With the police brutality issues exposed by Freddie Gray’s death and ensuing increase in homicides, the Baltimore Police Department are the chosen lens through which national media are looking at 21st century policing. A pair of pieces that surfaced on Thursday show that the issues are both short and long-term.
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Thursday Afternoon Headlines: Freddie Gray Investigations Reportedly Diverge; Suspected Heroin Found at NAACP Office; Warnock to Chair GBC; and More
Sources: Baltimore police investigation doesn’t support some of prosecutor’s charges — CNN Batts on possible DOJ probe: ‘It’s a good thing’ — WBAL-TV How 5.9 grams of marijuana landed man 20 years in prison — Baltimore Sun Warnock to be named GBC chairman — The Daily Record Suspected heroin found inside Baltimore NAACP office — […]
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Friday Afternoon Headlines: FEMA Denies Disaster Aid for Riots; Task Force Calls for Better Broadband; and More
Prosecutors say attempts to remove Mosby from Freddie Gray case ‘distort facts’ — Baltimore Sun City task force calls for better Broadband in Baltimore — Technical.ly Baltimore 3 charged after they robbed a man in a casino parking garage — CBS Baltimore FEMA denies disaster aid for riots — WBAL Kevin Plank’s wins final design approval […]
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Wednesday Morning Headlines: Commission to Decide on Baltimore’s Confederate Statues; O’s Lose; 17 Shot in the City Since Monday; and More
Defense: Mosby shouldn’t do photo shoots if she’s worried about Freddie Gray case publicity – Baltimore Sun Rangers mash four more homers, power past Orioles, 8-6 – Baltimore Sun ‘Hold the line’ commands protected lives during riot, police say – Baltimore Sun School systems must choose more standardized tests in the fall – Maryland Reporter […]
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Tuesday Morning Headlines: Baltimore Officers Plead Not Guilty; 2-Year-Old DIes in Hot Car; DEA Puts Up Billboards to Catch Pharmacy Looters; and More
In Maryland Senate race, connections trump race and gender – Washington Post On social media, Marylanders wish Gov. Larry Hogan a speedy recovery – Washington Post 2-Year-Old Little Girl Dies After Being Left Alone Inside Hot Car – CBS Baltimore DEA Puts Up Billboards in Hopes of Catching Pharmacy Looters – CBS Baltimore Gov. Larry […]
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Friday Afternoon Headlines: Trash wheel for Canton, Woodberry Kitchen faces lawsuit, Gray coverage reviewed
VICE News reviews Freddie Gray coverage — The Baltimore Sun Canton might be getting a trash wheel — Baltimore Business Journal State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby met recently with NAACP’s Rachel Dolezal — The Baltimore Sun Lawsuit: Woodberry Kitchen used ‘shift pay’ to shaft workers on overtime — The Daily Record Cleanup after Orioles game a big task — WBAL-TV
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Here’s How People Rate Media Coverage of Baltimore Protests
The national media spent a lot of air time on the protests surrounding the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore last week, but quantity isn’t quality, and Americans are divided along generational lines in their opinion of the coverage.
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Wednesday Morning Headlines: Riot Damage Estimated at $9M; Kinetic Sculpture Race Postponed; Dan Rodricks Has an Idea for Baltimore Gang Members; and More
Lieutenant in Freddie Gray case allegedly threatened ex-girlfriend – Baltimore Sun Rodricks: Gang members quelled riots, should stop Baltimore’s bleeding – Baltimore Sun Lawyers for officers in Freddie Gray case anticipate indictments soon – Baltimore Sun U.S. Attorney for Maryland Thanks Baltimore Police Officers – CBS Baltimore Early Estimate of Baltimore Riot Damage: $9 Million […]
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Baltimore Blackface Performance Could “Very Possibly” Go On
As anyone, with the apparent exception of Bobby Berger, would have predicted, the plan to include a blackface performance at a fundraiser for the six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray was met with swift and decisive outrage. The NAACP was against it. The police union was against it. The venue […]
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Mosby Saved Baltimore from Being “Burned to the Ground,” Says Mosby’s Office
State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby’s public announcement of charges for six officers in the Freddie Gray case was required to stem the tide of unrest “before the entire city became an armed camp or was burned to the ground,” according to Mosby’s office.
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NPR Interviews Community Activist from Sandtown
The plight of West Baltimore was back on the airwaves as NPR’s Rachel Martin interviewed a community activist from Sandtown about what is and is not happening in the neighborhood.
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Thursday Morning Headlines: Satellite Protests Spring Up Across U.S.; City Held 100 People Without Charges for 2 Days; Orioles Win in an Empty Stadium; and More
Marchers Supporting Baltimore Protests Take to the Streets Across US – CNN Hundreds March in Manhattan to Protest the Death of Freddie Gray – New York Times Baltimore Held More Than 100 People in Jail Without Charges for Two Days – Gawker Baltimore Mayor Treads Fine Line in Divided City – New York Times Local […]
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Baltimore Mayor Fires Back at Huckabee After Remark
The National Sheriffs’ Association his holding a presidential forum in Baltimore this week, and GOP hopeful Mike Huckabee took the opportunity to throw shade at Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby for “disparag[ing] the local police who are trying to keep this city safe.”
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Sheila Dixon Will Challenge SRB in 2016 Mayor’s Race
This is not a flashback. Sheila Dixon is running for mayor.
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Monday Morning Headlines: Protests, Protests, Protests; Orioles Rout Red Sox; Hogan Focuses on Maryland’s Structural Deficit; and More
Rep. Cummings Reflect on Baltimore’s Violent Protests – CBS Baltimore As Baltimore mayor, critics say, O’Malley’s police tactics sowed distrust – Washington Post Photojournalists ‘taken down,’ detained by police in Baltimore protests – Baltimore Sun At funeral home, a call for peace and remembrance for Freddie Gray – Baltimore Sun Batts email praises police for […]
