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After entertaining residents attending an event at the Mondawmin Mall by shaking her backside, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was doused with a cup of water by a woman in the audience, according to WJZ-TV.

“We are clear that the level of violence in this city is out of control and a change needed to happen”, said Rev. Glenna Huber, BUILD. Batts and the police union denied that officers were shirking their duties but acknowledged that police are raging, frustrated and...

On Wednesday, Batts was sacked as police commissioner amid the worst crime spike in the city since the 1970s and plummeting morale among officers who complained their boss was failing to provide the support and leadership they needed to do their jobs.

After the violence, arrests in the city plummeted and homicides spiked. Batts and the police union denied that officers were shirking their duties but acknowledged that police are mad, frustrated and fearful in the wake of the Gray case of being second-guessed and prosecuted.

“The mayor has to either give her job up or let somebody else because this is a critical time that we need help in this city”, said Rev. Keith Bailey, Fulton Heights Community Association. Because of the volume of reader comments, we cannot review individual...

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake thanked Police Commissioner Anthony Batts for his service and announced that she was appointing Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis as interim commissioner.