Major City’s Democrats Finally Abandoned Criminal Justice Reform — Now They Boast A Decades-Low Homicide Rate
Democratic Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott wrote in a Monday X post that his city would end 2025 “with the lowest number of homicides in DECADES.” Scott’s post was in response to a Monday analysis by The Baltimore Banner…
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About Brandon Scott
Brandon Maurice Scott is an American politician serving as the mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, since 2020. He was the president of the Baltimore City Council from 2019 to 2020, having been elected to the position to replace Jack Young following Catherine Pugh's resignation, and a member of the Baltimore City Council from the second district from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Scott was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland during the 2018 Maryland gubernatorial election, as the running mate of Jim Shea.
Everything about Brandon Scott →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Mayor of Baltimore, council member, president
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 8, 1984