Iwas pleased to read the recent column by Armstrong Williams on Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates and how he has reduced city crime ( “Armstrong Williams: Ivan Bates deserves credit for making Baltimore safer,” Oct. 10).

This newspaper and others have written article after article applauding Mayor Brandon Scott’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy. Scott himself has stood on his soapbox and touted his success. Amazingly, each of these articles fails to mention Marilyn Mosby’s tenure in office and the changes that have taken place under Bates.

Mosby’s policies and failures were devastating for Baltimore. They included leniency on petty crime, plea deals and dismissals for violent crimes and gun offenses resulting in no jail time, poor recruiting and retention in her office and her pe

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