Baltimore is a dangerous city!! As of 2021, Baltimore has the 3rd highest rate of violent crime in the US. Only Detroit and St. Louis have higher crime rates. For six years, Marilyn Mosby has been the city’s top prosecutor.
Baltimore also has a rapidly declining population. As of the 2020 census, Baltimore has 573,000 residents, a decline of almost 6% over the last decade. Baltimore’s current population is at a 100-year low! The crime rate played a large role in that decline, especially among the black residents.
Mosby was elected to State’s Attorney for Baltimore and took office in January 2015. She is a Democrat. Baltimore’s crime rate in 2014, the year prior to Mosby’s swearing in was 1338 per 100,000 residents. In 2021 that number rose to 1859, which equals a 39% increase in crime. Baltimore’s crime rate is currently 406% of the national average.
In April of 2015 a black man named Freddie Gray died while in police custody. Mosby quickly charged 6 Baltimore City police officers with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Riots broke out across Baltimore. Businesses were looted and burned, including an affordable housing center for seniors. Fifteen police officers were injured during the riots, including 6 seriously. The Governor of Mayland called in the National Guard. US Attorney General Lorreta Lynch called the riots “senseless acts of violence.”
Mosby was harshly criticized for her prosecution of the 6 police officers. Legal scholars called her “unethically reckless and incompetent.” Mosby was also accused of circumventing normal procedures to “step into the national limelight.” After the officers were charged, Mosby went around the country speaking at events. She even appeared on-stage during a Prince concert!
Baltimore Inspector General, Isabel Mercedes Cumming, was asked to investigate Mosby’s travel for speaking engagements and found Mosby was out of town for 144 workdays in 2018 and 2019.
The six police officers went to trial. One trial ended in a mistrial (hung jury); two other officers were acquitted on all charges. The charges against the remaining three officers were dropped. A complaint was filed against Mosby for allegedly withholding evidence during these trials. Of course, when complaints were filed against Mosby, she played the gender and race card!
In 2020 the IRS filed a $45,000 tax lien on Mosby’s property for unpaid taxes for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Finally, on January 13, 2022, Mosby was indicted by a Federal Grand jury on 4 counts, including perjury, and making false statements on two mortgage applications. Apparently, Mosby claimed “financial hardship due to Covid” when withdrawing $40,000 and $50,000 from her deferred compensation plan. She used provisions from the CARES Act to make these withdrawals to purchase two vacation beach homes in Florida. She failed to disclose the IRS lien when making these mortgage applications.
Baltimore needs a new “top cop.” Mosby is reckless, self-serving and dishonest. She is up for re-election in November. I hope Baltimore gets a new City Attorney that helps the police lower the crime rate! In 2021, Baltimore had 337 murders. Wake up Baltimore!!
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