A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against the Baltimore Police Department and Commissioner Anthony W. Batts brought by a woman who alleged she was arrested and assaulted after filming the officers beating and arresting someone else. Senior U.S. ...

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Elaborate plans to win back an ex are typically fodder for romantic comedies. But a Baltimore man is not laughing about a scheme involving a police raid on his house allegedly set up to help a police informant try to ...

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GREENBELT — Police accountability will be the topic of discussion at an annual ACLU dinner. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland will be joined by the group’s chapters in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties on Tuesday evening at the ...

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My story in Thursday’s paper looks at police officers and lawyers who say injuries officers suffered during the April riots could have avoided had they been better equipped and allowed to engage protestors. One thing I couldn’t fit into my ...

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The officer and lawyers handling the cases say the injuries largely could have been prevented had police been better equipped and allowed to engage protestors.

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The family of a Baltimore man who died in police custody in February has filed a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against the officers involved in the case. Trayvon Scott suffered an asthma attack while sitting handcuffed in the 4700 ...

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The case against the six Baltimore police officers indicted in the death of Freddie Gray has shifted in earnest to the circuit court, with defense lawyers filing a string of motions last week attacking the prosecution and seeking a change ...

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Defense lawyers for the six police officers charged in connection with the death last month of Freddie Gray had been anticipating grand jury indictments for their clients. And legal observers say little from Thursday’s announcement will affect how they proceed ...

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“Extra-prosecutorial motivations and ambitions.” “Like a pinball on a machine far past TILT.” Defendants “served up to the masses.” The six Baltimore police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray have yet to appear in court, but ...

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Covering Baltimore trial courts, I’ve written a lot of stories about lawsuits alleging police brutality. They’ve become so routine that, right or wrong, I only report ones with interesting or unusual details, such as the story in Tuesday’s paper involving ...

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