Luke 17:28-30 “Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built” but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
On the heels of riots in Baltimore and the arrest and charges against six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, the mayor has asked the federal government to carry out an investigation of the police department.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said that the police had a “fractured” relationship with the community. The declaration comes after the Obama administration’s new attorney general visited the city and held a private meeting with Blake.
“The attorney general is actively considering that option in light of what she heard from law enforcement, city officials, and community, faith and youth leaders in Baltimore yesterday,” Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson said.
A spokesman for Baltimore City Council President Jack Young said that Mr. Young has been calling for an investigation since October. The requested investigation is similar to the one in Ferguson, Missouri after the Michael Brown incident.
In the first five years of their term, the Justice Department has started investigations into over 20 police departments, more than double the amount of the previous term.
Five law enforcement agencies were found to have had no violations. Cities that have faced similar investigations include New Orleans and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
