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In response to rising youth violence, Baltimore leaders are ramping up efforts to de-escalate conflicts between young people and protect students going to and from school.
Read More »Stolen futures: Baltimore faces uptick in youth violence
Acting Maryland State Police head pledges to lead agency into ‘new era’
Acting Maryland State Police Superintendent Roland Butler told lawmakers he is committed to moving the agency “into a new era.”
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Read More »Supreme Court rejects case of Oklahoma teen killed by police
The Supreme Court won't hear a civil rights case brought by the parents of a teenager who was naked and unarmed when he was fatally shot by an Oklahoma police officer in 2019.
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Read More »4 ex-officers in Tyre Nichols case barred from police work
Four of five former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols cannot work as law enforcement officers again in Tennessee, a state panel decided.
Read More »House passes bill removing marijuana smell as probable cause for police
The House of Delegates passed legislation that would bar police from detaining individuals simply because they smelled of marijuana.
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Read More »Interview: Gov. Wes Moore reflects on first 2 months in office
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said in an interview he's aiming for “the most full assault on child poverty” to ever happen in Maryland during his first legislative session.
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Read More »Livestreaming police stop constitutionally protected, 4th Circuit rules
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared that a town’s ban on livestreaming certain interactions may not survive First Amendment scrutiny.
Read More »Bill removing marijuana smell as probable cause clears House hurdle
The House of Delegates gave preliminary approval to legislation that would bar police from detaining individuals simply because they smelled of marijuana.
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Read More »Two Baltimore police officers indicted on unrelated charges
Two veteran Baltimore police officers are facing criminal indictments stemming from separate and unrelated allegations, city officials said.
Read More »Senate passes bill allowing AG to prosecute police-involved deaths
The Senate passed legislation giving the state attorney general authority to prosecute local police officers they find criminally at fault for having killed someone.
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