Baltimore prosecutors are investigating allegations made by 11 women that public housing maintenance men refused to perform basic and necessary repairs when the women refused to have sex with them, reports the Associated Press.
Here’s a headline for the ages, courtesy of the Baltimore Sun: “County cop charged in testicle-biting incident no longer with department.” Yes, the alleged testicle-biting cop is no longer a police officer.
A judge ruled today that statements made by Baltimore Police Sgt. Alicia D. White, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the April death of Freddie Gray, will be admissible for use in her trial. White’s attorney had petitioned that the statements be suppressed, claiming without intentional irony that White’s…
At least seven women living in a Baltimore housing project were forced to trade sexual favors in exchange for basic home repairs from maintenance workers, according to a lawsuit filed this week in the Baltimore Federal Court.
Last week, a Baltimore judge upheld charges against six city police officers in relation to the April death of Freddie Gray and also ruled that each would go to trial individually. In the meantime, the city has agreed to pay Gray’s family $6.4 million.
A judge ruled this afternoon that the six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray will be tried separately. Earlier today, Judge Barry Williams rejected defense motions to dismiss the charges against the officers and refused to recuse State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby from the case.
Wednesday morning, Judge Barry Williams refused to drop the charges against the six Baltimore police officers accused of being responsible for Freddie Gray’s death. Williams also denied a motion to recuse Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby from the case.
The son of a high-ranking Baltimore police commander was arrested on Tuesday after officials say he stabbed his roommate multiple times, killing him, WJZ-TV reports.
On Wednesday, prosecutors charged Baltimore Police Officer Wesley Cagle with attempted first-degree murder, accusing Cagle of standing over an unarmed suspect who had been shot multiple times, calling the victim a “piece of shit” and firing a bullet into his groin.
Brian Rice, one of the six Baltimore police officers indicted in the killing of Freddie Gray, may have received a substandard psychological evaluation from a firm that is now under investigation by the city. In 2012, Rice was accused of threatening the mother of his child with a handgun.
Living black in a world formed from the crucible of anti-black slavery imposes many moments of visceral absurdity, leaving you in a vast fissure between hysterical laughter, unstoppable streams of tears, and rage hot enough to burn a body. But what body should burn? The end of April imposed a moment on me that made…
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced that she fired Baltimore police commissioner Anthony W. Batts this afternoon, three months after Freddie Gray died in police custody. Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis will replace Batts on an interim basis.
Yesterday, GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush, one of whose siblings is a war criminal (not saying which!), told a crowd in South Carolina that heated protests against police brutality in Ferguson and Baltimore were incited by “aimlessly wandering” kids without mentors.
According to an autopsy report obtained by The Baltimore Sun, Freddie Gray suffered single a “high-energy” spinal injury before his death—an injury that likely occurred while he was being carried in the back of a Baltimore Police Department transport van.
A Baltimore grand jury has indicted all six police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced today during a press conference. The revised charges are similar to those announced by Mosby earlier this month.
Baltimore corrections officers Tamika Cobb and Kendra Richard were charged this week with looting a downtown 7-Eleven during riots over the death of Freddie Gray. The video above purportedly shows Richard carrying Slim Jims out of the store while Cobb stands by the door holding a bag of Tostitos.
On Friday, attorneys for the six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray filed a motion Friday to dismiss the case, the Baltimore Sun reports. They also asked State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby to recuse herself, citing “overzealous prosecution” and conflicts of interest.
Last week, while visiting a liberal arts college in Oakland, I sat on a small couch and listened to the only white male on a panel boast at least three times that he’s “never been qualified for any of the jobs” he’s had. He laughed and chuckled at his dumb luck. The white woman beside him bragged, “I haven’t…
According to a police report obtained by the Guardian, Brian Rice, the most senior Baltimore police officer charged over the death of Freddie Gray, used his position as a lieutenant in the Baltimore Police Department to demand that police in a nearby city arrest his ex-girlfriend’s husband. Earlier reports indicate…
Attorney General Loretta Lynch just announced a federal civil rights investigation into the Baltimore police department in response to the death of Freddie Gray. A similar investigation by the DOJ into the Ferguson police department uncovered systematic racism and well-documented examples of police brutality.
