baltimore police
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2 Baltimore Police Detectives Convicted of Racketeering and Robbery
After nearly three weeks of testimony and two days of deliberation, a federal jury on Monday found two Baltimore police detectives guilty of racketeering and robbery. The cases against them were made as part of an ongoing investigation into corruption and rogue officers on the already heavily criticized police force. The Associated Press reports that…
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As Baltimore’s Homicides Reach 300, Activists Call for Another Cease-Fire Weekend
As the number of homicides in Baltimore this year climbs past 300 and the city’s Police Department remains embroiled in scandal, with officers caught on camera planting evidence and eight others facing federal racketeering charges, fed-up Baltimore City residents have decided to take matters into their own hands. And they’re doing it using a simple…
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Trial Begins for Members of Heroin Ring Said to Be Protected by Baltimore Police Officers
A federal trial began Monday that was expected to include testimony from a Baltimore detective who prosecutors say protected a deadly heroin ring. Detective Momodu Gondo, known as “Poppy” to the members of the drug crew, pleaded guilty last week to federal charges of racketeering and conspiracy to distribute at least 100 grams of heroin, according…
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Justice Department Will Not Bring Charges Against Any of the Officers Involved in Freddie Gray’s Death
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it will not be filing federal civil rights charges against any of the Baltimore police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody. The Associated Press reports that in a statement, the Justice Department said that while Gray’s death was “undeniably…
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2 Baltimore Cops Plead Guilty in Federal Racketeering Case
Two former Baltimore police officers pleaded guilty Friday to federal racketeering charges, admitting that they used the citizens of Baltimore as personal ATM machines by robbing them, sometimes of tens of thousands of dollars, as well as falsely billing the Baltimore Police Department for overtime. Former Detectives Maurice Ward, 36, and Evodio Hendrix, 32, were…
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Bodycam Footage Appears to Show Baltimore Cop Planting Drugs: Report
A police officer in Baltimore has been suspended and two of his colleagues have been placed on non-public-contact administrative duty after the public defender’s office released bodycam footage that appears to show the first officer planting drugs at a crime scene prior to making an arrest. Police and prosecutors have launched an investigation into the…
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As Dirty as They Wanna Be: 7 Baltimore Cops Indicted for Acting Like ‘Gangsters’
Seven Baltimore police officers have been charged by federal prosecutors with a bevy of serious crimes and falsifying reports to cover them up. These cops were so rogue that the Baltimore police commissioner said they acted like old-school thugs. “These officers are 1930s-style gangsters,” said Commissioner Kevin Davis, according to the BBC. “They betrayed the…
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Alonzo Cox, 16, Viciously Assaulted by Baltimore County PD, Lives to Tell the Tale
The actions of two Baltimore County police officers are now under review after they were captured on video last week violently detaining a 16-year-old child who was in need of help and clearly in distress. Fox Baltimore reports that on Feb. 22, police were called to respond to reports that a 14-year-old girl (who has not…
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Baltimore’s Reaction to the DOJ Report: ‘Well, Duh’
The only people who weren’t surprised by the 164-page Department of Justice report on the Baltimore Police Department’s rampant brutality were black residents of Baltimore City whose protests and complaints have fallen on deaf ears for years. “The phrase ‘a few bad apples’ should now be banished from conversations about law enforcement in Baltimore,” said the…