Small-Town Residents Blindsided After Entire Police Force Gets Suspended: ‘It Doesn’t Add Up’
Strange things are afoot on Maryland’s historic Eastern Shore. And the people who live there want to know why.
Situated less than 10 miles from the birthplace of the great 19th-century slave-turned-abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the tiny town of Ridgely made news last week when its board of commissioners, without explanation, suspended the town’s entire police force, according to WMAR-TV in Baltimore.
“It doesn’t add up,” local business owner Gennie Woo said, according to Fox News. “Everybody is skeptical about what happened. We just want to know how and why.”
Indeed, the lack of transparency made residents wonder about the trustworthiness of everyone involved in the suspensions, including the police.
