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UVA Student’s Lawyer: Officers ‘Lacked Legal Justification’ for Arresting Client
University of Virginia student Martese Johnson was charged with public intoxication even though the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control agents who detained the 20-year-old in a brutal and bloody arrest in March didn’t think he was drunk, the Richmond Free Press reports. The officers in their statements noted that they did believe that Johnson might have…
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Baltimore to Pay $50,000 to Train Officers on Legal Stops
On April 12, Freddie Gray was arrested. Some police officers have argued that the police chased Gray because he fled the scene even though officers had not approached him. After he was caught and cuffed, police found a small knife in his pocket. Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby has said that running from…
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Loretta Lynch Arrives in Baltimore, Meets With Gray’s Family and Praises the Police
On Tuesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch met privately with the family of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old Baltimore man who suffered injuries in police custody that led to his death. “It was wonderful for the first black woman attorney general in the history of this country to care so much about our city that she came…
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Report: Court Documents List Wrong Addresses for Charged Baltimore Cops
Court records related to the Freddie Gray investigation in Baltimore apparently listed the wrong Alicia White and Brian Rice, causing two unsuspecting Marylanders to be hounded by reporters looking for the officers charged in Gray’s death or their families, the Baltimore Sun reports. According to the report, the Alicia White whose address was listed is…
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Fla. Sheriff Fired for Reportedly Calling a Black Man a Monkey on Facebook
Authorities in Lee County, Fla., have fired Jean Lopez, a former deputy sheriff who reportedly referred to a black man as a monkey on his Facebook page, NBC2 reports. According to an investigation by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office internal-affairs unit, Lopez posted a video on his Facebook page that showed a black man talking…
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Watch: 4 Black Parole Officers Held at Gunpoint by NY Police
Four black New York state parole officers who were in the town of Ramapo in Rockland County, N.Y., last April claim that they were stopped by police and held at gunpoint for some six minutes, even though they were dressed in work clothes. Recently released footage obtained by the Journal News appears to confirm this…
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Loretta Lynch to Be in Baltimore for Official Meetings
Newly sworn-in Attorney General Loretta Lynch is expected to be in Baltimore on Tuesday for meetings with city officials, members of Congress, law enforcement and other community leaders, CNN reports. Other Justice Department officials—Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division; Ronald Davis, director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; and Grande Lum,…
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Post-Fight Mayweather and Pacquiao Controversy Continues
The much-hyped “fight of the year”—which, according to many viewers, felt like a lackluster showing from two sluggers nearing the end of their careers—may be behind us, but the post-fight controversy is still brewing. The Associated Press is reporting that Manny Pacquiao didn’t disclose a shoulder injury—a torn rotator cuff—that he claims he suffered before…
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Son of Former NFL Great Pleads Guilty to Child Molestation
On Monday, Lawrence Taylor Jr., the son of former NFL player Lawrence Taylor, pleaded guilty to child molestation and statutory rape. He will serve 10 years in prison, CBS Atlanta reports. “Taylor acknowledged the state had enough evidence to convict him of the statutory rape of his girlfriend’s teenage daughter, which occurred four or five…
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What’s Next for the Baltimore 6?
On Friday, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced that her office had found probable cause for the arrest of six Baltimore police officers in connection with the death of Freddie Gray. Her statement detailed the finding of events that occurred leading up to Gray’s death and included a slew of charges against each officer,…