Representatives from the Harford County Sheriff’s Office declared an allegation of racial bias in a courthouse last month “unfounded” Tuesday, but attorneys for the Maryland Legal Aid attorney who made the complaint continue to believe their client was treated differently ...

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A Maryland Legal Aid attorney is accusing a sheriff’s deputy of racial discrimination for detaining him outside a courtroom earlier this month and accusing him of being his absent client, not the client’s attorney. Rashad James, who is black, says that ...

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Maryland’s top lawyer on Thursday said state and local law enforcement officers may not be prohibited from sharing information about a detainee’s immigration status with federal officials — but they are also not required to do so. Attorney General Brian ...

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The United States is at a crossroads on matters of race relations and law enforcement, presenting "hard truths" that its citizens and police must confront, FBI Director James Comey said Thursday.

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A transgender former U.S. Capitol Police officer was not hired to serve on Howard County's horse-mounted patrol she was "overqualified" and not because of her gender, lawyers for the county argued Wednesday.

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Armed with what one official described as new information, federal and state authorities searched a site on a Virginia mountain Monday for the remains of two Maryland sisters who disappeared 40 years ago.

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the State argues that any error by the court in denying the appellant’s request that his references to wanting a lawyer be redacted from the DVD of the police interview was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.

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A new government investigation questions a bizarre Secret Service mission that pulled agents from their assignment near the White House and sent them to the rural Maryland home of a headquarters employee embroiled in a personal dispute with a neighbor.

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Maryland will be the first state to teach all law enforcement officers about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in training sessions led partly by disabled people, the chairman of a commission developing the program said.

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A pro-conceal carry video produced by a Maryland state Delegate is raising questions about the use of Wicomico County Sheriff’s Department personnel and resources.

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