The Department of Justice will not bring civil rights charges against six Baltimore police involved in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, the young black man whose death caused widespread violent protest in that city in 2015.
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‘Nobody kill anybody’: Murder-free weekend urged in Baltimore | The Baltimore Sun
Organizers aim to stop the shooting from Friday, Aug. 4, through Sunday, Aug. 6, with a unified and blunt message: “Nobody kill anybody.”
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Baltimore Is a Case Study In How Black Cities Are Not Being Served by Black Leadership – Atlanta Black Star
What are Black elected officials doing to help their Black constituents? What is the purpose and value of Black power if there are Black faces in high places in city government, yet the old systems of institutional racism remain in place and the economic conditions of Black people do not improve?
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Baltimore vs. Marilyn Mosby | The New York Times Magazine
In the midst of a national crisis of police violence, Baltimore’s state’s attorney gambled that prosecuting six officers for the death of Freddie Gray would help heal her city. She lost much more than just the case.
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Marc Lamont Hill – Conversation & Book Signing [Baltimore]
MahoganyBooks presents a conversation and book signing with Marc Lamont Hill in partnership with Union Baptist Church and host Marsha Jews!
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Arrest Made in Killing of Gerald Williams, Morgan State University Student
On March 31, police arrested Harry Malik Robertson, 20, of Bowie, Md., in connection to the fatal stabbing of Gerald Williams, 20, a junior at Morgan State University.
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Baltimore County Settles Housing Discrimination Case
Baltimore County is trying to move past discriminatory housing policies that have been in place for decades.
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Maryland Senate Passes Criminal Justice Reform Bill
The Maryland Senate unanimously passed a sweeping criminal justice reform bill Thursday, despite debate that amendments had limited the legislation’s scope and effect.
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Baltimore Black Republican Candidates Debate Immigration…
Although their numbers are small on the national level, Black Republicans are alive and well in Baltimore City.
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