The mother of a woman found dead from an apparent suicide in Hanover four years ago is accusing the county police of "stonewalling" her from pertaining to the investigation into her daughter's death.
yeah. thank you guys so much for having me this morning. unfortunately, as rachel mentioned earlier before the commercial break, defunding the police is probably the worst idea we have ever had in this country. we defunded the police back in 2020. by 22 million. we had to refund the police this year by 28 million. but unfortunately it was a little too late. i have to be clear, this isn t unique to baltimore. many inner cities with these progressive leaders have defunded the police and put citizens in harm s way. i m glad to see that the baltimore city police commissioner has reached out and asking for federal resources but this is exactly what was on my platform when i ran for congress this past year. you know, we can ask for federal reviewers. rachel: these policies aren t popular with black people. went through poll numbers. new york city 70% of black democrats want more cops in new york city. 90% of detroit residents want more cops. this idea if you remember, kimberly was started
churches and our leaders. and, you know the mayor, that s the way to do it. you know do everything peacefully. let s sit down and talk about this. now other troubling situations and already, really fragmented and tormented city the baltimore city police commissioner coming out yesterday and saying that he thinks that one of the reasons we saw this increase this dramatic increase in violence after freddie gray was laid to rest because these normally rival gangs like the bloods the crypts are coming together to quote, try to take out police officers a very troubling development. meanwhile, there was supposed to be a curfew put in place. it never happened. that curfew set to go into place tonight. what is the general feeling on the streets this morning? when do police expect people to start rioting again? or do they? well i think that s a
trying to put somebody in jail before all the facts are in the investigation hasn t been completed, i mean that s wrong. today, baltimore city police commissioner anthony batts met with the family of freddie gray. after the meeting, the baltimore police department tweeted police chief met with the members of the gray family, listening to their pain and expressing his sympathy. he updated them on the investigation. joining us now is jane miller investigative reporter for nbc affiliate wbal in baltimore. jane has been covering this investigation from the start. jane, what is the latest tonight? well lawrence first of all, the protests we had more protests today. probably not quite as many people today as in previous days. but they were scattered around the city. but tonight, all is quiet. we ve had very orderly you know, a few scuffles here and there with police but certainly mostly just very organized, strong message from the organizers. there s been the demonstrators.
at 9:26 police first called for paramedics saying they had, quote, unconscious male. at 9:33 the paramedics arrive but they didn t leave for the hospital for a full 21 minutes, not until 9:54. it took them six minutes to get to the shock trauma center and about an hour and 20 minutes after gray s arrest. there s so many questions about this case like when and how did freddie gray get hurt? and why didn t police help him more quickly. joining me now are former baltimore city police commissioner leonard hamm. thanks for having me. thanks for having me reverend. you just heard the mayor and the commissioner. what s your response? my response is first of all, i m glad to hear them come