The swearing in ceremony on Thursday of Richard Worley as Baltimore’s police commissioner comes as the police department faces new scrutiny amid recent violent crimes, including Tuesday’s shooting on the campus of Morgan State University, last week’s killing of a rising tech CEO and an arson and rape in west Baltimore just days prior. 11 TV Hill spoke with Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, who addressed “good-time credits” for incarcerated people and ensuring people who commit crimes face consequences.
The swearing in ceremony on Thursday of Richard Worley as Baltimore’s police commissioner comes as the police department faces new scrutiny amid recent violent crimes, including Tuesday’s on-campus shooting at Morgan State University, last week’s killing of a rising tech CEO and an arson and rape in west Baltimore just days prior.
11 TV Hill sat down with Baltimore’s leaders for a wide-ranging conversation on the issue, and the mayor didn’t hold back when sharing his thoughts on what needs to change.
“When you add in this culture around guns and gun violence and how it is so prevalent for these young people throughout their lives, from basically, the time they were born, all of that plays a part of the culture … and we have to deal with every single aspect of it — (from) gun-trafficking and manufacturing to people who pull the trigger — every single part of that system has to be looked at, and that none is more important to the other,” Mayor Brandon Scott told 11 TV Hill.
