Calling Baltimore’s violence ‘beyond comprehension,’ Council group orders police response plan by budget time

A group of Baltimore City Council members is calling on the Baltimore Police Department to draft and submit a short-term crime plan to ease violence in the city as well as making other demands ahead of budget discussions next month. In a letter to Police Commissioner Michael Harrison, Councilman Eric Costello, backed by Councilmembers Sharon Green Middleton, Mark Conway, Antonio Glover, Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer and Robert Stokes, labeled the current level of violence “beyond comprehension.”