A Virginia man filed suit against Frederick and its police chief Monday, alleging officers violated his free speech rights by restricting the abilities of animal rights advocates to protest horse-drawn carriage rides. Jason Saltz wanted to protest the carriage rides ...

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Outside Baltimore City Hall on New Year’s Day, advocates, city officials and mayoral candidates took turns reading accounts of police brutality from victims who requested anonymity out of fear that they would lose settlement money by breaking nondisparagement agreements with ...

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It's sort of a coordinated dance, but the performers are an organized group of protesters and a dozen or so uniformed Capitol Police officers. And the stage is this week's Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

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A group of protesters arrested at Artscape in 2016 reached a proposed settlement with Baltimore last week but the monitoring team and judge overseeing police reform under the federal consent decree will have the final say about the policy changes negotiated by the parties.

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A pretrial conference and trial date are scheduled in the lawsuit over a mass arrest of protesters at Artscape in 2016 after a judge partially denied motions to dismiss by the Baltimore Police Department and former Commissioner Kevin Davis last month. ...

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Two brothers arrested protesting near the Maryland State House have filed a lawsuit against the Maryland Capitol Police and the officer who arrested them.

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Two men who were part of a peaceful pro-Second Amendment protest were arrested on a sidewalk near the Maryland State House.

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A federal appeals court has revived the free-speech claim of a man who was arrested near Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore while protesting the treatment of circus animals when the three-ring event was in town. In its published 3-0 decision, ...

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WASHINGTON — Five protesters have pleaded guilty to causing disruptions in the U.S. Supreme Court. Online court records show the pleas were entered Thursday in federal court in Washington. Sentencing is set for July 24. The group had argued a ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Immigrant activists are scheduled to protest Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to comply with a federal program to notify federal authorities about when and where people facing possible deportation will be released from jail. The protest is scheduled for ...

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