Despite the jubilation around the city as a result of Marilyn Mosby’s announcement of charges against Baltimore cops in Freddie Gray’s death, Baltimore City remains under heavy National Guard presence with a 10 p.m. curfew. Even during daylight hours, many events scheduled this weekend were either cancelled or postponed to make way for rallies and out […]
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John Oliver on “Not-at-All-Racist” Media Coverage of Baltimore
On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver sarcastically praised the national news media for covering the Baltimore protests “with all the deft, not-at-all racist touch that they’ve become known for.” So kicked off a three-minute piece about about Baltimore.
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Man in Induced Coma After Arrest by Baltimore Police
On Sunday morning, Baltimore police arrested a man (“who fled from them,” says Deputy Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez), who afterwards was sent to the hospital with spinal injuries, and who as of Monday was in an induced coma.
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Anthony Batts Fired From Baltimore Police Commissioner Job (UPDATED)
Anthony Batts is out as Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department. At a press conference at City Hall Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Batts’ role in the top job was becoming a distraction from Baltimore’s efforts to curb the murder rate.
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In the Wake of Unrest, Baltimore Has a New Initiative
This is a once-in-a-generation effort to tackle inequality. We are resilient. We will rebuild. We are #OneBaltimore. pic.twitter.com/fBpTepWtjX — Mayor Rawlings-Blake (@MayorSRB) May 7, 2015 The leadership of the city of Baltimore has at times been better at coming up with new slogans, surveys, and initiatives than at actually making sure all its residents are taken care […]
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Sean Hannity Argues with Baltimore Community Leaders
Fox News host Sean Hannity brought activist Adam Jackson and Baltimore City Councilman Brandon Scott onto his program to talk about Baltimore’s recent spike in violent crime.
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Mayor: “We Only Had a Few Hours of Unrest”
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake took a drubbing in the media for her handling of the protests and rioting surrounding the death of Freddie Gray, with many saying it was too little and/or too late. (A terribly worded statement about giving people “space to destroy” certainly didn’t help her there!) On Tuesday, she told the Baltimore Sun […]
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Will Police Officers’ Illegal-Arrest Charges Change Things?
Three of the six Baltimore police officers indicted in connection with the death of Freddie Gray are facing false-imprisonment charges, based on city prosecutor Marilyn Mosby’s determination that Gray’s arrest was illegal. Will that make police officers around the country more careful when making arrests?
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Mosby’s office asked police to target West Baltimore intersection where Gray was pursued, defense argues
In an otherwise innocuous email in March, a top staffer for Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby asked police to target a particular West Baltimore intersection. Three weeks later, at that same intersection (North Avenue and Mount St.) was the scene of Freddie Gray’s pursuit, and defense attorneys for six officers facing charges in Gray’s death say the email is […]
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Ben Carson Tones It Way, Way Down in Baltimore Visit
GOP presidential hopeful Ben Carson participated in a roundtable discussion with community leaders in Baltimore on Thursday, and, boy, did he show some restraint.
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BPD Says Reports of Shooting at Penn. and North Unfounded, Fox News Apologizes
Police rushed to the corner of Pennsylvania and North Ave. Monday. Fox News initially reported a man was shot. Police officials later said that report was unfounded.
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“Space to Destroy”: The Shocking Police Order That the Mayor Never Gave
When Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake gave a press conference Saturday about the Freddie Gray protests she said something that seemed too outrageous to believe. Unfortunately, everyone believed it anyway.
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Patrick Gutierrez on His Run for Mayor of Baltimore, How He Would’ve Handled Unrest, and His Stint as a Sportswriter
Patrick Gutierrez has been a bank manager, a sports writer, and a stay-at-home dad. Now he’s hoping to start a new career as Mayor of the City of Baltimore. Gutierrez grew up in the small desert town of Indio, California, about two hours east of Los Angeles and seemingly a world away from Baltimore, but […]
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O’Malley: Baltimore Policing Was “Assertive,” Not “Aggressive”
A brief profile on Martin O’Malley was set to run in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. The interview was conducted before protests broke out in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray. Outside of a few embarrassing questions about The Wire, it’s pretty cute and harmless. We learn that O’Malley’s favorite rock song is […]
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With Baltimore as Backdrop, Martin O’Malley Kicks Off Presidential Campaign
Dwarfed by the giant American flag at the top of Federal Hill, Martin O’Malley officially began his presidential campaign in Baltimore on Saturday. Over the sounds of protestors seeking to disrupt the speech, the former Baltimore mayor and two-term Maryland said he will focus on “rebuilding the American Dream.”
