Fmr. Baltimore Officer on Rising Crime in the City: Stop Dumping on the Cops for What Is Truly a Societal Failure

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FRANKLIN: "You have to understand Baltimore City just went through a Department of Justice investigation and from that investigation, yeah, we discovered that there were a lot of improprieties that there was, you know, a lot of unconstitutional policing, but that’s a leadership issue; that’s a management issue. Let’s stop blaming the street cops. Do they have their problems? Yes, but this is a management issue, it's a leadership issue. Let’s stop dumping on the cops for what is truly a societal failure. There are many, many factors that come into play here such as jobs, healthcare, education, housing, a whole laundry list of things. If you want to dump on one segment of society, let’s dump on our political leaders who had the power to change things at -- you know, at the societal level here."