Panel formed to review Baltimore detective’s baffling death

April 13, 2018 Leave a comment

In this Monday, Nov. 27, 2017 photo, a makeshift memorial sits in an alley where Baltimore Police Detective Sean Suiter was shot while investigating a 2016 triple homicide in Baltimore. The murder of Suiter, who was shot in the head with his own gun two weeks ago, has transformed into a feeding frenzy of speculation in a city filled with armchair sleuths and deeply suspicious views of law enforcers. Suiter’s Baltimore-area funeral procession was set to close down major roads Wednesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The Baltimore Police Department on Thursday introduced members of a panel created to independently review the baffling death of a Baltimore detective fatally shot with his own gun a day before he was set to testify before a federal grand ...

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Manslaughter conviction erased because of police corruption

April 11, 2018 Leave a comment

A judge has erased a manslaughter conviction against a man who investigators say had drugs planted on him by Baltimore police.

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Man arrested by corrupt Baltimore police cleared after death

April 6, 2018 Leave a comment

A police officer removes crime scene tape blocking Eastern Avenue after a fire at the old Pemco building in East Baltimore. (The Daily Record / Maximilian Franz)

The conviction of a man arrested by corrupt officers in the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force has been cleared posthumously.

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Police corruption trial over, but investigators keep digging

February 21, 2018 Leave a comment

Federal prosecutors Derek Hines and Leo Wise, from left, pose for a photograph at the U.S. Attorney's Office in downtown Baltimore on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. The two men spent much of the last two years investigating a rogue police unit called the Gun Trace Task Force, which Wise has described as a "perfect storm" of corruption. Last week, a jury found two Baltimore detectives guilty of robbery and racketeering in an explosive federal investigation that's seen six disgraced Baltimore law enforcers plead guilty. (AP Photo/David McFadden)

A trial exposing a wildly corrupt Baltimore police unit may have concluded in a courtroom, but federal and police investigators are still digging into possible offshoots of the case.

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In Baltimore, public trust erodes amid police scandal

February 19, 2018 Leave a comment

This photo combo from images provided by the Baltimore Police Department show from left, Detective Marcus Taylor and Detective Daniel Hersl. Taylor and Hersl were convicted of robbery, racketeering, and conspiracy on Feb. 12, 2018, in a trial that's part of an ongoing federal investigation into corruption among rogue members of the city's beleaguered police force. Acting Police Commissioner Darryl DeSousa says the department is determined to mend fences with the community. He’s introduced plans for random integrity and polygraph testing and created a new anti-corruption unit.(Baltimore Police Department via AP, File)

Confidence in Baltimore's sworn protectors has badly deteriorated in recent years, but it may be hitting rock bottom.

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Baltimore officers guilty in corruption saga short on heroes

February 13, 2018 Leave a comment

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Baltimore's latest police corruption saga could be tough to sell as a TV crime drama, short on heroes and too extreme to attract loyal viewers.

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2 Baltimore detectives convicted of racketeering, robbery

February 12, 2018 Leave a comment

In this March 31, 2016, file photo, Baltimore Police Department Officer Jordan Distance stands on a street corner during a foot patrol in Baltimore. Baltimore police officers routinely discriminate against blacks, repeatedly use excessive force and are not adequately held accountable for misconduct, according to a harshly critical Justice Department report being presented Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Two Baltimore detectives have been found guilty of racketeering and robbery in a trial that’s part of an ongoing federal investigation into police corruption. A federal jury delivered its verdict Monday evening. Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor faced robbery, ...

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Jury deliberating in Baltimore police corruption trial

February 8, 2018 Leave a comment

In this October 2016 photo released by the Baltimore police, officers, Det. Evodio Hendrix, Det. Marcus Taylor, Sgt. Wayne Jenkins, Det. Jemell Rayam, Det. Maurice Ward, from left, are seen in Baltimore. Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys are set to make their closing arguments Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, in the trial of two Baltimore detectives, Marcus Taylor and Daniel Hersl, fighting racketeering and robbery charges. The case involves one of the worst U.S. police corruption scandals in recent memory. (Baltimore Police Department/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Federal prosecutors and lawyers for one of two Baltimore detectives fighting racketeering and robbery charges have made their closing arguments as a trial winds down.

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Editorial Advisory Board: Baltimore police, heal thyself?

February 8, 2018 Leave a comment

‘It’s wrong to conflate police reform and the crime control problem but it’s also a mistake to discount how much the focus on crime control and the quick fixes that are being proposed threaten to upset efforts to change how policing is done in Baltimore,’ says David Jaros, a criminal law professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law. (Photo illustration by Maximilian Franz)

The federal criminal trial of former Baltimore Gun Trace Task Squad members has revealed some of the most shocking organized criminal behavior that could be alleged against police officers. Two of the officers charged are on trial; the balance of ...

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Judge apologizes to wrongly convicted Baltimore men

December 19, 2017 Leave a comment

A federal judge has personally apologized to two men who allegedly had drugs planted on them by a police officer charged with corruption.

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