A Baltimore judge ruled Friday that the city is responsible for paying a $32,000 judgment against former Gun Trace Task Force officers for a 2016 false arrest, but she limited her holding to the facts of the case before her. William ...

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Attorneys for Baltimore and a man who consented to a settlement with former Gun Trace Task Force officers have followed through on their plan to ask the Maryland Court of Appeals to weigh in on whether the city must pay ...

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A Baltimore man won a $32,000 judgment against three former Gun Trace Task Force officers and his estate now is seeking to collect, setting up the first direct battle between a plaintiff and the city over whether the city should have ...

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A Baltimore judge has dismissed the city’s bid to avoid being obligated to pay for certain future judgments against members of the corrupt Gun Trace Task Force. Baltimore filed a complaint for declaratory judgment last year asking the circuit court ...

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Baltimore’s lawyer argued in court Monday that though abuses by the former members of the Gun Trace Task Force often occurred when they were on the job and even in uniform, the city should not be responsible for paying judgments obtained ...

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Attorneys for former Gun Trace Task Force officers are asking a Baltimore judge to dismiss the city’s action seeking a preemptive ruling on who has to pay any damages in lawsuits against them. Four officers — Momodu Gondo, Evodio Hendrix, Maurice ...

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A Baltimore judge on Wednesday did not address whether two former Gun Trace Task Force officers were acting within the scope of their employment when they allegedly falsely arrested a man for handgun possession last year, instead denying a motion to dismiss a civil conspiracy claim against them.

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Potential civil lawsuits against the Baltimore Police Department’s corrupt and disbanded Gun Trace Task Force are piling up, and the city is prepared to spend years litigating whether it should have to pay for any judgments against the imprisoned officers.

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The family of a man who was killed during a police chase initiated by members of Baltimore's Gun Trace Task Force has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $25 million in damages.

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Baltimore's lawyers are formally asking a judge to declare the city does not have to indemnify any of the Gun Trace Task Force officers in civil lawsuits being filed against them for the actions underlying their convictions.

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