Baltimore police department requests federal help to combat surge in crime
Baltimore police are seeking federal assistance to combat a surging crime rate as the city deals with the aftermath of the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, an incident that sparked days of intense protests.
Police commissioner Anthony Batts said on Wednesday that the department had requested more federal agents and prosecutors to be dispatched to Baltimore after the city recorded 43 murders in May, the highest murder rate in the city since 1972.
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Batts said that during and since the looting and protests, 27 pharmacies and two methadone clinics had been broken into.
“There’s enough narcotics on the streets of Baltimore to keep it intoxicated for a year,” he said.
Batts said that increase had thrown the city off-balance. He also linked the violence to turf wars between drug dealers.
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