“We are appalled by this action and see it as even more evidence that, despite our best efforts, we continue to work in an environment that is in increasingly anti-police, enforced by a judicial system that feels compelled to strike out at our good work,” Mancuso said in a statement. “As a result, Baltimore has become a murderous city that is recognized, nationally, not for our efforts to improve, but rather for our continued fall into the abyss of anarchy and lawlessness.”