The man in charge of the embattled Baltimore Police Department is out of a job. Anthony Batts was commissioner of the police department when the death of detainee Freddie Gray in police custody led to riots in April.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said she decided to fire Batts because recent events had distracted the police from its job of getting crime under control.
She has appointed an interim commissioner to take the place of Batts. The decision to fire Batts came after the release of a report from the Baltimore police union that criticized police leadership during the riots.
Rawlings-Blake said her decision wasn’t an effort to appease the union.
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