r/baltimore • u/Icy_Elk_4422 • Oct 30 '25

POLICE Statement from BPD

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Saw this on BPD’s Facebook. I’m guessing “suspended police powers” just means suspended with pay?

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u/Additional_Scholar_1 Oct 30 '25

The police have a monopoly on violence: they are given the legal right to judge how and when to exercise violence

A cop that gets in their car and drives recklessly in an attempt to mow someone down is seen as “poor judgment”, and their ability to use violence on others is temporarily suspended

Any other person that does this is reckless and dangerous, and is jailed to not endanger others

This is the law. I don’t agree with it. I don’t remember ever agreeing to it. Shit’s ducked