The Baltimore Police Department is taking public input on drafts of policies that have been mandated by a federal consent decree. Today is the last day to submit feedback on a draft of a policy regarding patrol staffing shortages.
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Grinch or Merrymaker? Our list for the holiday season
As 2020 comes to a close, Baltimore Fishbowl has made a list of holiday Grinches and Merrymakers worth remembering:
Posted inPolitics & Business
Rawlings-Blake responds to Hogan, saying governor ‘devalues the Black community’
Following news accounts of Gov. Larry Hogan’s memoir and his critical view of Baltimore leadership during the 2015 uprising, former Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake responded in a Baltimore Sun op-ed, saying the governor “devalues the Black community” through his words and actions. While Hogan paints “himself as a different politician,” the governor “has brought little more […]
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Q&A with Morgan State’s Dr. Lawrence Brown, Author of ‘The Black Butterfly’
After the tragic death of Freddie Gray in 2015, Dr. Lawrence Brown fired off a bunch of tweets; as @bmoredoc, he connects with over 15,000 Twitter followers. He could clearly see what the issue was and he had to research to prove it. It was not long after that that the Acquisitions Editor for Johns […]
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Baltimore photographer Devin Allen captures second Time magazine cover
Five years after his photo from the Baltimore Uprising appeared on the front of Time, Baltimore photographer Devin Allen’s work is back on the magazine’s cover, now depicting one of the city’s recent protests against police brutality and racial injustice. Allen’s new cover photo shows a protester raising a megaphone as other demonstrators lie on […]
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A year after George Floyd’s murder: How are we doing?
A year ago this month, a world watched horrified by the disposal of yet another black life at the hands of police. George Floyd, pinned under the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, would take his final breaths while bystanders recorded the scene. Video of the deadly encounter played on screens and smartphones throughout […]
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Baltimoreans share why they protest the death of George Floyd
Darlene Cain’s son, Dale Graham, was killed by Baltimore City police in 2008. Twelve years later, Cain is continuing to fight for justice for families who have lost their loved ones to police brutality and other forms of violence, and to ensure that others do not meet a similar fate. “There are men and women, […]
Posted inTop Headlines
Monday Morning Headlines: Gunman opens fire on cookout; friend of Freddie Gray, activist killed; and more
Juan Grant, friend of Freddie Gray who led protests after his death, killed in West Baltimore — The Sun 7 people shot, 1 dead, at cookouts in west Baltimore — WBAL-TV 6th Annual Brigance Brigade Race encourages those with ALS to fight on — WJZ-TV What they’re saying about the Ravens’ 2019 draft — The […]
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Baltimore Writers’ Club: Q&A with local writer Justin Sanders, editor of ‘The Horror is Us’
Halloween feels different this year. Masks are now everyday attire; unable to tell friend from foe, we perceive threat everywhere. A shroud hovers in the air from coast to coast. Our fellow Americans are gasping for breath. In short, it’s hard to take pleasure in fear.
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BPD has a ‘contingency’ for protests over George Floyd’s death, city announces mental health effort for COVID-19
The Baltimore Police Department has a “contingency” for protests in Baltimore over the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd in police custody, and has been in touch with Maryland State Police, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said.
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Police cameras disproportionately surveil non-white areas of DC and Baltimore, CNS finds
Capital News Service – In parks, near grocery stores and schools, lining streets and at intersections, police-owned surveillance cameras in the District of Columbia and Baltimore disproportionately monitor majority nonwhite areas, most of which are predominantly Black, a Capital News Service analysis has found.
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Orioles to pay employees through May; 10 councilmembers seek support for contracted concession workers
The Baltimore Orioles joined a growing list of ballclubs that will pay their baseball operations staff through May, and according to a club source, the team will also compensate all full-time and year-round part-time workers during that time as the start of the season continues to be delayed due to coronavirus.
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Democratic candidate Erik Powery answers our questions on resources for young people, transit and more
The third in a series of questionnaires answered by candidates for the Democratic nomination for mayor. Property manager Erik Powery says he is running for mayor to improve Baltimore’s schools and increase opportunities for the city’s young people.
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Q&A: Thiru Vignarajah on giving Baltimore new purpose, his mission to ‘clean house and clean up the streets’ and more
The fifth in a series of interviews with the top-polling contenders for the Democratic nomination for mayor. This is Thiru Vignarajah’s second time running for elected office. In 2018, he tried to unseat State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby in the Democratic primary, coming in third place. If voters are satisfied with how Baltimore City has been […]
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As Baltimore food insecurity heightens amid pandemic, volunteers step up to meet needs
Capital News Service – Outside Henderson-Hopkins School in East Baltimore cars line up every Friday for blocks and people pushing carts walk up to get fresh food — more than 10,000 pounds of food every week, all gone in a few hours. In West Baltimore, First Mount Calvary Baptist Church’s fellowship hall has been transformed […]
