baltimore
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Police Kill Gunman Who Shot at Plainclothes Officers in West Baltimore
Police shot and killed a gunman armed with an AR-15-style rifle, who opened fire on four plainclothes officers in an unmarked car Thursday night in West Baltimore, the Baltimore Sun reports. The incident unfolded after officers responded to reports of gunfire near apartments in Bridgeview-Greenlawn. Officers say that the unidentified gunman was shooting before they…
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If Critics Think Death Threats Will Stop Baltimore’s Marilyn Mosby, They Don’t Know Mosby
The death threats come daily to the office of Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby as the trials of police officers in the death of Freddie Gray continue to go on. There’s a sameness to the threats, which accuse Mosby of racism, of being crazy, and argue that she should be “hung” for daring to…
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Baltimore Rapper Lor Scoota Shot and Killed After Rallying to Stop City Violence
Tyriece Travon Watson, better known as rapper Lor Scoota, was working hard to try to stop violence in his hometown of Baltimore. Tragically, just a short while after leaving a charity basketball game he had hosted to promote such peace, Lor Scoota was shot and killed, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, police…
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‘This Was Their Best Shot’: Baltimore Reacts to Another Not Guilty Verdict in Freddie Gray's Death
As Judge Barry Williams read the last not guilty verdict about the seven charges Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. faced regarding the death of Freddie Gray, members of Goodson’s family, sitting in the courtroom’s center aisle, wept and hugged one another. Officer Edward Nero, who was acquitted a few weeks ago in Gray’s death, cried…
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Freddie Gray Joins The List Of Murdered Black People Who No One Actually Murdered, Apparently
Officer Caesar Goodson, the driver of the police van where Freddie Gray was intentionally given a “rough ride” — an act that severed his spinal cord, placed him in a coma, and killed him — was found not guilty on each of the charges (second degree “depraved heart” murder, three different counts of manslaughter, assault, reckless…
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Testimony: Freddie Gray’s Neck Felt ‘Crumbly, Like a Box of Rocks,’ After Van Ride
“What the f—k did you guys do?” That’s what paramedic Angelique Herbert yelled at Officers William Porter, Caesar Goodson Jr. and Zach Novak when she saw what condition Freddie Gray was in after he rode in their police van over a year ago. Herbert was among 21 witnesses who testified in the trial of Goodson…
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Testimony: ‘Docile,’ ‘Lethargic’ Freddie Gray Couldn’t Have Injured Himself
Three strong witnesses for the prosecution during the trial of Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. this week painted a distinct picture of the circumstances around Freddie Gray’s April 2015 death. They said that Gray was noncombative, that he couldn’t have injured himself and that his preventable death was a homicide. Goodson, 46, was the…
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Baltimore Officer Testifies That Freddie Gray Asked for Help During Fatal Van Ride
One of the Baltimore police officers facing charges in the death of Freddie Gray testified Monday that Gray had asked for help while being transported in a police van where he suffered a fatal neck injury, Reuters reports. Police Officer William Porter spoke at the trial of Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr., who, as the van’s…