2/0aaf6d9f.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/050/691/large_v3/0aaf6d9f.jpg" alt="0aaf6d9f" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-50694"><a class="fancybox" rel="de89a00af76b255686cbae7d8c7bb2f2" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/050/694/for_gallery_v2/db248366.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/050/694/thumb_v2/db248366.jpg" alt="Db248366" /></a></div></div>The buck stops where??Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Jul 8 at 2015 9:11 PM2015-07-08T21:11:17-04:002015-07-08T21:11:17-04:00Capt Richard I P.801569<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So there's this great show called 'The Wire'...Response by Capt Richard I P. made Jul 8 at 2015 9:43 PM2015-07-08T21:43:49-04:002015-07-08T21:43:49-04:001SG Private RallyPoint Member801572<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Mayor's rarely take the hit sir, they have too many scapegoats readily available...New Orleans mayor during/after Katrina is a classic example.Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 8 at 2015 9:44 PM2015-07-08T21:44:41-04:002015-07-08T21:44:41-04:00SSgt Private RallyPoint Member801774<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This reflects our leadership nationally.Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 8 at 2015 11:25 PM2015-07-08T23:25:39-04:002015-07-08T23:25:39-04:00Capt Seid Waddell801908<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It rolls downhill. Always has.Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jul 9 at 2015 1:39 AM2015-07-09T01:39:14-04:002015-07-09T01:39:14-04:00SSgt Charles Edwards801924<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is bullshit. If anyone needs to be removed from office, it's the mayor. She allowed Baltimore to be ruled by chaos for a few days that saw the hometown Orioles cancel two games, play another in an empty stadium and conclude its homestand on the road. Additionally, police vehicles were destroyed, as we're businesses; all because she said give them room. No, she gave permission for her city to be overrun and took the power out of her police force's hands. If she's re-elected, the people of Baltimore will be considered the biggest group of morons gathered in one city.Response by SSgt Charles Edwards made Jul 9 at 2015 2:15 AM2015-07-09T02:15:57-04:002015-07-09T02:15:57-04:00LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow803384<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="206564" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/206564-col-charles-williams">COL Charles Williams</a> I see we saw the same thing. I started a thread on this with the same thought today...<br /><br />How do we combine these threads?<br />Response by LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow made Jul 9 at 2015 3:21 PM2015-07-09T15:21:58-04:002015-07-09T15:21:58-04:002015-07-08T21:00:05-04:00