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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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 […]
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Tuesday Afternoon Headlines: Truck Barrels Off I-695 Overpass; O’Malley to Announce on Federal Hill; and More
O’Malley picks Federal Hill to announce next move — Baltimore Sun Mosby responds to defense motions in Freddie Gray case — WBAL Coppin State names new president — BBJ Truck barrels off overpass on I-695 — CBS Baltimore Maryland part of FTC complaint against charity fraud — CBS Baltimore
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Fire at Elijah Cummings’ West Baltimore Home
Baltimore City firefighters responded to a fire at the West Baltimore home of Congressman Elijah Cummings on Tuesday morning.
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Thursday Morning Headlines: Davis Homers Twice in Win Over Astros; Safe Streets Keeps Peace in Baltimore; O’Malley Should Be More Like Kevin Plank; and More
Officers in Freddie Gray case file for change of venue – Baltimore Sun In Baltimore’s bloody May, Safe Streets keeps peace – Baltimore Sun Chris Davis launches two homers, O’s take series from Astros – Baltimore Sun Environmentalists praise new Clean Water Rules; farmers upset – Maryland Reporter Martin O’Malley Needs to Become the Underdog […]
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Did Beyonce and Jay-Z Bail Out Baltimore Protestors?
According to a filmmaker and activist, Jay-Z and Beyonce have been quietly supporting the #blacklivesmatter protest movement in numerous ways, including by providing “tens of thousands of dollars” in bail money to help get arrested protestors out of jail.
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This Hello Kitty Necklace is a Nuisance to Public Health
Freddie Gray’s saga exposed the fact that Baltimore’s aging housing stock can be a source of lead poisoning for children. Recently, the Baltimore City Health Department found that chain stores could also pose risks.
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All the “Thong Song” Covers You Ever (Never?) Needed
Oh, “Thong Song.” The late 90s anthem is so stupid it’s also kind of brilliant in its celebration of decadent, pre-9/11 exhilaration–and did you know that it has Baltimore roots?
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Rolling Stone Explains “Why Baltimore Blew Up”
A lengthy Rolling Stone article considers Baltimore’s unrest in the context of aggressive Broken Windows policing tactics that began in New York City in the nineties and spread across the country. Much of the blame is laid directly at O’Malley’s doorstep, for the former Baltimore mayor’s statistics-focused Broken Windows offshoot.
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Thursday Afternoon Headlines: Amtrak to resume service next week; Mosby hits back; Pimlico hype; and more
Amtrak to resume Philly to New York service next week — BBJ Preakness contenders work out at Pimlico — Baltimore Sun Mosby’s office hits back at defense in Freddie Gray case — Baltimore Sun Protest of police actions planned on Preakness day — CBS Baltimore Preakness Celebration balloon festival takes off — WBAL-TV
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Friday Afternoon Headlines: Teen charged with rioting released on $500K bail; 4 OD on ‘Scooby Snax’; and More
Teen charged with rioting at Freddie Gray march released on $500,000 bail — Baltimore Sun Police: 4 people OD on synthetic marijuana called ‘Scooby Snax’ — CBS Baltimore Rod Daniels to conclude career — WBAL-TV Baltimore is the best place in the country for home flippers — BBJ South Baltimore development updates — SouthBmore.com
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Baltimore’s Role in the Slave Trade, Revisited
The larger conversation that followed the unrest that followed Freddie Gray’s funeral has been just as much about racial inequality as police brutality. But to truly get to the root of the inequality in Baltimore, you have to go way back.
