WATCH: Baltimore Mayor Dodges Responsibility For Skyrocketing Murder Rate: ‘I’m Not Committing The Murders’

Baltimore Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young suggested on Thursday that the city’s leadership should not be held responsible for Baltimore’s consistently high murder rate because none of the leadership members personally committed any murders.

“There is not a lack of any leadership on my part. I have been moving this city forward … you know, because I’m not committing the murders and that’s what people need to understand,” Young told reporters during a press conference. “I’m not committing the murders, the police commissioner is not committing it, the council is not committing it. So, how can you fault leadership?”