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US Department of Justice, City of Baltimore Reach Agreement on Policing Reforms

The city of Baltimore and the U.S. Department of Justice have come to terms on policing reforms that will be part of a formal consent decree pending approval by the city’s spending panel Thursday. A U.S. District Court judge will also have to approve the consent decree before it becomes binding, the Baltimore Sun reports.…

By

Monique Judge

Published

January 11, 2017
Politics

Baltimore Police Lieutenant Suspended After Email Calling Protesters ‘Thugs’

A Baltimore police lieutenant has been suspended after sending an email to the city’s entire police force calling members of the Black Lives Matter movement “thugs,” ABC2 reports. Police Lt. Victor Gearhart is also vice president of Maryland’s Fraternal Order of Police. Protesters gathered outside the Fraternal Order of Police’s annual convention Sunday, demanding that…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

August 16, 2016
Politics

Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. Found Not Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder in Freddie Gray Case

Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr., who faced the most serious charge of all six officers indicted for the death of Freddie Gray in April 2015, was found not guilty by a judge Thursday, WBAL-TV reports. Goodson was the only officer charged with depraved-heart murder, a second-degree felony that carries a sentence of up to 30…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

June 23, 2016