WHAT A SURPRISE! – AT 11:50 A.M. ET:   Baltimore is becoming desperate as the murder rate soars.  From CBS local: 

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore’s mayor is asking for help from the FBI, as the city struggles to contain a soaring murder rate. But will bringing in the feds stop the killings?

The mayor pulled no punches earlier this week when she said the murder rate is out of control. She wants to bring in the FBI to the city, but will it make a difference? Some people are skeptical of that.

Violence in Baltimore has reached a crisis level, with the number of killings shattering a 20-year high this early in the year, Baltimore’s mayor was blunt.

“I’m calling on all the assistance we can possibly get because I can’t imagine going into our summer months with our crime rate where it is today, what that’s going to look like by the end of the summer,” says Mayor Catherine Pugh.

WJZ has learned Mayor Pugh wants manpower and technology from the FBI.

“Murder is out of control,” says Pugh.

The mayor met with the special agent in charge of the Baltimore division of the FBI, but wouldn’t provide specifics. She says they’ll come out next week, and the FBI isn’t talking.

COMMENT:  Baltimore was recently famous for the Freddie Gray case, in which an African-American prisoner died during a ride in a police van.  Out-of-control prosecutors, seeking to appease irrational public anger, indicted six police officers in the case, none of whom was found guilty.

The Obama administration's answer to Baltimore's situation was not to provide greater resources to law enforcement, but rather to harass the Baltimore police.  They may not be perfect, far from it, but murder is not increasing because of some bad cops.  It may well be increasing because law enforcement officers are often reluctant to get involved in some cases out of fear that they'll be called racists, or worse.

Baltimore is another city where liberal policies and racial politics have failed. 

May 1, 2017