With unrest in Baltimore lingering weeks after the riots following Freddie Gray’s funeral, the relationship between the community and the police department remains strained. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has recently made headlines in an attempt to mend this relationship, and now it seems as if Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby may be following in her footsteps.
Mosby and members of her team met with several police officials this past Friday. Rochelle Ritchie, a spokeswoman for Mosby, said that the meeting was used to find solutions that work for everyone involved: “Since the beginning of this administration, we have been collaborating with the Baltimore Police Department and continue to do so. State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and some of her deputies met with the BPD command staff [Friday] to identify training needs and develop strategies to improve cases.”
These new ideas are needed now more than ever. This past May broke the record for Baltimore’s most homicides in one month in the past 40 years: August of 1990 saw 42 homicides, but May topped this at 43. And despite this alarming statistic, the number of arrests has gone down.
