baltimore
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Michigan State’s First Black Drum Major Still Missing after 49 Years
Henry Louis Baltimore Jr. has been missing since 1973.
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Marilyn Mosby Drops List of Baltimore Cops With “Integrity Issues”
Defense attorneys will now know when they face dishonest cops on the stand
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott Criticized For Increasing Police Budget
He campaigned on promises to reform policing in his city
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Marilyn Mosby Launches Re-Election Campaign In YouTube Video
The Baltimore prosecutor is still facing federal charges
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Feds Indict Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby
The woman who went after Freddie Gray's killers is now in legal hot water
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Baltimore’s Mayor Considering Regional Vax Passport Plan
But Brandon Scott is concerned that it could hurt Black residents
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Low-Level Offenses, Including Drug Possession and Prostitution, to No Longer Be Prosecuted in Baltimore
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has seen law enforcement and criminal justice agencies across the country make adjustments in what crimes they do and don’t prosecute in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus. In Baltimore, those adjustments will remain permanent as the city prosecutor announced her office will no longer prosecute a multitude…
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Maryland ACLU Releases ‘Chasing Justice’ Report Detailing Baltimore Police Misconduct Allegations
In 2017, The Root reported that the U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Baltimore reached an agreement on a consent decree to ensure that the city and Baltimore Police Department “protect individuals’ statutory and constitutional rights, treat individuals with dignity and respect, and promote public safety in a manner that is fiscally responsible…
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Baltimore County Public Schools Closed After Ransomware Attack on Computer Systems
According to my friends with kids and my friend who teaches, distance learning is a less than ideal experience. It’s super impersonal, occasionally chaotic and unsurprisingly, super vulnerable to hackers. Baltimore County Public Schools has learned that last part the hard way, as its schools are all currently shut down due to a ransomware attack.…
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The Home of Celebrated Poet Lucille Clifton Will Become a Creative Haven in Baltimore
The opening lines of one of Lucille Clifton’s best-known poems read: “Won’t you celebrate with me, what I have shaped into a kind of life? I had no model.” In life, Clifton was a prolific poet and children’s book author who, after being brought to national attention by the likes of Langston Hughes and Ishmael…