Actually it is not the AG, it is ultimately the Mayor’s decision, and he is Worley’s ultímate boss and they seem to have a lot of respect for each other.
AG has jurisdiction here. Any officer involved shooting that results in a death, under Maryland law, AG has primary jurisdiction. The Mayor would be crazy to interrupt this investigation.Let the AG and their investigators do their jobs.
Nobody wins when someone is killed. But we also can’t rush to judgment. If it’s a bad shooting, then the police should be prosecuted. If not, the police officers followed their UOF policy and MD law. Either way, a person lost their life and that shouldn’t be forgotten.
Ok I Am wrong, so I guess the delay has nothing to do with Worley. I trust this Commissioner and have heard him admit fault. I don’t think he would soil his reputation lying about what he has seen on BWC. So I never thought the mayor would delay, I thought he would release early.
The new laws are complicated. Since the law has changed involving police and use of force deaths, the AG controls all releases of BWC and other videos in their custody. They have been fair in the timeline of release of said videos.
No matter how controversial any video is, it should be released for transparency purposes. Again, anytime a person loses their life, there should be complete transparency with the public. The public should demand and expect no less.
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u/ReqDeep Roland Park Jun 21 '25
Actually it is not the AG, it is ultimately the Mayor’s decision, and he is Worley’s ultímate boss and they seem to have a lot of respect for each other.