Ivan Bates, Democratic nominee for Baltimore state’s attorney: ‘You will be held accountable, and you will go to jail’

Ivan Bates, the Democratic nominee for Baltimore state’s attorney, said on Monday that he was putting violent, repeat offenders on notice, declaring that “you will be held accountable, and you will go to jail.” Speaking to reporters at his campaign headquarters at the Hilltop Shopping Center in Woodmere, Bates said the role of the chief law enforcement officer is to keep everyone safe. He said there will be “certainty of consequences.”