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Legislators pass criminal justice reforms but not right to counsel

April 13, 2021 Leave a comment

House Judiciary Committee Vice Chair Vanessa E. Atterbeary says that George Floyd’s slaying accelerated Maryland’s move toward law enforcement reform but did not initiate it. (The Daily Record/Bryan P. Sears)

Spurred by the video-recorded slaying of an unarmed Black man and a global pandemic, a reform-minded 2021 General Assembly passed legislation on police and parole but fell short in efforts to provide low income tenants a right to counsel in ...

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For Chauvin’s trial attorney, it’s all about raising doubt

April 12, 2021 Leave a comment

In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson questions Dr. Andrew Baker, Hennepin County Chief Medical Examiner, as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Friday, April 9, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin’s defense attorney was questioning George Floyd’s girlfriend about the couple buying drugs when he abruptly shifted gears for what seemed an innocuous question: He presumed the couple had pet names for each other. Under what name, ...

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General Assembly overrides Hogan’s veto, enacts police reforms

April 10, 2021 Leave a comment

Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team training with the Maryland Army National Guard, Baltimore County Police and Fire Department. The MD-HART have developed standard operating procedures and guidelines for helicopter hoist/rescue operations with fire department helicopter rescue technicians and police personnel, who are deployed from helicopters. (Photo by Sgt. Thaddeus Harrington, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office)

The Maryland General Assembly on Saturday overrode Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto and enacted police reform proposals intended to curtail deadly and excessive force, limit the use of no-knock warrants and make the police disciplinary process subject to greater civilian oversight. ...

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Hogan vetoes police reform proposals; legislative leaders seek to override

April 9, 2021 Leave a comment

“One elected official is accountable to the voters for the parole of offenders who committed heinous murders and attempted murders. An appointed group such as the Parole Commission is less accountable for its exercise of such authority than the governor," Gov. Larry Hogan's office said in opposing legislation to remove the probation authority from the governor. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Friday evening vetoed police reform proposals intended to curtail deadly and excessive force, limit the use of no-knock warrants and make the police disciplinary process subject to greater civilian oversight. The measures, however, passed both the ...

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Police reform’s passage draws Dems’ cheers, GOP jeers

April 8, 2021 Leave a comment

A Baltimore police officer returns to her cruiser after checking on a call, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Baltimore. A package of police reforms in Maryland has been approved by the General Assembly, but it's unclear if Gov. Larry Hogan will sign them into law. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Democratic legislators on Thursday basked in the General Assembly’s passage of police reform legislation to curtail deadly and excessive force and make the police disciplinary process uniform across the state and with greater civilian oversight. But their Republican colleagues – ...

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General Assembly sends sweeping police reform legislation to Hogan

April 7, 2021 Leave a comment

Maryland’s Democratic-led General Assembly on Wednesday gave final approval to a raft of police reform proposals to curtail deadly and excessive force, limit no-knock warrants and make the police disciplinary process uniform across the state and with greater civilian oversight. ...

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Could mask hamper ex-officer Chauvin’s image with jurors?

April 7, 2021 Leave a comment

In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, right, listen as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides in the trial of Chauvin, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

The face mask that former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been required to wear during his trial in George Floyd’s death has hidden his reaction to testimony, including any sympathy or remorse that legal experts say can make a ...

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Corporations become unlikely financiers of racial equity

March 17, 2021 Comments Off on Corporations become unlikely financiers of racial equity

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2021 file photo, A mural of George Floyd is seen in George Floyd Square in Minneapolis. The city of Minneapolis on Friday, March, 12, 2021, agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd's family over the Black man's death in police custody, as jury selection continued in a former officer's murder trial. The settlement includes $500,000 for the south Minneapolis neighborhood that includes the 38th and Chicago intersection that has been blocked by barricades since his death, with a massive metal sculpture and murals in his honor. (AP Photo/Jim Mone File)

In the months since the police killing of George Floyd sparked a racial reckoning in the United States, American corporations have emerged as an unexpected leading source of funding for social justice.

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Md. House approves police reform bill

March 11, 2021 Comments Off on Md. House approves police reform bill

Clyde E. Boatwright, head of the Fraternal Order of Police Maryland Lodge, joins Republican state lawmakers Wednesday in a news conference opposing HB 670, which creates new oversight rules for police. The measure was given preliminary approval by the House later that day. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

The House of Delegates on Thursday night approved by a 96-40 vote a raft of police reform proposals to curtail deadly and excessive force, limit no-knock warrants and make the police disciplinary process uniform across the state and with greater ...

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Md. Senate passes police reform proposals; attention shifts to House

March 3, 2021 Comments Off on Md. Senate passes police reform proposals; attention shifts to House

The Maryland Senate on Wednesday passed police reform proposals to curtail excessive force, limit no-knock warrants, prevent departments from acquiring military equipment, mandate body cameras, make the police disciplinary process transparent and uniform and empower the state prosecutor to investigate ...

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