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Baltimore Police Fired 72 Officers in 3 Years for Misconduct, Crimes

© AP Photo / David GoldmanPolice in riot gear line up near the scene of Monday's riots ahead of a 10 p.m. curfew Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Baltimore. The curfew was imposed after unrest in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody.
Police in riot gear line up near the scene of Monday's riots ahead of a 10 p.m. curfew Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Baltimore. The curfew was imposed after unrest in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. - Sputnik International
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Seventy-two police officers have been fired in Baltimore for misconduct and illegal activities since 2012.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Seventy-two police officers have been fired in Baltimore for misconduct and illegal activities since Police Commissioner Anthony Batts took office in September 2012, Baltimore Police Department said in a statement.

“Under the Police Commissioner’s [Batts] tenure there have been a total of 72 forced separations from the agency,” the statement said on Wednesday. “These are individuals who have been internally charged with misconduct, false statements, criminal activities, neglecting their duty and other offences.”

The statement added that the numbers “do not include the hundreds of officers who have nobly served their department.”

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Baltimore police has been in the spotlight since the April 2015 riots in response to the death of African-American Freddie Gray of injuries that he sustained while in police custody.

On May 21, 2015, a grand jury indicted six Baltimore police officers involved in the illegal arrest of Gray. They are now facing charges on accounts of assault, manslaughter, false imprisonment and misconduct in office.

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