Two brothers arrested protesting near the Maryland State House have filed a lawsuit against the Maryland Capitol Police and the officer who arrested them.

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Susan Goering knew she wanted to be a civil rights attorney when she heard Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech from her porch as a sixth grader in Kansas. Fifty-five years later, Goering will be retiring as ...

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The plaintiffs challenging Baltimore’s policy of including non-disparagement clauses in police misconduct settlements are appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis ruled last month the clauses do not violate free-speech and free-press rights, ...

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The ACLU of Maryland is accusing Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Wes Adams and the Annapolis Police Department of abusing the grand jury process to obtain lists of Annapolis public housing residents after the housing authority director ceased providing them ...

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The ACLU of Maryland is requesting body camera footage from officers working the perimeter during the cordon of the Baltimore neighborhood where a police detective was fatally shot last month. The Baltimore Police Department “restricted pedestrian and vehicle access to ...

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The federal case challenging Baltimore’s practice of including non-disparagement clauses in police misconduct settlements was reopened last week after it was determined only one of the two plaintiffs’ claims were dismissed. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz issued a one-page ...

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A Baltimore city judge denied a motion to dismiss a Maryland Public Information Act lawsuit against Salisbury on Friday but granted the city’s request to transfer the matter to Wicomico County Circuit Court. Judge Charles H. Dorsey said citizens in ...

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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging Baltimore city’s practice of including non-disparagement clauses in police misconduct settlement agreements is unconstitutional.

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Maryland Legal Aid and Montgomery County are preparing to settle a federal lawsuit over a no-trespass order issued by county police to Legal Aid employees who attempted to visit migrant farmworkers at a local farm, according to court filings. The ...

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The ACLU of Maryland and Gov. Larry Hogan are asking to stay a federal lawsuit over the deletion of Facebook comments from the governor’s page so that they can negotiate a possible solution. The joint motion was filed Friday, the ...

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