Three officers with the Maryland State Police have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit over what they describe as widespread racial discrimination within the department.

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Prince George’s County will pay $8 million and its police department will change its methods for promoting officers to prevent the possibility of discrimination against Blacks and Hispanics who apply for promotion, under a settlement the department has reached with ...

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A federal judge Wednesday ordered the Prince George’s County Police Department to change its method for promoting officers, saying the PGCPD likely discriminated intentionally against Black and Hispanic officers who applied for promotion. U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang based ...

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Measures to expand protection for alleged victims of sexual assault, ease the standard for proving a hate crime and broaden the state Maryland civil rights law’s definition of “race” to include ethnic hairstyles will go into effect Oct. 1.

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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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The Pocomoke City Police Department will partially resolve ongoing litigation over race discrimination with a consent decree, the ACLU of Maryland announced Thursday. A federal judge is expected to enter judgment against the city on claims of discrimination and retaliation ...

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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 second-highest court on Thursday overturned a former Pocomoke City police chief’s official misconduct conviction, saying he was wrongfully denied the opportunity to present at trial expert testimony that his refusal to cite a motorist after a car crash was ...

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A federal appeals court last week dismissed claims made against Maryland in a racial discrimination case involving former Eastern Shore police.

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A national company that provides janitorial services to more than 200 entities in Maryland is facing a federal lawsuit for allegedly engaging in discriminatory practices against African Americans. Florida-based Diversified Maintenance Systems LLC showed an “ongoing pattern” of discrimination against ...

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