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Baltimore Cops May Soon Be Liable for Payouts to Victims of Police Brutality
In a move that may finally break up the stronghold of protection that blankets police officers when accused of brutality or death, the city of Baltimore has instated a new policy that may make officers liable for payouts to victims. The Forward Observer reports that the Baltimore police union recently sent an email to members…
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Baltimore Police Van Driver Found Not Guilty of All 21 Administrative Charges in Death of Freddie Gray
Even in death, there is no real justice for Freddie Gray. Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr.—who was driving the van in which Gray suffered fatal spinal cord injuries in April 2015—was found not guilty Tuesday of all 21 administrative charges that were filed against him. As the Baltimore Sun notes, this verdict not only…
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After Freddie Gray, Marilyn Mosby Intends to Keep on Fighting the Good Fight
Marilyn Mosby is fighting new battles. She’s used to that. The Baltimore prosecutor—an African-American woman, putting her among the 1 percent of all elected prosecutors in the nation who are women of color—made a name for herself by doing what shouldn’t have been considered remarkable: prosecuting six police officers in the death of a black…
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2 Officers Involved in Freddie Gray Case Accept ‘Minor Disciplinary Action’ and Keep Their Jobs
Two Baltimore police officers have accepted “minor disciplinary action” for their part in the 2015 arrest of Freddie Gray, who died after being severely injured while in police custody. The deal clears the way for the cops to remain employed by the Baltimore Police Department, instead of arguing before departmental trial boards and facing termination.…
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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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Baltimore Police Department Brings Internal Charges Against 5 Officers in Freddie Gray Case
The Freddie Gray case lives on with the Baltimore Police Department’s decision to bring internal charges against five of the six officers involved in the case, with at least three of them also facing termination. According to the Baltimore Sun, Officer Caesar Goodson Jr., who was driving the police van in which Gray sustained fatal…
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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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Watch: Baltimore, Freddie Gray and the Struggle of Race in America
Peabody Spotlight is a digital series produced by the Peabody Media Center at the University of Georgia. Each part of the series draws from the vast Peabody Awards archives, the third-largest repository of audiovisual materials in the United States. Peabody Spotlight will focus on significant societal issues as represented through the storytelling of Peabody winners…
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Lawsuit Against Marilyn Mosby Could Make Prosecutors More Fearful of Going After Abusive Cops
When a federal judge made the unusual move earlier this month to allow key parts of a lawsuit filed by five of the six police officers in the Freddie Gray case to go forward against Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby (as well as Assistant Sheriff Samuel Cogen, who wrote the statement of probable cause),…
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Wells Fargo Rejects Baltimore Teacher’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Debit Card
Like many others who bank at Wells Fargo, a Baltimore schoolteacher wanted to design her bank card with something she felt was important. But when that “thing” turned out to be Black Lives Matter, the bank balked. Rachel Nash, 29, sought to take her bank up on its offer to personalize her debit card and…