Ed Mullins, President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, one of the nation's largest and most influential police unions urged both the mayor and police chief in Baltimore to resign
Police union leader to Rita Cosby: Baltimore's mayor, police chief must resign
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The Freddie Gray death on April 19 while in Baltimore Police Department custody set off nights of violent and devastating protests by black residents who were arguably stoked up by members of the news media and the usual agitators. While the police officers and Republican governor of Maryland were severely criticized for their handling of the civil unrest, Baltimore's Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Police Commissioner Anthony Batts and Deputy Police Commissioner Garnell Green, who are all African Americans were portrayed as being reasonable for their actions which included telling police officers to "stand down" and failing to call the governor to deploy the National Guard.
