Waites, who is not involved in the Porter trial, believes those in the community should still be able to be fair and impartial if selected for the jury. “They won’t remember the details of the police activity or the details of the arrest of Freddie Gray or the events that happened af...
The Baltimore Police Department has implemented a series of reforms in recent years after the 2015death of Freddie Grayturned an unwelcome spotlight on the agency. Much of its efforts have focused on restoring public trust, but residents of the city’s majority-Black communities often complain tha...
How Johns Hopkins formed a police department AMaryland law signed in 2019allowed Johns Hopkins to create its own private armed police force for its Baltimore campuses. At the time, university president Ronald Daniels said the department would have 100 officers who would be subject to the highest...
A mural of Trayvon Martin is seen on the side of a building in the Sandtown neighborhood where Freddie Gray was arrested on April 30, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Houses housing project on Baltimore's w...
From Rodney King, to Mike Brown, to Freddie Gray, the public has trusted the police less and less. It really is a sad thing. Police are put there to help you, keep you safe, keep the city running, and be your shoulder to cry on in time on need. Now, people trust the police ...
Just minutes before both officers were killed, the NYPD received a fax from Baltimore police warning them Brinsley may be headed to New York. A city now mourns with heavy hearts. "We will never forget the two young men who lost their lives today," Bratton added. ...