'They are NOT’: Sheriff Clarke disagrees with Baltimore commish that cops are 'part of the problem'

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts has told CNN that the police in the troubled city are “part of the problem”:

First on CNN: "We are part of the problem," Baltimore police commissioner says http://t.co/pD9r6n4HkH (via @evanperez)

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 5, 2015

David Clarke, Jr., Sheriff of Milwaukee County, has diagnosed the “problem” differently:

http://t.co/svjRbKjG5w No they are NOT. Cops did not cause the poverty, failing schools, dysfunctional families that plague Baltimore.

— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) May 7, 2015

Maybe decades of liberal control is to blame? Don’t expect liberals to admit to culpability any time soon:

https://twitter.com/Nigel__politics/status/596345137086668800

Truth to libs, like showing a cross to DRACULA….. https://t.co/VJssCtCjhR

— Tony Venuti (@TonyVenutiShow) May 7, 2015

https://twitter.com/PerryHammons/status/596343418202169344

@SheriffClarke Generations of Democratic 'leaders' have doomed Baltimore and other citieshttp://t.co/SUunrUdjMH

— renwick (@marstraveler) May 7, 2015

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Sheriff David Clarke has absolutely the best suggestion for Michael Moore and his ‘disarm the police’ nonsense